This Speak Up Month, we are raising awareness of how much we value speaking up in our organisation. In our latest blog colleagues share why it is essential that when people speak up they are listened to.
In our latest blog Priya Chauhan shares her career journey from student at the University of Derby to newly qualified Occupational Therapist at Cygnet Sherwood House.
In this blog, Adrian Ashurst, one of Cygnet’s Specialist Trainers, reflects on his experiences of working in a care setting during the pandemic, the lessons he has learnt and the new skills that he will continue to use in his training sessions and interactions with other people.
15th October 2021 marks Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) Awareness Day. In her blog, Heather Rigby, Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist (SLT) at Cygnet Joyce Parker Hospital and Cygnet Hospital Sheffield, explains what DLD is and how to recognise when children may need help.
The recent Facebook outage gave an opportunity for us all to reflect on the impact of social media on the mental health of young people and ourselves, writes Dr Jon Van Niekerk, Cygnet’s Group Clinical Director, in his latest blog to mark World Mental Health Day 2021.
Speak Up Month is celebrated in October. As part of the month’s celebrations, Agnes Tutani, Cygnet’s Freedom to Speak Up Guardian, writes about how colleagues have embraced speaking up at Cygnet and encourages us all to Speak Up, Listen Up, Follow Up.
Today marks World Suicide Prevention Day which provides us with an opportunity to rally around a shared goal of preventing suicide. In this blog Lucy Scarborough, Cygnet's Group Communications Manager, shares what it’s like to lose a loved one to suicide and the importance of shining a light on a subject that can cast such a dark shadow.
In our latest blog Lee Hammon looks back at his 21 years with Cygnet Health Care, from joining us as a management trainee through to his current role as Cygnet's Chief Commercial Officer.
In our latest blog, Angela, a service user at Cygnet Wallace Hospital, talks about her journey so far and her goals for the future.
As Pride Month draws to a close, Jon Van Niekirk, Group Clinical Director and Interim Chair of Cygnet’s LGBT+ Network, shares his reflections on why Pride still matters and what it means to him personally, plus an update on the work of Cygnet’s LGBT+ Network.
This week is Learning Disability Week (#LDWeek2021) and Sibusio (Busi) Mudimbu, Service Manager at Old Leigh House in Essex, reflects on how the pandemic has impacted the lives of residents and celebrates the team spirit that has helped to keep them occupied, supported and well cared for throughout.
Carers Week (7 – 13 June 2021) is an annual campaign to raise awareness and recognise the contribution carers make to families and communities throughout the UK. This week the mother of a service user at Cygnet Hospital Harrow shares her account of how important communication has been to her relationship with her son throughout the lockdowns of the last year.
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