Hemsworth Careforce is the largest provider of care for Wakefield Social Services. We provide care throughout the entire Wakefield district and look after around 400 service users employing more than 100 carers. We also offer a domestic and/or shopping service for anybody that needs extra help or doesn't have time to do it themselves.
We are always interested in hearing from individuals who are interested in a career in care. Please contact us by phone or email for more information.
Hemsworth's community projects
We are supporting Bullenshaw Day Centre which many of our service users also attend.
In December we held a coffee and carols event for 24 people at Bullenshaw including some who don’t normally attend there three have asked if they can continue to go after Christmas! Careforce staff helped make tea and handed out musical instruments so everyone could join in the music.
Schoolchildren from Sacred Heart primary school sang carols and later stayed to chat and also sang a fe wrequests - ably supported by some of the service users.
Just before Christmas we presented Bullenshaw Day Centre with a Wii donated by the Group. It was initially intended for a youth project but we were aware that Bullenshaw had been trying to raise money to buy a Wii and asked if they we could give it to them instead. Val Olwen the Day Centre Manager explains why a Wii is such a good idea for elderly people. “Research has shown that using a Wii to play games such as bowls, golf and bingo or quizzes is really beneficial for semi-active people”, she says. It has several benefits: playing games means that it encourages movement and activity and it will also help us to become more technology-aware. We have a scheme with a local primary school which sends a group of 8 or 9 year-olds to visit us every week - we will enlist their help in teaching us how to use it and will be an another way of breaking down barriers. The scheme is run because we believe if pre-teen children socialise and communicate with older people in the community they are less likely to vandalise older people’s property or terrorise them.
The branch Christmas tombola raised £180 which is going to purchase games for the Wii.
Hemsworth is also supporting the Keep Warm this Winter campaign and they came up with the idea of a giving away a wheat bag which can be heated in a microwave and use to warm cold hands or joints. Carers have distributed bags of gifts to all service users which also included a raffle ticket. The staff have managed to collect an amazing amount of prizes from local businesses. The raffle prizes include a large hamper and a motorised four-wheel scooter which has been donated by a local company.