Corinium Care launches first recruitment seminar in Zimbabwe

Corinium Care is staging its first recruitment seminar in Zimbabwe on October 14th.

Managing Director Camilla Miles will head up the event in Bulawayo, seeking live-in carers for the company’s elderly and disabled clients in the UK.

She will also host a thankyou lunch for more than 50 Zimbabwean carers who have worked for Corinium Care in the last ten years, providing 24-hour care for people in their own homes.

“It seemed the perfect opportunity to thank the carers who have put in so much work for us in the past,” she said.

The company, based in Gloucestershire, is one of the leading care agencies in Britain. It has 17 staff and more than 800 registered carers from Britain and abroad. It has recruitment offices in South Africa, Zimbabwe and New Zealand. This year it won the title Business of the Year.

The aim of the seminar is to explain to potential carers what the role of a live-in carer involves. Women who have worked for Corinium Care in the past will be there to answer questions. Many are aged 45-60 whose children have left home and who want to travel or visit relatives in Britain.

“Zimbabwe is for us a great opportunity for us,” said Camilla. “The people are hard-working with the right life skills behind them. For many it’s a new start, and a new lease of life. Being a live-in carer in the UK also offers a reliable source of income.”

Corinium Care began taking live-in carers from Zimbabwe ten years ago when news about the company spread by word of mouth. A recruitment office was set up in Harare in 2005 and is run by the company’s agent in Zimbabwe Jenny Osbourne who will be present at the October seminar.

“Our seminars offer a real chance to promote the benefits of live-in care to a new audience, and to offer opportunities to people who might not necessarily have considered a career in care work abroad,” said Camilla.

All who attend the seminar in Bulawayo must have eligibility to work in the UK. All registered carers take part in Corinium Care’s free, award-winning, five-day training programme in the UK which includes personal care, dementia care, recognising signs of abuse, and moving and handling.

Last year the company adopted the charity Homes in Zimbabwe which provides food for pensioners.

For more info about the seminar, contact jenny@corinium.co.zw, +263 4 850271

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UK company Corinium Care launches recruitment drive in South Africa

UK company Corinium Care is staging a series of recruitment seminars in South Africa in October.

Managing Director Camilla Miles will head up the events in Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Pietermaritzburg and Durban from October 5-12, seeking live-in carers for the company’s elderly and disabled clients in the UK.

The dates of the seminars are: Capetown, October 5 and 6; Port Elizabeth, October 8; Pietermaritzburg, October 10; Durban, October 11; and Kloof, October 12.

The award-winning company is one of the leading care agencies in Britain. It has 17 staff and more than 800 registered carers from Britain and abroad providing 24-hour care for people in their own homes. It has recruitment offices in South Africa, Zimbabwe and New Zealand.

The aim of the seminars in South Africa is to explain to potential carers what the role of a live-in carer involves.

Some women who have worked for Corinium Care in the UK in the past will be there to answer questions. Many are aged 45-60 whose children have left home and who want to travel or visit relatives in Britain.

“The people we see in South Africa are hard-working with the right life skills behind them. For many it’s a new start, and a new lease of life,” said Camilla. “Being a live-in carer in the UK also offers a reliable source of income.”

All who attend the seminars must have eligibility to work in the UK.

Alongside Camilla at the events will be the company’s agent in South Africa, Lindy Wareing, who was a carer for Corinium in 2003 and later joined the office staff in the UK.

“I know how it feels to travel half way across the world and face a whole new experience so I can tell potential carers what the job is like,” said Lindy.

Corinium’s carers from South Africa usually spend three to six months in the UK. All registered carers take part in Corinium Care’s award-winning, one-week training programme in the UK which includes personal care, dementia care, recognising signs of abuse, and moving and handling.

“Our business has quadrupled in the past ten years and our search for suitable carers has been relentless,” said Camilla, who founded Corinium Care in 1995.

“The reason for that growth is linked to the growth of the elderly population in the UK. At the same time, more people are choosing to remain in their own homes with a live-in carer.”

For more information, contact Lindy Wareing on 046 675 1994 or email mail@coriniumcare.co.za

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Carer Viorica flies high for Pippa and therapy centre

It was a high-flying double act when Pippa Roberts and her Corinium live-in carer Viorica Boitor raised almost £4,000 with a charity parachute jump.

Viorica did the 15,000ft tandem jump, whilst Pippa badgered friends and relatives for sponsorship.

Their aim: to support the Wessex Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre in Warminster where Pippa receives regular therapy.

Pippa, 65, from Downton, near Salisbury has suffered from primary progressive multiple sclerosis for 30 years.

"I go to the therapy centre every week - it's essential in helping me to keep mobile and able to function in my home environment. As the NHS cannot support this kind of service on a regular basis, the weekly physiotherapy is extremely important. Helping to raise some money was an opportunity to do my bit for the centre," she said.

"I’m proud that we made £3,800. I’ve been busy on the telephone, writing to people, going up and down the street knocking on doors and badgering friends and relations."

Viorica, 40, a carer with Corinium Care since 2008, was born in Romania and has been with Pippa for more than two years.

"The MS centre is really important for people like Pippa whose ability to walk changes from one day to another. This jump was a small contribution I could make to help ensure it survives, and it was an enjoyable project that Pippa and I could do together."

The jump took place in Devon. "The first minute was in freefall which was quite frightening. But as soon as the parachute opened it was an absolutely unforgettable experience," said Viorica.

The Managing Director of Corinium Care, Camilla Miles, who sponsored Viorica, said: “Viorica is an excellent carer and her willingness to go the extra 15,000 ft to support Pippa is admirable."

Anyone who wants to add to the fundraising total can send a cheque, payable to the Wessex MS Therapy Centre, to Mrs Roberts at Minton Cottage, 20 The Borough, Downton SP5 3ND.