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Workshop: Mentaur Ltd. / 25 years of commitment

Presentented by: Shekhar MukherjiIsabel Melo (Mentaur Group Directors)

Shekhar Mukherji and Isabel Melo founded Mentaur Ltd. in the late 80’s. As Mentaur Group directors they endorse Mentaur philosophy and values.

Their workshop: ‘Mentaur Ltd. / 25 years of commitment’ presented an overview of the company since its foundation. Working with the NHS for some time, Isabel and Shekhar understood the changes in the development of community services in the UK in the late 80’s. Their professional experiences inspire them to create a new service that based its philosophy in the promotion of independence, rights and enablement, resulting in Mentaur Ltd. creation. The workshop also offered its attendants insightful information on the challenges and opportunities that Mentaur faced throughout the years.

Although the aim of the workshop was to emphasize Mentaur’s past, attendants also had the opportunity of understanding the company’s present efforts in research and projections for the future.

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Workshop: MCS – A Person centered approach

Presentented by: Jovita Vieira

Comming soon

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Workshop: Human resources in social care

Presentented by: Geraldine Rudge

Geraline Rudge has been working in Human Resources since XXXX and joined Mentaur Ltd. in 2012 as Mentaur Ltd. Human Resources Manager.

Her daily tasks include a wide variety of responsibilities and the aim of this workshop was to give staff a better understanding of the Human Resources role and Department within Mentaur.

On the other hand, this workshop intended to empower its attendants with useful skills to be used in their day to day tasks and in the future, therefore the workshop also focused on interview skills such as how to conduct in a supervision or an interview, the do’s and don’ts and best practices.

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Workshop: Training and IT in social care

Presentented by: Mónica Melo

Mónica Melo has been working with Mentaur since 1995 as Training and Purchasing Manager. She has been in charge of training and IT since she has joined Mentaur team and it has provided her with a thorough knowledge of the company’s procedures.

Her workshop started by focusing on the legal requirements from social care regulating bodies/organisations and Mentaur’s expectations. This followed a short overview on the Managers and Senior staff’s responsibilities and the importance of working closely with the Training Department.

Before the session ends, she also highlighted procedures regarding training and IT as well as the benefits and outcomes derived from Mentaur’s upgrade to an IT system.

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Workshop: Frontline support in residential care

Presentented by: Natalie Manningham

Natalie Manningham is a support worker for Evergreen House, her workshop focused on the specificity of her job role.

The term “frontline support” is used to refer to a large number of individuals. During the first half of the workshop, the workings of support staff was explored in terms of what the role entails, qualities associated with workers and the reasons why people chose to work in this sector.

The second half of the workshop considers the state of the care sector as it is and some of the difficulties faced by both residents and staff. Given the predicted increase in demand, this leads onto a discussion about the potential difficulties that may be faced in the future if such problems are not resolved.

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Workshop: Management in residential care

Presentented by: Kurayi Chiimba and Ana Domingues

Kurayi Chiimba and Ana Domingues are 2 of Mentaur homes Managers (Herons Lodge and Wilton House). With 2 presenters this workshop intended to offer the attendants 2 different visions on a Home Manager role: an experienced point of view (Kurayi) and a fresh new approach (Ana).

The opportunity of two Managers sharing ideas, knowledge and experiences was very beneficial for both the presenters and the attendants. The workshop discussed several aspects of Managers duties and responsibilities as well as internal and external support networks; Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults and the difficulties of a managing a home on a daily basis.

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Workshop: Research and innovation in social care

Presentented by: Herculano Castro

Herculano Castro has been with Mentaur for the past 5 years and is now Mentaur Group Operations Manager and Autism Lead. His workshop focused on Mentaur Group’s approach on the role of research and innovation in its areas of work. It highlighted Mentaur’s national conferences on Dementia in Learning Disability; Growing Older with Autism and Personalisation as well as our presentations in other national and international conferences. The workshop also presented an overview of the company’s current research interests and its innovative types of services offered.

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