Nine more jobseekers have retrained and found work in the care industry in Caerphilly through a partnership between Hafod Care and Working Links.
Employment and skills experts Working Links, based at the Caerphilly Business Park on Van Road, helped to fill a number of vacancies at Hafod Care’s Ty Penrhos care home in the town.
The news comes just months after the two organisations partnered to fill ten vacancies at the care home.
That success, which saw Working Links tutors developing a new course to teach unemployed people about the principles of care, was replicated in May to fill another nine jobs.
Hafod Care’s HR Manager Helen Bennett said: ““We worked with the Working Links team back in January to fill vacancies in our domestic, laundry and kitchen departments as well as care workers.
“We are delighted with how the new team members have settled into their roles, they really seem to be enjoying it and are finding the work rewarding.
“The routeway course that Working Links put together for us was really in depth and ensured that when the candidates started their roles they could hit the ground running. When we were then ready to recruit more care workers, Working Links was our first port of call.”
As well as details about the sector, the two-week course included sessions on health and safety, food hygiene, first aid and much more.
For details of how Working Links can help with employment issues, call 0800 917 9262 or visit www.workinglinks.co.uk
