CareTech

02/10/2026

Huge congratulations to all the staff team and everyone at Coveberry Sherwood on achieving "Outstanding in all Areas" in their recent CQC Inspection 👏 🎉 🏆

Speaking about this wonderful achievement, Debbie Curtis (Performance Director, Specialist Services) stated:

"Outstanding care is not just about meeting standards; it is about changing lives. At the heart of everything we do is a simple promise: to create extraordinary days, every day. Achieving an Outstanding rating across all CQC domains is wonderful recognition of the compassionate, person-centred care our team provides and our commitment to helping every individual live the life they choose"

21/09/2026

Our annual Arts, Crafts and Performance Awards returned this year with a vibrant sports-themed celebration, bringing together service users, colleagues and supporters from across the organisation to recognise outstanding creativity and achievement.

A highlight of the CareTech calendar, the awards showcase the remarkable artistic talents of the people we are privileged to support. The event provides an opportunity to celebrate individuality, self-expression and accomplishment while recognising the hard work and dedication behind every entry.

Service users attended the awards alongside members of teams from across the business, creating a memorable occasion filled with pride, encouragement and celebration.

This year's competition featured a wide range of imaginative and inspiring artwork, from football-inspired creations to colourful seaside scenes and scrapbooks capturing personal journeys. The event also marked an exciting milestone with the introduction of CareTech's first ever International Award, presented to the children of Josour School in Saudi Arabia for their entry, FIFA World Cup 2026.

The awards reflect CareTech's commitment to creating opportunities that enrich lives and empower people to achieve their potential. They are a perfect example of our purpose of delivering extraordinary days Every Day, enabling the people we support to share their talents, build confidence and be celebrated for who they are.

CareTech's annual Arts, Crafts and Performance Awards returned this...

31/07/2026

Dear Colleagues

Nominations for this year’s Care Awards have closed and all entries have now been checked and sent to the Judges so that they can perform the incredibly difficult task of deciding our winners for this year.

As you know, our annual CareTech Care Awards are very important to us as a business as it gives us a wonderful platform to highlight and celebrate the amazing people within our organisation that do so much to ensure “Extraordinary Days Every Day” for the individuals we are privileged to support and care for.

This year’s goal was to beat last year’s total of 1706 nominations received from across the Group, and it’s safe to say you did it!!!

We’re proud to announce that this year we have received an unbelievable 2005 nominations in total! 🥳🎉👏🏼

Thank You and Congratulations to everyone who took the time to nominate colleagues, the judging process has now started and we look forward to celebrating with the winners at our Regional Events in September and October as well as at our National, overall Event in November!

26/05/2026

We are delighted to announce that we have launched our 11th Annual, CareTech Care Awards!

As always, the Awards are open to all staff across every business in the CareTech family and this is your opportunity to nominate your colleagues for the amazing work they do in ensuring ‘Extraordinary Days, Every Day’ for the individuals we support as well as the wider business.

Posters with QR codes are already on their way to every service, centre and office informing them of this year’s Awards and nominations can be completed by clicking on the link below.

We look forward to reading all the wonderful nominations and celebrating with our amazing winners later in the year.

Nominations are open now until July 17th so follow the link below and feel free to share with staff and colleagues.

https://caretech-uk.pagetiger.com/bedppvk

Don't delay, get nominating today 🥳🎉🏆

18/05/2026

We are proud to announce that CareTech’s ‘Complete Care and Enablement Team’ won the Transitions Dream Team Award at the recent “Stars of Social Care Awards” in Manchester.

Deana Whittle, the Performance Director for the North said “When we had the idea to create a ‘Transitions Team’, we couldn’t have even hoped that within circa 12 months, we would be winning external awards in a very tough category, tough not only because of the fierce competition but because a newly formed team such as this would usually have to be far more established to win an award. The fact that we did win, is testament to the amazing work that the team do day in and day out”

Lynn Black, the Locality Manager, reported on the success of the team in supporting 11 young women out of hospital into a community placement for the first time. It’s also helped four young women coming out of existing care packages to come together to live as a group in their own home.

Lynn was joined at the awards by Micheala Cutter (Service Manager), Jane Black (Transitions Team Leader) and Sinead Skillen (Transitions Support Worker) who lead on the work, bringing hope for the future to people previously stuck in hospital.

Group Executive Director for Adults & Specialist Services, Nasir Quraishi was clearly delighted, stating: “This is a fantastic achievement and highlights the dedication, compassion, and professionalism of the team. Their work continues to set us apart from other providers when supporting individuals with complex needs to transition successfully into their new homes”

Congratulations to the Complete Care & Enablement Team!! 🏆🎉

08/05/2026

Stefan's Journey

Stefan suffered a brain injury after an incident while he was living in Ibiza, he also suffered severe physical injures and needed lots of medical attention as a result.

After receiving treatment in different hospitals abroad and in the UK, Stefan came to, and settled at The Oakleaf Group in Northamptonshire for intensive neuro-rehabilitation. He worked very hard with the team to maximize his rehab potential and got to the stage where he was ready to move on from Oakleaf's specialized service.

Stefan previously lived on his own and doesn't have any family in the UK, so the local authority had the challenge to find a suitable living arrangement for him. This was proving to be very difficult for them as there wasn't anywhere that could meet his unique needs. There were talks about Stefan moving to a nursing home but the Oakleaf team argued that this wasn't the right move for him.

While these discussions were taking place, Oakleaf were in the process of opening some supported living services around Northamptonshire. After consultation with Stefan’s social worker and West Northants council, it was agreed that Stefan could be moved to Oakleaf's new supported living service.

He moved in on February 2026 and we are thrilled to report that with Oakleaf’s support he is now living a more independent life, making his own decisions, going to the shops to buy his own meals and being supported to cook fresh meals from scratch and access the community.

Stefan said 'I'm so happy to have my own place and the staff are helping me to do all the things I want to do'.

08/04/2026

CareTech Arts, Crafts and Performance Competition 2026 is here!

We’re pleased to announce the launch of this year’s Arts, Crafts and Performance competition on Monday April 13th.

This annual competition is designed to celebrate the talents of the adults, children and young people we support across the whole of the CareTech Group and posters with all the competition details are already on their way to every one of our Services, Schools, Homes and Centres.

2026 is a big year for sport with the Winter Olympics and the World Cup all taking place, so this year’s theme is where “Creativity Meets Sport” and we want you to let your imagination run wild and create something that really inspires you. Whether that’s a drawing, a painting, something made from wool or fabric, a sculpture, model or a piece of pottery. Or maybe its digital art created on a computer or tablet… it could even be a piece of music you have composed, a song you have written or a choreographed dance.

This competition is open to all the Adults, Children and Young People we support across the CareTech Group.

Click the link below for all the details and don’t delay, get creating today!
https://caretech-uk.pagetiger.com/dwinwfi



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