Our carers do their best to go the extra mile to help service users enjoy an active and fulfilling life. This can be through regular daily or weekly care and support or sometimes by enabling a holiday of a lifetime or by organising an away-from-it-all trip. Such breaks can be a real tonic to the […]
We’re delighted to acknowledge that Helping Hands Community Care has reached a new milestone – our 30th anniversary. We’re proud to have been supporting vulnerable people and those with specialist care needs for 30 years. This makes Helping Hands one of the longest established, and largest independent homecare providers in Northumberland and wider area. A […]
Government must stop dithering over social care and accelerate plans to introduce a properly funded mechanism for the embattled sector, according to David Harrison, MD of Helping Hands Community Care. He has echoed the views of England’s social care regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC), which earlier this year stated the social care sector (including […]
Helping Hands Community Care has expanded its senior management team to lead and manage the delivery of its specialist care services. We recently appointed Sharon King as the new head of specialist care services, alongside Sandra Vitty, who has been appointed as branch manager. The newly-appointed team, operating from our Cramlington branch office, will oversee […]
Helping Hands Community Care, the leading independent home care provider in Northumberland, is expanding its service – effective Monday May 14 2018 – following the withdrawal of Tynedale Care Ltd in the county. All services provided by Tynedale Care, along with their team of 28 carers and five office staff, have been transferred across to […]
Well-known charity volunteer and Northumberland care worker Mary Robinson, MBE, recently stepped down from her role and retired, after almost 25 years of service. Mary worked with us at Helping Hands Community Care for over two decades, providing care to hundreds of people across West Northumberland. During that time, we believe she made around 50,000 […]
Helping Hands has embarked on its most significant recruitment drive for several years in Tynedale and the west of Northumberland. A publicity and media campaign has been designed and implemented to combine local cinema, bus and press advertising with door-to-door leafleting to more than 16,000 homes. Advertising began at the start of March with ads […]
Helping Hands has established a new HR team to help manage our expansion. Andrea Guy, 47, recently joined as HR manager, alongside Tracy Thomas, 51, HR and group administrator. The two new appointments come after our rebrand and relocation to new offices. We currently employ more than 450 people, with further plans to recruit at […]
Helping Hands recently invested in new branch offices in the east and west of the county as part of a major expansion programme. In our drive to provide general and specialist services to allow people who are elderly, disabled or suffering from dementia live in their homes, we’re looking to recruit more than 50 care […]
Helping Hands continues to expand home care and specialist support services across Northumberland – and we are recruiting to meet growth. We already employ a dedicated team of more than 500 people who work tirelessly throughout the county. Candidates with or without experience in the care sector are invited to apply for posts as homecare […]
December 7, 2018
