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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