PINEAPPLE CARE Issue 3
Latest news and bulletin updates
SERVICE USERS EVENING OUT.
On the 19th of March Some of our lovely service users were taken to the Thameside Theatre to watch the annual Gang Show performance by members of our local Scout and Guide groups. The shows are produced with the dual aims of providing a learning opportunity for young people in the performing arts, as well as contributing to the artistic and cultural growth of their local community.
Each service user had the support of our care staff who took time out of their evening to ensure that everyone was safe and able to attend the show. One of the service users said it was the best night of his life, another said it had been ages since she had left her complex, and she had such a lovely evening.
A big Thank you to all the staff involved.
Apple Tree Donation
Pineapple Care are proud to donate four apple trees to Treetops school. Students are from 5 to 19 with moderate learning difficulties and many are on the autistic spectrum, with speech and language problems.
These apple trees will provide nectar and pollen for bees and the many other types of pollinating insects.
The flowers are pure white, and the large fruits are sweet, juicy, firm and lightly aromatic. The trees produce their fruit from September to December when the students will be back from the summer holidays.
Once the little orchid is planted, we will update you with some lovely pictures.
Easter Eggs for all care staff.
Lavena Babbs and Nicola Lloyd gifted all our lovely care staff with Easter eggs for their children and Grandchildren, wishing everyone a happy Easter. The LD team also held an Easter egg hunt for all the LD students, finding and collecting chocolate eggs hid in the Pineapple Care Garden. The LD Manager Lucy Champion even dressed up as the Easter bunny.
Reducing our carbon footprint.
Pineapple Care have been working hard to look to reduce our company carbon footprint.
We have now introduced a compost bin, reducing our food waste and using this on our office garden. We have been using recyclable paper in the office with an aim to become paper free when we go Digital in the near future.
Seed to Eat
In line with seed to eat program over the next through month’s we will be looking at growing our own vegetables at Pineapple. This will give all of our LD students the opportunity to learn about the lifecycle of plants and the patterns of nature. Our students will be learning where food comes from and will have the opportunity to watch the different stages of the growth of seeds, at the end of our project our students will be able to choose between the vegetables we have grown to use in preparing their own meals. Our seed to eat program is designed to offer opportunities for different areas of learning and development while also benefiting well-being from spending time outside in the fresh air and interacting with others around us.
On Friday 12th April we will be starting off with growing potatoes where our seed to eat experience will begin.
Thurrock Moving with Dignity Project Lisa Evans – Pineapple Care’s Branch Manager has been working with an Occupational Therapist for Inclusion and on behalf of the Thurrock OT service team for all residents in the borough who receive a double handed package of care. Lisa organised and attended joint assessments for these residents, in an aim to keep residents independent for longer, risk assessing the individual and providing equipment to assist with their mobility.
Pineapple care has received a wonderful email from the director of Inclusion complimenting how well Lisa knows her service users and how helpful Lisa has been. They have also complimented our care staff who have demonstrated a good knowledge of manual handling, equipment and the needs of their service users, handling each client in a personal centred way.
Earth Day
Taking place on 22nd April every year. Raising awareness of the challenges to the well-being of our planet and the life it supports.
International Mother Earth Day (also known simply as Earth Day) recognises that the Earth and its ecosystems provide its inhabitants with life and sustenance. It also aims to raise awareness that humans have a collective responsibility to promote harmony with nature and to balance the economic, social and environmental needs of present and future generations. Did you know that practically everything you touch, everything you eat and everything you use is made up of things that came from the Earth? From the metals in your phone to the wool in your blankets. Everything we have, everything that we are, we owe to the natural world around us. That’s why it’s so important to protect it.
NATIONAL PET DAY
National Pet Day is an unofficial holiday that takes place every year on the 11th of April and encourages people to appreciate the role that pets play in our lives. Pineapple Care has its very own office dog, Bazil. Bazil comes to the office everyday along with his human. Bazil is always busy in the office having fusses and getting treats. Bazil attends all meetings and sings along to his favourite tunes.
Join the Team – Current Vacancies
Pineapple Care have the following vacancies available: –
Full time in Corringham /Stanford single handed driving essential.
Full time in south Ockendon & Aveley
Part time Ockendon & Aveley 7am -2pm
Chadwell St Mary weekends teas and beds 3-10pm
Weekends full availability
Driving is essential.
If you know anyone who is looking for a change in career, a fresh start or has always wanted to work in the care industry and just doesn’t know where to start, refer them to Pineapple Care and receive a payment of £75 once probation has been passed. Please contact the office and ask for the recruitment department for more information on 01375 808303. Or email recruitment@pineapple.care
Look out for our next news letter in May.