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Premier Care and Training Services.
The Somerset Care
Group is one of the largest not for profit care
companies in the UK. It offers a wide range of
residential, nursing and home care services across
Southern England, and through its training company
Acacia Training & Development Ltd provides courses and
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Somerset Care offers a wide range of care
services and training for private, publicly funded, and commercial
clients:
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Somerset Care Group was launched in 1991, and has five
principal areas of business activity.
Somerset Care Ltd provides residential
and nursing care for older people in 26 care homes in
Somerset, and 1 in Gloucestershire.
Care at Home (Somerset Care at Home Ltd) provides
personal care and assistance for 4000 people living in their
own homes in Somerset, Wiltshire, Bath and North East
Somerset, and Gloucestershire.
Isle Care (Isle Care 97 Ltd) provides residential care
for older people and adults with learning disabilities on the
Isle of Wight.
 Acacia
Training & Development Ltd
provides courses and skills development programmes
for company staff and external purchasers across the
South West.
Echoes Community Care Ltd provides
personal care and assistance for people
living in their own homes in Hampshire, Portsmouth, Berkshire
and West Sussex.
Over
the years Somerset Care has continued to provide quality care
and training services, with all homes for older people holding
the County Council’s quality rating.
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 Acacia
Training and Development
• In February 2005 this new company was formed from 3
existing companies: CETS in Plymouth, Ethos in Newton
Abbott and Horizon Training in Taunton.
• The company is now one of the largest providers of
vocational training in the South West.
• In Devon and Cornwall the emphasis is on providing
Modern Apprenticeships in a wide variety of occupational
areas and NVQ training for adults.
• From the Horizon Centre in Taunton the Company offers
NVQ training, specialist courses, statutory training,
leadership and management development and consultancy
support to public and private sector organisations.
 Somerset
Care
• 26 nursing and residential care homes throughout
Somerset, and 1 in Gloucestershire.
• We provide 1100 places in our homes with specialist
provision for elderly mentally infirm, intermediate and
respite care.
• The current development programme will increase the
number of places offered to 1450 by 2008.
• We are working in partnership with Somerset County
Council on the development of services for adults with
physical disabilities.
Care At Home
• 18,000 hours of domiciliary care delivered to clients
within their own homes throughout Somerset, Wiltshire,
Bath and North East Somerset, and Gloucestershire.
• We cater for the needs of older people and younger
adults with physical or learning disabilities.
Isle Care
• We operate four homes for older people on the Isle of
Wight.
• The homes offer residential care and specialist care for
older people with dementia.
• Plans are being developed for a major investment
programme to modernise and extend these homes including
the creation of extra care housing units.
• We also operate 14 homes for adults with learning
disabilities where we are working with Social Services and
housing partners to modernise and develop the service,
responding ever more effectively to the individual
personal life choices and aspirations of those in our
care.
Echoes Community Care
• Echoes provides approximately 3,000 hours of domiciliary
care services in Hampshire, Portsmouth and Berkshire.
• The company is continuing to expand its services
throughout the Hampshire and West Sussex region, offering
reliable, high quality and innovative care for people in
their own homes. |
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Every
business knows what makes it successful and why customers
choose them rather than their competitors.
So,
what makes Somerset Care successful? We take an overview of
the company's achievements...
