Inclusive Dance Festival & National Competition

Saturday 22nd October 2016! Wodson Sports Park | Ware | Hertfordshire | SG12 0UQ HCPA’s SMILE has been working closely with the Wheelchair Dancing Sport Association (WDSA UK) to deliver Wheelchair Dance classes to people in Hertfordshire. WDSA (UK) have announced that...

The importance of values-based recruitment

Skills for Care recently published a study on the impact of a values-based approach to recruitment and retention, which suggests employers taking a values based approach are reaping the rewards. The majority of employers using a ‘values based’ approach to recruitment...

CQC inspection or monitoring visit looming?

Use the HCPA Impartial Feedback Service (IFS) to gather the important independent and unbiased feedback about your organisation to demonstrate to CQC or contract monitoring teams that you are committed to quality assuring your organisation and raising the quality of...

Social Care Trusted Assessor

Nobody wants to stay in hospital a minute longer than necessary, so Nurse Heather McAndrew’s job is to get frail, elderly patients in East and North Herts back into their own bed as swiftly as possible. Heather is Hertfordshire Care Providers Association’s (HCPA) Lead...

SMILE Three Counties Radio interview

On Tuesday the 9th of August, SMILE’s Principal Practice Education Manager Lyndsey Woods, and Engagement & Wellbeing Tutor, Jade Amis were invited to 3 Counties Radio station to promote the care sector in Hertfordshire and what services and benefits HCPA and...