#GITK24 – looking to the future
We recently hosted our latest ‘Getting in the Know’ event at Chadderton Town Hall. It’s always a brilliant day, with approximately 150 MioCare Group colleagues getting together over the course of two sessions – one in the morning and another in the afternoon.
Previously, ‘Getting in the Know’ has always been billed as an employee engagement event and primarily, that was the case again this time round. However, we were delighted to welcome a good number of people we support from across our various services, too!
With a focus on the future and our soon-to-be launched new strategy, we wanted the voice of people we support to be heard alongside that of our workforce.
MioCare supports, represents and involves so many people. It’s important that whatever someone’s place or role in the Group, that they have the opportunity to feedback and contribute to how care and support is designed and delivered.
So, what did the sessions look like…
- They started with a short exercise around kindness – taking inspiration from Action for Happiness
- We reflected on our 10 year anniversary
- Our Managing Director presented on the national picture for social care – referencing the CQC’s new approach to assessment, and our involvement with the National Care Forum and their ‘Speak Up For Care’ campaign
- He also spoke about how things look closer to home – referencing local success stories as well as budget challenges, our relationships with key partners including Oldham Council and the continued rollout of Care Control’s digital care planning software in our services
This brought us to the main part of the session, which was all about people. We want to continue putting people at the heart of everything we do, and so it was only right that we invited people to share their experience of receiving care and support from MioCare. We heard from Richard, Veronica, Andrew and many more who stayed for the duration of the sessions and not only addressed everyone over the microphone, but took part in the group-work that followed.
Everyone got a first glimpse of our new #FutureFocus strategy, much of which has been written in response to feedback gathered in-service and through wide-ranging workforce surveys.
A huge thank you to everyone who attended and contributed, and to all those who had a hand in organising the event.
