Dental Nurses Community

Interesting tool. Dental Nurses can you tell us if you earn enough for a decent standard of living?

Click on the link below to find out.

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Minimum Income Calculator Do you earn enough for a minimum acceptable standard of living?

Dental Nurses are now firmly on the government's radar! We continue to make small but significant steps daily and are making fantastic progress. We are not just words we are actions! ✊️

https://labourunions.org.uk/who-we-are/

Dental Nurses! We want to hear from YOU about any issues impacting you individually and the challenges you feel that our profession faces as a whole.

Please fill in our short, annoymous survey via the link below. This will help us as a trade union best represent Dental Nurses on the ground and to give you a voice when talking to political stakeholders.

Please take 5 minutes and speak up for change!

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No rest for our members Roksana and Mandy..on their second day of the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) Women’s Weekend School - Enhancing Trade Union & Conference Skills.

The school brings together women for a weekend of trade union education, learning, skills sharing, development, confidence building, empowerment, and networking.

Thank you ladies for giving up your time in between full time Dental Nursing, knowledge is power 🤍 🤍💪

Happy Friday! Here are our Community members Roksana and Mandy meeting up at work again.

Dental Nurses. When you join our union you have access to workplace advisers and our lawyers at our Member Services Centre. These are experts in employment law, have dealt with 1000s of workplace problems and know your workplace rights inside and out!

We also provide on the ground representation. That means that we can send a union representative to your workplace to sit in with you at difficult meetings such as grievances and disciplinaries. It is your right to request for someone to be there and ideally it needs to be a Dental Nurse union rep.

Members, please call our member services team if you are going through a tough time at work and need support 🤍

Dental Nurses. As of April 2024, multiple changes where made to in the UK.

What does this change mean for you?

Take a look at our new blog below. ⬇️

Changes to flexible working law and what do they mean for you? - Community Trade Union As of April 2024, multiple changes have been made to the Employments Rights (Flexible Working) Act 2023, as well as a separate piece of secondary legislation to improve the rights of anyone making a…

Want to have your say and make a difference? Dental Nurse Community Members we need you! We are looking for a Dental Nurse member currently in practice and who is interested in attending an important meeting with a MP.

We are talking to politicians and need them to hear the voices of hard working Dental Nurses on the ground and who actually experience and understand the challenges we are faced with now..in 2024.

Ideally you will be based in the North West of England area and would be available on Friday 20th September.

Please email us at [email protected] so that we can arrange a chat and give you further details.

Dental Nurses. Today is ! 💪

Dental Nurses Community recognises the huge contribution of young people in Dentistry whom start their journeys as trainees, on apprenticeship schemes and on higher education courses. We must value and respect their input and nurture their growth with opportunities, especially those DNs on trainee/apprenticeship courses, they are not just cheap labour!

This is a day to celebrate the huge achievements of young people across the world and highlight the issues that face our next generation.

Find out how as a union we are protecting young workers in the UK.⬇️

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Fantastic to see our Dental Nurse and Community member Julie joining in the celebrations over the weekend at Doncaster Pride, UK Pride Host City for 2024.

Here she is in her chains of office fulfilling her role as Civic Mayor of Doncaster with Matt Jameson who you might recognise from MAFS, Ellie
Grace Mayoress, Sally Jameson MP (no relation to Matt!) and Dame Ida.

LGBTQ+ rights is an area close to our hearts at Community union. Our Equalities team are committed to this cause and fight to maintain and extend vital LGBTQ+ rights and policy across all UK workplaces. Find out more via the link below.

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https://community-tu.org/who-we-are/equalities/lgbt-workers/

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Dental Nurses Community fully supports the recent statement given by the Diversity in Dentistry Action Group (DDAG).

We have zero tolerance for hatred and stand up for better workplaces, communities and a society with equality, equity, compassion and respect.

Dental Nurse Community Members. We are always at the end of a phone ready to help you. ☎️

From bullying and contract issues to pay and dismissal, our service centre team can support you with any issue you're facing at work.

Reach out today. 👇

https://community-tu.org/how-we-help/advice-and-representation/member-service-centre/

We are delighted to announce that our Community union Dental Nurse member Celie has been shortlisted for the Dentistry Awards 2024 - Dental Nurse of the Year for the North.

Congratulations 🎊

She said:
"I entered this award on behalf of all Dental Nurses in the UK who all deserve recognition and an award for the tough and often thankless role that they do.

Fingers crossed we can win this to give us another platform to promote the work of our new Dental Nursing union, Community and to help drive change for our profession, our fellow Dental professionals and ultimately to improve Dentistry for all."

Dental Nurses...the time is now to join our trade union. We are at the table where decisions are made impacting how YOU are treated at work!

New era for working people welcomed - Community Trade Union Community General Secretary Roy Rickhuss has hailed the beginning of a new era for working people following a landmark meeting in Downing Street today. Roy Rickhuss joined fellow Labour-affiliated…

Working together is the way forward for Dentistry, and WE are providing the trade union representation for Dental Nurses that has been missing for so long!

As the leading union for dental nurses, we welcome the prospect of greater collaboration with the Labour government after the Health Secretary’s recent meeting with the British Dental Association to discuss Dental Contract Reform.

Read our full response to this news below.⬇️
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“Today’s announcements show that, at long last, we now have a government which will be on the side of working people..."

Labour Government delivers ambitious and transformative King’s Speech - Community Trade Union Community has warmly welcomed today’s King’s Speech which sets out the ambitious legislative agenda of the newly-elected Labour government. New legislation unveiled at the state opening of Parliament…

WEBINAR TONIGHT @ 7.30pm!

🧠✨ Join Our Neurodiversity Webinar for Dental Nurses! ✨🧠
🗓 Date: 10 July 2024
🕒 Time: 7:30pm
📍 Location: Online (Zoom)

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hosvTlekR32NRkc8tycz-g

Looking to better understand and support neurodiverse patients and colleagues? Join us for an insightful and empowering webinar on neurodiversity!

There is no better time to join our new union for Dental Nurses.

Join us so that Dental Nurses have a voice! 💪

Why join Community? - Community Trade Union Not sure which UK union to join? Find out why Community Trade Union is the union for you. From advice, support, and representation at work to campaigns and equality. Get us in your corner at work today…

Community, which represents Dental Nurses across the country, is welcoming greater collaboration with the UK Government following the new Health Secretary’s meeting with the British Dental Association yesterday to discuss Dental Contract Reform.

Community welcomes new government’s signal of intent for dentistry - Community Trade Union Community, which represents dental nurses across the country, has welcomed the prospect of greater collaboration with the UK Government following the new Health Secretary’s meeting with the British…

Congratulations to the BSDHT and our fellow Dental Care Professionals

Congratulations to The Labour Party on today's historic victory!🌹

This is a seismic day for our country, and for our members across all sectors.

We are looking forward to working with Labour to Make Work Pay, improve workers’ rights and to deliver for our member. ✊

We are so proud of you Julie Grace ❤️

Councillor, Mayor, Dental Nurse, Dental Nurses Community member.

Exciting times are ahead for us as the new union for Dental Nurses and now with a government in place that supports the trade union movement and working people, the door is firmly open for us to drive forward change for Dentistry and the Dental Nursing profession.

So proud of all the Labour activists and their hard work covering the length and breadth of Doncaster over the last 6 weeks to ensure we got the dream result!👏👏👏 It was definitely so worth the blisters😂 We will all rejoice in securing 3 fantastic MPs Ed Miliband Sally Jameson & Lee Pitcher for Doncaster over the next few days and then the work begins - AGAIN‼️🙌🌹👊

What a night! 🌹

"🧠✨ Join Our Neurodiversity Webinar for Dental Nurses! ✨🧠
🗓 Date: 10 July 2024
🕒 Time: 7:30pm
📍 Location: Online (Zoom) - link in bio https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hosvTlekR32NRkc8tycz-g

Hosted by Community - The Trade Union for Dental Nurses
Looking to better understand and support neurodiverse patients and colleagues? Join us for an insightful and empowering webinar on neurodiversity!

What You Will Learn:
🔹 Understanding neurodiversity and its importance in the workplace
🔹 Practical strategies for supporting neurodiverse patients and colleagues
🔹 Creating an inclusive and accommodating practice
🔹 Real-life experiences and success stories

Why Attend?
🔸 Free eCPD
🔸 Enhance your professional skills and knowledge
🔸 Network with fellow dental professionals
🔸 Contribute to a more inclusive and supportive practice for not only patients/visitors but for your colleagues too

Special Guest Speaker:
👩‍🏫 Monique Craine - Expert in Neurodiversity and Workplace Inclusion

How to Register:
👉 Register Now: (link in bio) https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hosvTlekR32NRkc8tycz-g

Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to advance your career and support neurodiversity in the Dental profession!

📣 Share this event with your colleagues and friends!"

The webinar is designed for Dental Nurses but all are welcome. Please join us 🤍

What an amazing week for us at Community union biennial conference in Brighton. Important connections were made and life long friends. In fact they feel more like family. Hundreds of people were there with valuable skills, knowledge and networks who vowed to help us with whatever we may need.

Dental Nurses being in a union is awesome. We are ready to help and make YOUR life better as a highly skilled health care professional that is VITAL to the Dental Team. Dental Nurses should not be facing such hardship and terrible treatment that we hear so often from your stories.

It's time for change it's time for a New Union for Dental Nurses. That is us! 💪 ✊️

Join us for a better future for Dental Nurses. If you haven't already please join our private group Dental Nurses Community where you will find details of how to join our union.