March is World Social Work Month and on 22nd March 2022 we celebrated our second Cygnet Annual Social Work Conference. The conference featured contributions from guest speakers and Cygnet staff including the social work team at Cygnet Hospital Derby who gave a fantastic presentation on the work they did to support carers during the pandemic.
We are delighted to announce that Cygnet Grange and Cygnet Lodge, our two neuropsychiatric care and treatment services in Sutton-in-Ashfield for those affected by acquired brain injuries, have successfully gained Approved Provider accreditation with Headway, the Brain Injury Association.
Last week marked a huge milestone for Cygnet’s Quality Improvement journey as Cygnet Brunel, was signed off as QI ready - the first Cygnet site to achieve this status.
Cygnet Lodge Brighouse was pleased to welcome Calder Valley MP, Craig Whittaker, on a visit to the service last week. The local MP was joined by Councillor for Rastrick, Sophie Whittaker, and both were interested to learn about the range of support provided to help individuals on their mental health recovery journey.
We are very excited to announce the launch of the Co-Sustain initiative. Co-Sustain empowers service users and staff to take sustainability into their own hands.
Service users on Swift Ward, Cygnet Hospital Taunton's older adults service, have been learning about choking awareness as part of Nutrition and Hydration Week.
In the past month Cygnet Cedars have created two lovely displays to highlight and raise awareness of two key topics: climate change, and how we support our service users from multicultural backgrounds.
We celebrated Employee Appreciation Day with teamwork this year by extending the day to a whole week from 4th – 10th March with staff from support services teaming up with colleagues to work in a service for a day.
On Thursday 3rd March the team at Cygnet Appletree, near Durham, embarked on their Quality Improvement (QI) journey with an incredibly successful ‘Mapping Event’.
The team at Cygnet Wast Hills recently ran a challenge to see how far they could cycle in 24 hours on their new exercise bike. Staff and service users came equipped with their exercise gear and lots of energy!
The team at Tupwood Gate Nursing Home were delighted to recently receive their new Digital Rainbow Table which will give our residents the opportunity to engage in new digital experiences.
Cygnet's Head of Education, Ed Hall, is preparing to compete in the Marathon Des Sables, a 150 mile foot race across the Sahara desert, to raise money for Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice.
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