North Tyneside Care Academy is for anyone looking for, or already working in care in North Tyneside.
The Care Academy is a partnership between all care providers in North Tyneside including the local authority, social care providers, the voluntary sector and local schools and colleges.
It supports the recruitment and development of a well-led, skilled and valued care workforce across the borough.
The main priority for the care sector in North Tyneside is always the health, wellbeing and safety of the people who we provide care for.
The objective is to increase, improve and develop the social care workforce in order to meet current and future demands.
North Tyneside Care Academy are also working to support people using Direct Payments have more choice and control over their lives by making it easier to find and recruit Personal Assistants.
We have a developed a dedicated pathway for new Personal Assistants including developing a Pen Portrait profile on our Care Academy website where employers using Direct Payments can find them.
We want our Care Academy to be an information, guidance and support page for existing Personal Assistants and Employers, aiming to support key issues such as the recruitment of PAs and increasing the awareness of the role.
