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A member of the Elysium Eagles ladies football team is positively moving on from Gateway Recovery Centre and taking the next steps on her recovery journey. She shared this touching letter with Jason Bonney, Mission Fit Lead which beautifully captures the impact the football sessions have had for her.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Today we share the latest of our insightful masterclasses hosted by Sophie Bull which introduces examines exploring offence paralleling behaviours for intimate partner violence. You can watch this recorded session here. https://hubs.la/Q02WgBmb0

Nursing colleagues from across Elysium have gathered today for our latest Nursing Conference and an opportunity to share knowledge and best practice.   Over the next two days, ‘Nurses Make the Difference’ will explore a range of topics including the perspective of the service user shared by Group Service User Expert by Experience Sue Denison, psychological safety, observations and nursing across the generations.   Keynote Speaker Professor Rozanne Nwaobi-Crosby, Lead Nurse for Research NIHR ICA Clinical Lecturer Moorfields Eye Hospital will present on both Leadership and Research and Eye Health and colleagues from Elysium services will also share examples of best practice.

Earlier this month services across Elysium marked World Mental Health Day in different ways. At Bere Clinic School there was a focus on mindfulness activities and fun, with games, reading and time spent with Nectar the dog. There were also crochet lessons organised by students. Meanwhile. at Arbury Court, Elysium CEO Joy Chamberlain joined colleagues in officially opening the newly refurbished staff welfare areas which offer a relaxing and welcoming space to spend breaks.

Working in healthcare is more than just a job. It’s the chance to change lives and get recognition for the difference you make. It’s a career made for you. Discover the difference at Elysium Healthcare and see yourself as part of the bigger picture. To explore our career pathways and find a career for life, please visit our Careers website. https://hubs.la/Q02VZKY90 #ElysiumHealthcare #CareersForYou #Healthcare #Jobs

The positive and therapeutic effect animals can have for people supported in services is well known. One of Elysium’s latest ‘recruits’ to this role is 13-week-old puppy Madam who has been visiting the people supported on Bevan Ward at Aberdeeg Hospital, and colleagues who work at the service. It is fair to say she has firmly established herself as a favourite visitor, warming laps wherever she goes!

A cup of tea and a slice of cake can make all the difference in the fight against cancer. Colleagues and service users were treated to an array of delicious sweet treats and hot beverages to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support across several Elysium sites including beautifully decorated cookies, traybakes profiteroles and a special ‘pizza’ made entirely out of cake! A huge thank you to everyone who joined the Elysium Healthcare Macmillan Coffee Mornings! Your generosity will make a lasting impact on those who need it most. To see yourself as part of a team which prides itself on community and helping others, please visit our Careers website: https://hubs.la/Q02VFyQc0 #ElysiumHealthcare #MacmillanCoffeeMorning #Fundraising #Charity

On the 11th November, Elysium Healthcare will be joined by Matt Milarski, Head of Quality Improvement, and Sal Smith, Head of Lived Experience at the National Collaborating Centre, Royal College of Psychiatrists, for a QI Conversations live webinar. The event will offer an opportunity for internal staff and service users to hear from leaders in the field of improvement discuss the Culture of Care Programme, the importance of lived experience, and how Elysium staff can be involved in creating meaningful change using QI methods and tools on their wards.

At Elysium Healthcare, you don’t just have to work on the frontline of care in order to deliver great healthcare. Our career pathways are open to talented skilled professionals within fields such as IT, Administration, Finance and HR. In our latest blog post, Saffron is an Information Security Engineer at Elysium. After discovering a love for IT as a teenager, Saffron graduated from university with a degree in Cybersecurity with Digital Forensics. Now in her role, Saffron is able to work on a diverse range of projects and help keep Elysium’s infrastructure secure. To read more about Saffron’s career journey and working in IT at Elysium, please visit our blog post: https://hubs.la/Q02VrQhQ0 #ElysiumHealthcare #Careers #IT #Cybersecurity #CareerPaths #Blog #Technology

As we get closer to the end of October, a particular annual event may be looming large for some people, and causing anxiety. While Halloween can be a fun event and something to look forward to for some people, it can be a cause of anxiety for others. Our blog looks into the subject in more detail and offers some helpful tips https://hubs.la/Q02VrQnm0 At Field House, the people we support and team have been working together to decorate the Halloween Tree.