At the age of 73 and marking his 52nd year in nursing, Steve Brotherhood has no intention of slowing down. Born in Yorkshire and raised in Nottinghamshire, Steve started his career at the age of 21 in 1969 as a student nurse at Rampton Hospital and is currently a clinical team leader at Cygnet Hospital Bierley.
]Cygnet Hospital Kewstoke held their annual sports day on Thursday 15th July, the event is a long standing tradition for the service which has been held for the last 9 years.
All the services in Cygnet’s social care division have been given the opportunity to put themselves forward for our new Dignity in Care Awards. To date over 60 of our social care services have been presented with their Dignity in Care Award.
Service Users and Staff on Ramsey Unit, our High Dependency Rehabilitation Service for men at Cygnet Hospital Colchester, have been working together to strengthen relationships and improve communication by starting a weekly co-production meeting.
Cygnet Hospital Stevenage hosted its first ‘Employee Retention Day’ to bring staff together and showcase the benefits, training, rewards and opportunities of working at the hospital.
A team of social care staff who opted to self-isolate with their residents during a Covid outbreak have been recognised for their selfless commitment to keeping people safe. A team of five from The Squirrels, our specialist autism residential service in Southampton, chose to self-isolate at the service so they could continue to support their residents.
We are delighted to announce that four service user led projects from Cygnet Health Care services have been shortlisted as finalists for the National Service User Awards 2021!
This year, for the first time ever, the Phoenix School of Therapeutic Education at Cygnet Hospital Sheffield, held an end of year prom to celebrate all of the hard work that their students have put into their academic endeavors over the past school year.
A new acute mental health service for men has opened at Cygnet Lodge Woking in Surrey. George Willard Ward is a new 11-bed male mental health acute service and is named in memory of two local health care workers.
In May, Cygnet Churchill launched a new therapeutic group for service users as part of Mental Health Awareness Week 2021. The ‘Art in the Park’ group is a collaboration between the Occupational Therapy and Psychology department which aims to empower service users to develop resilience and self-management skills using resources found in nature.
The service users and staff team at Cygnet St Teilo House in Rhymney celebrated the end of Pride Month in style with their very own “Teilo Fest”. Entertainment was provided by a DJ, a busker as well as an interactive circus skills workshop.
In the latest episode of Music 2 Empower we follow the journey of Cray Allen AKA ‘Sloth’, a now discharged service user from Cygnet Hospital Blackheath. In this episode, Cray explains how music has been key in supporting his recovery journey and on his positive experiences at Cygnet Hospital Blackheath.
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