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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