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Picnic In The Park

We have lots of excitinig news to share!

Firstly, we are pleased to have created 4 new Team Coordinator positions. Team Coordinators will work closely with the Locality Managers and will provide an important link between people supported, family members, and team members and the LM's. They will also support the LM's with vital work associated with their legal responsibilities as Registered Managers with the Care Quality Commission. We are really pleased to be able to have recruited internally to these positions and therefore we welcome Sam Field, Kate Crocker, Vicky Parrott, and Nnamdi Emenyonu. This is a significant investment and one that we believe will further ensure the delivery of quality support. This obviously applies financial pressure, so You First will be continuing to focus on growth to ensure continued reinvestment.

You should be aware that You First is 10 years old this year and as part of our celebrations we have a Picnic in the Park at the Aller Playing Field, this takes place on August 21st 12.00 - 16.00. There will be lots of fun and games, a free ice-cream, and a few surprises, so please be sure to be there! Please reserve your place by contacting mimi@youfirstsupportservices.org.uk. It will be great to see you there, and the event should be a fun and celebratory occasion.  

You First has had it's new management structure in place for some time now, and I am pleased to see how effective and robust it is. Stephen is doing a first class job as Business Development Director, Jade is an absolute workhorse as Operational Business Manager, and our Locality Managers are now all registered with CQC, which is fantastic. Our vision continues to be one of a flat structure, as this brings decision making closer to the people we support but it needs to be robust enough to meet our regulatory and contractual obligations and responsibilities. You First has always been praised for our personal touch, the way that you know us and we know you well, and this structure is designed to support and maintain that.

Thank you for your continued support of You First in what, as you will all know, continues to be an incredibly challenging environment nationally. Social Care simply isn't valued or funded to the level it needs to be to truly see disabled and neurodiverse people living, building, and growing their lives in ways that are meaningful and purposeful to them. Recruitment continues to be a challenge in this respect and indeed people leaving social care positions often do so to leave the social care sector completely simply because of the stresses and lack of career pathway. We work hard to buck this trend, and we succeed in small measure as our recent Team Coordinator posts demonstrate, but we feel the pressure acutely. Thank you once again for your support in these tough times.

Once again, have a great summer, and I look forward to seeing you on August 21st.  

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