Sway Place Care Home, Hampshire

Our experienced team provide a range of care including residential, dementia, nursing, and respite care.

We offer residential, nursing, respite, dementia care and End of life care. We are known as a ‘home for life’, when a resident’s needs change, we are here to support them throughout with a tailored care plan. All our care is person-centred, meaning the resident is at the centre of all aspects of their care.

Types of care offered at Sway Place Care Home

• Residential care
• Dementia care
• Respite care
• End of life care

Our Home Manager, Jane Baxter, is supported by a leadership team, comprising leads in care, maintenance, housekeeping, catering and lifestyle coordination.There are a variety of care home jobs available within Sway Place Care Home in Sway; we all work together to provide the best care for our residents.

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Careers at Sway Place

Care Assistants

Our hardworking care assistants always keep individuals and their families at the heart of the care they provide. They work with the families to shape the care that each resident receives, from the food they’re served to the activities and experiences they want to do – even the ways they prefer to keep in touch with their friends and family.

Team Leaders

With a proven ability to lead and supervise others, team leaders work alongside care assistants to support residents with their daily needs. Ideally with an NVQ level 3 in health and social care, or with a desire to achieve this, team leaders will carry out risk assessments, administer and record medication requirements and lead the care assistants on a day to day basis.

Lifestyle Teams
Our dedicated lifestyles teams work hard to organise a range of activities and events at our home. From gardening and baking to quizzes, music sessions and even live entertainment. Above all, we get to know each resident to make sure our activities are tailored to suit their interests and hobbies.

Sway Place Care Home Manager, Jane Baxter

“I’m an experienced Home Manager with over 30 years’ experience in the care sector. I decided to join Sway Place because of Care UK’s values and reputation. I hold the Registered Manager’s Award, and Diplomas in Heath and Social Care at Levels 2, 3 and 4.

“My favourite part of the day is when I do my rounds – engaging with residents, colleagues and visitors. I also love joining in with activities when I can.”

Career development at Sway Place Care Home

At Sway Place, we want all our colleagues to have a long and successful career with us.

Our vision is to provide an inclusive training culture that empowers all colleagues to develop a fulfilling career. From induction to training workshops and apprenticeships, we actively support colleagues to learn new skills and progress their careers.

Here are just some of the ways we help our team members to develop more fulfilling careers:

• A friendly induction
• Bespoke learning and development programmes
• Continuous Professional Development
• Role specific skills training workshops
• Apprenticeships
• Colleague Voice
• Care UK Buddy
• Colleague Voice Champion
• Dementia Champion
• Moving and Positioning Trainer
• Emergency First Aider
• Fire Warden
• Future Leaders Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders

Internal progression is very possible at Care UK. In fact, our ‘no experience necessary’ approach, means that the right person with the right values can start at Care UK and work their way up in a department that suits them. We offer different contracts to fit individual needs; whether you are looking for a full time position or want to pick up additional shifts on the Bank.

For example, our Colleague’s Voices Champions’ purpose is to bring together those who want to make a real difference to Care UK allowing them to be given a platform to share ideas and give feedback from their teams on key initiatives. Here is what one of them has to say about their time at Care UK:

“As Colleague Voice, I have attended a conference last year in Gatwick which 1 was pushed outside my comfort zone (as I was solo travelling which is generally a fear of mine!) and 2 I have really helped my fellow colleagues with raising feedback and way to better support the home. I thoroughly enjoy this role!“

Kallum Chamberlain - Colleague Voice’s Champion

Whether you are starting as a Domestic, Care Assistant or Home Manager, at Care UK we support you in your career progression. We have a dedicated learning and development team as well as an abundance of E-learning to support you through your career. During your induction period you will have access to various online learning support services, as well as 121 “Buddy” mentorships within the home and regular catch ups with your Home Manager. If starting as a nurse, we offer clinical skills and nursing leadership workshops to grow your confidence as well as access to resources such as Clinicalskills and Mycare.

For overseas nurses in the UK we have a ‘Pin Project’ to support you through your exams to receive your UK NMC PIN.

Once you are settled into your nursing job we have a variety of learning and training opportunities to enhance your career including RCN accredited nurse practice supervisor, becoming a preceptor, coaching for care and nursing colleagues and opportunities to reflect on practice and take part in clinical supervisions.

There are opportunities to become the lead in your area of expertise including Dementia, Mental Health, as well as more practical areas including falls and infection prevention and control.For further progression in your career we have both a ‘Future Deputy Manager’ and ‘Future Home Manager’ programme to support you on your Care UK journey in which you will have access to leadership workshops and core skills modules.

Lorren Nolan

Deputy Manager

“From the moment I first came for an interview at Sway Place, I had a good feeling about the home. I loved the teamwork I could see, and the progression opportunities looked great. I joined the team in 2019, but I’ve worked in the care industry for 14 years. The best part of each day is seeing the residents – they’re what I’m here or! Being made Deputy Manager was a highlight of my career so far. In this role, you need to be patient, respect others, have good computer skills and be level-headed. Ensuring that Sway Place is a home away from home for residents with plenty of activities for all is my main priority.”

Laura Blake

Admissions Advisor

“I started my journey here when the home first opened in 2008. As a previous Team Leader, I supported residents through their personal journeys to live their lives to the fullest and I am dedicated to making a positive difference to the residents we care for. I have welcomed many residents and their families into our beautiful home. Now as Home Admissions Advisor I am dedicated to making a positive difference at what can be an emotional time for residents and their loved ones. Every effort goes into enhancing and enriching the lives of residents here and ensuring that they find the right care solution that is bespoke to them. It is a privilege to be part of the amazing team here and seeing the residents flourish and fulfilled. I look forward to welcoming you to our home.”

Alan Bell

Head Chef

“Working at Sway Place is my first role in a care home, but my background in private aviation preparing high quality balanced meals means I have excellent knowledge and skills for this role. Having also collaborated with Champney’s Health Spa, I know how important the nutrition in our diets is. One of the best parts of the ole is having the interaction with the lovely residents, being able to find out exactly what they like, so I can design and create dishes that they will enjoy. It has a real family feel here at Sway Place and I love being part of a fantastic, dedicated team at Care UK.”

Debra Corrigan

Receptionist

“I joined Sway Place to be part of a great team of people. Before this, I was working in an activities centre for disabled children. I love that every day here is different, and I’m proud to be the first person to greet friends and family into the home and give them the friendly and professional Sway Place welcome. I enjoy working with our team of compassionate, caring people.”

Samantha Collins

Head Housekeeper

“I have worked within the care environment for 14 years and chose to move to Sway Place because of the lovely location and good feedback from the team at the home. I was very happy to be promoted from “Housekeeper” to “Head Housekeeper” in 2021. I really enjoy spending time with all the lovely residents and getting to know their individual personalities.”

Our culture and values

Every one of our Care UK colleagues makes a difference to fulfilling the lives of our residents. Colleagues at Care UK are guided by our core values: Caring, Passionate and Teamwork.

Caring
We want to get to know each of our colleagues as individuals, residents and each other with kindness, dignity and respect. We want to make every moment count and be supportive of each other in all we do.

Passionate
We want to be proud of the care we deliver but always look for ways to do things better. While we bring our commitment and energy to our roles, we will always put our training and expertise into practice.

Teamwork
We encourage our colleagues to be open to learning and improving, to speak up if needed and work with others to find solutions to problems. Our staff can always ask for help and also offer it where they can. We understand the importance of the families and communities in which we deliver care.

Our teams have a shared sense of purpose and each care home’s team has a say in our vision and values.We understand the importance of creating an inclusive environment in which all voices are heard. We implement an annual ‘Your Voice survey’ in which employees can anonymously give their opinion which is followed up by meetings to discuss what is being done well as well as ways we can improve.

We understand the mental health of our employees is extremely important and therefore we have Mental Health First Aiders available for employees to reach out to when needed. Whether you need a quick chat or a more in-depth discussions, we are here to listen.

Perks and benefits

One of the many advantages of working for Care UK is we offer a variety of marketing-leading benefits and incentives for our staff members. These range from shopping discounts, holiday buy scheme, refer a friend scheme, free uniforms and many more.

Recognition is a big part of our culture at Care UK and we offer several ways for staff to feel seen for the hard work they do. This includes our GEM Awards that staff can recommend each other for both in and out of their home service, Long Service Award for outstanding commitment to working for Care UK and even our Christmas Gift Voucher that all Care UK employees receive to help with your Christmas shopping.

The table below shows the many ways that our Perks and Benefits can help you save money while working at Care UK.

Equality, diversity & inclusion

We are committed to creating a working environment where all colleagues can achieve their full potential, free from discrimination or harassment.

We're proud to promote our diverse workforce. Having a team of different ages, genders and backgrounds ensures fresh thinking and encourages creativity and teamwork.

We are committed to nurturing an inclusive culture and affording equal opportunities to all.

We operate a values-based recruitment strategy which means that there are opportunities for all members of the community, including those with little to no experience.

Values-Based Recruitment

Our ‘no experience necessary’ approach means we operate a values-based recruitment strategy ensuring opportunities are open to all.

Community-based events

Our colleagues participate in community events ranging from LGBTQ+ Pride events across the country to Barrio Fiesta in Hampton and many more.

Inclusion networks

We have a number of inclusion networks which colleagues are encouraged to join, such as Colleague Voices, Mental Health First Aiders and an EDI Committee.

Equality Diversity Inclusion (EDI) committee

We involve frontline colleagues in generating feedback and ideas based on their own lived EDI experiences.

Partnering with social mobility charity Speakers for Schools

We’re delivering a project for young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) on behalf of Greater Essex Careers Hub. We aim to support this and similar initiatives nationally in the long run.

Practical information about working at Sway Place

Sway Place is set in the beautiful village of Sway, Hampshire, located between Lymington and New Milton with bus routes from each location. Due to the location, the home benefits from a quiet and peaceful environment that the residents thoroughly enjoy.

The home offers onsite parking facilities which include disabled parking and there is plenty of roadside parking around the home if needed. There are also plenty of bus stops along Church Lane which is just a short 5 minute walk from the home.