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RSS FeedDonation to Rare Breeds Centre
Credo Care has made a donation of £250 to the Rare Breeds Centre and Countryside Farm, near Ashford in Kent. The centre is run by Canterbury Oast Trust, […]
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd March, 2010
Welcome to Jane
We are very pleased to welcome our new Supervising Social Worker for the Midlands Office. Jane Conway joins us from a background of Children with Disabilities Social Work.
Jane has […]
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd March, 2010
Midlands on the Move
Our Lutterworth Office is being relocated - to the other side of the Motorway!
We have now outgrown our offices in Hill House and are moving to a much bigger, detached […]
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd March, 2010
New post for Midlands Office
We have a vacancy for a Referrals and Placements Officer in the Lutterworth Office. See jobs section for information.
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Last updated: Tuesday 2nd March, 2010
Credo Care donates £500 to Haiti Appeal
The Anglican Catholic Church has launched an appeal for Haiti where the Church has a deanery. The Church’s orphanage in Port-au-Prince was completely destroyed by the quake that rocked the […]
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd March, 2010
Credo Care freeze placement fees until 2011
Credo Care is pleased to announce that we have frozen our Foster Placement charges to Local Authorities until April 2011, keeping them at our current rates. This is in […]
Last updated: Friday 11th December, 2009
New Fostering Manager post in Midlands
We are seeking a qualified Social Worker to become the Registered Fostering Manager for our office in Leicestershire. Full details are in the jobs section.
Last updated: Thursday 3rd December, 2009
Credo Care awarded Autism Accreditation for 2009/2010
We are proud to announce that we have been awarded the NAS Accreditation for the third year in a row. We are still the only fostering provider to work […]
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd December, 2009
Twitter with us!
We have launched a new Twitter page to keep in touch about things that may be of interest to you about Credo Care, fostering or disabled childrens services. Go […]
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd December, 2009
Sad Loss of Fostering Panel Member
We are very sad to report the death of Brian Hartshorne who has been a valued member of our Fostering Panel for 5 years.
Brian had been involved with foster care […]
Last updated: Thursday 26th November, 2009
New no-smoking policy
We have been aware for some time that smoking around children is a cause for concern, particularly those who have breathing difficutlies. As a majority of our children have […]
Last updated: Thursday 26th November, 2009
Credo Care Sponsor School Award
Roy Hipkiss (Director and Credo Care founder) attended the Student Awards Ceremony at St Michaels C of E High School in Rowley Regis, West Midlands on Thursday 17th September.
Roy […]
Last updated: Monday 21st September, 2009
Congratulations to our Staff - Credo Care Investing in Success
We are very proud to congratulate two members of our team who have just recieved confirmation of new qualifications.
Alan Leakey, our South East Area Manager has acheived Chartered Institute of […]
Last updated: Monday 21st September, 2009
NVQ Success
Another one of our Foster Carers, Sally Wood, recently acheived her NVQ3 in Foster Care. She is amongst many of our carers who have reached this level. We […]
Last updated: Thursday 10th September, 2009
Credo Care in Fostering Magazine
We are very pleased that Credo Care have been featured in the “Foster Families” magazine.
Roy Hipkiss (Director) wrote an article about one of the children that we […]
Last updated: Thursday 10th September, 2009
We said no to 0870
We decided a little while ago to lose the 0870 number and return to our local number for our Head Office, which easy to remember with the 322226 ending. […]
Last updated: Thursday 10th September, 2009
What a busy summer!
Credo Care has had an incredible summer where we placed 8 children in a month! This is great news and shows that our service is valued and very sought […]
Last updated: Wednesday 9th September, 2009
New Tonbridge Office Needs Staff
We have a unique opportunity for a qualified Senior Social Worker to support carers from our new Tonbridge Office. This is an exciting opportunity for anyone interested in specialising […]
Last updated: Monday 7th September, 2009
Credo Care feature in a national Social Work Magazine
Have you seen Credo Care in this week’s edition of Community Care Magazine? We were featured in an article about our NAS Autism Accreditation in the “Good Practice Guide”.
It describes […]
Last updated: Sunday 30th August, 2009
Accolade from Ofsted
Credo Care’s Chief Executive, The Right Revd Damien Mead, received a letter form Christine Gilbert, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector informing us that she has published a list of providers that […]
Last updated: Tuesday 14th April, 2009
Open Day planned for Nottingham - Saturday 21.2.09
We are holding an Open Day to recruit Foster Carers in Nottingham and surrounding areas. Come along and meet our staff to find out more about Credo Care and […]
Last updated: Tuesday 27th January, 2009
2008/2009 Beaumont-Grainger Awards
On Friday 23rd January Credo Care hosted the 2008/2009 Beaumont Grainger Awards for the Provision of Excellence in Foster Care for Disabled Children at the Rare Breeds Centre, Ham Street, […]
Last updated: Monday 26th January, 2009
Change of telephone number
When Credo Care was established we were keen to have a central contact point for calls and we took an 0870 number to make this easier. However, we know […]
Last updated: Friday 7th November, 2008
Placement Support Worker appointed in the Midlands
A warm welcome to Karen March who has been appointed as a Placement Support Worker operating from our Lutterworth office supporting our Carers throughout the Midlands.
Last updated: Monday 20th October, 2008
Another picture from Bishop Meads Consecration
At the end of the Service Bishop Mead, as is customary on such occcasions, blessed those wished to come forward and congratulate him. One of those who came forward was […]
Last updated: Monday 22nd September, 2008
Credo Care Chairman Consecrated a Bishop
On Saturday 20th September 2008 the co-founder, chairman and Chief Executive Director of Credo Care Ltd was consecrated Bishop of the Diocese of the United Kingdom of the Anglican Catholic […]
Last updated: Monday 22nd September, 2008
Welcome to new Placements Assistant
Credo Care is pleased to announce the appointment of Dawn Avis as Placements Assistant. Her role will be to send details of our placement vacancies to Local Authorities and to […]
Last updated: Monday 15th September, 2008
Freelance Form F Assessors Required MIDLANDS AND KENT
We are currently seeking Form F Assessors to assess prospective Foster Carers. You should be experienced in completing the BAAF Form F and be able to work within an agreed […]
Last updated: Monday 15th September, 2008
Credo Care Chairman elected Bishop
On Saturday 29th March 2008 the Very Revd Damien Mead, Co-Founder, Chairman and CE Director of Credo Care, was elected to become the next Bishop of the Church to which […]
Last updated: Wednesday 30th July, 2008
Carers with ground floor or adapted accomodation URGENTLY REQUIRED
We have been inundated with requests to place children who are in wheelchairs, can you help?
If you have a suitable home, please do not hesitate to contact us. We […]
Last updated: Wednesday 30th July, 2008
Pan London List of Providers
Following Pan London’s Monitoring Visit on 25th June, the visiting officer, Janet Drake, recommended that Credo Care remain on Pan London’s list of providers of foster care.
Last updated: Thursday 10th July, 2008
Employment Opportunties
We are seeking to expand our Social Work team with 2 new positions. A Full Time Supervising Social Worker (min 2 years relevant experience) is required to work from our […]
Last updated: Thursday 10th July, 2008
Autism Accreditation Review
Between 16th & 17th June Credo Care’s Autism Accreditation was reviewed under the Team Leader David Moat. We are pleased to announce that Credo recieved no recommendations and that we […]
Last updated: Thursday 19th June, 2008
Actor Sean Williamson says Credo Care gets his “thumbs up”!
We are delighted to bring our new promotional video to you. This is introduced by Sean Williamson (of EastEnders and Extras fame), who very kindly made the presentations at […]
Last updated: Friday 18th April, 2008
New video appearing soon
We are proud to announce that Credo Care has produced a new promotional video about our service.
Check back soon to see it !
Last updated: Friday 18th April, 2008
Good News for Short Breaks
We are delighted to announce that yesterday the government responded to the Every Disabled Child Matters campaign for a right to short breaks, by creating a new legal duty on […]
Last updated: Thursday 20th March, 2008
Credo Care on Radio 5 Live
On Tuesday 11th March, Credo Care Foster Carer David Upjohn was interviewed on Radio 5 Live. He was talking about his role as a Foster Carer for disabled children. […]
Last updated: Tuesday 18th March, 2008
Credo Care is “outstanding”
Our latest Ofsted Report was published on 17 January, we are delighted that the Inspector found that:
“The overall quality rating is outstanding”.
We are particularly proud of this acheivement and are […]
Last updated: Sunday 2nd March, 2008
Pantomime treat for children and carers
Credo Care Foster Carers, Staff and their families in the South have enjoyed the Aladdin Panotmime at the Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury.
The main stars of the show are […]
Last updated: Thursday 3rd January, 2008
Creature Discomforts
The Leonard Cheshire Disability Campaign has launched a great website with Aardman “Creature Comforts” animations to raise public awareness of disability issues. On the website there is a quiz […]
Last updated: Thursday 3rd January, 2008
Dynamic new Log-in area for Staff and Carers
We are very proud to offer a new website log-in area for Credo Care Staff and Foster Carers. This facility offers everyone involved with the organisation the ability to […]
Last updated: Tuesday 18th December, 2007
Increase in Carer Holiday Allowance
Credo Care has responded to the request from our Foster Carers to increase the “Respite” Holiday Allowance, where they can take a break from their caring duties. This has […]
Last updated: Tuesday 27th November, 2007
Ofsted Inspection
Credo Care had its first inspection from Ofsted who have taken over the responsibilities for registration of foster care from CSCI. We were visited during the week beginning 29th […]
Last updated: Friday 9th November, 2007
Fantastic Social Work Job Opportunity !
We are looking to recruit a Full Time Supervising Social Worker to work from our Head Office in Lydd and to carry a caseload of foster placements and to support […]
Last updated: Monday 29th October, 2007
Opportunities to join our Fostering Panel
Credo Care is seeking two dedicated independent people to join our Fostering Panel in Kent.
We would like to hear from:
Foster Carers who are currently fostering for other Independent […]
Last updated: Monday 15th October, 2007
Investors in People Success
Credo Care had a review of its Investors in People standards on 8th October when we had a formal review. We are pleased to announce that the Assessor was […]
Last updated: Thursday 11th October, 2007
Shaun Williamson Presents Awards
The 2007 Beaumont-Grainger Awards were held on 4th October 2007 and presented by Actor, Shaun Williamson. We were delighted to show our appreciation to Donna Goudie (Foster Carer), Jane […]
Last updated: Wednesday 10th October, 2007
Donation to Children’s Communication Charity
We were very pleased to award a cheque for £500 to the Find a Voice charity who are based in Ashford, Kent.
The money was raised by our […]
Last updated: Monday 8th October, 2007
Credo Bear!
Credo Bear was a big hit with the visitors to the BBC Family Wanted Event held in Birmingham recently.
He was there with Ann Barton, Credo Care Midlands Area Manager to […]
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd October, 2007
Credo Care’s 7th Birthday!
We are very proud that we have been able to offer homes to so many disabled children and young people whose lives have been transformed by our service – and […]
Last updated: Friday 21st September, 2007
Details of Future Events
We are holding two foster carer preparation groups for potential foster carers as part of the carer assessment process. These will be held on Saturday 23 September & Sunday […]
Last updated: Tuesday 11th September, 2007
Treasury’s Aiming High for Disabled Children
Thanks to concerted lobbying by the Every Disabled Child Matters Campaign - including Contact a Family - Ed Balls MP, Economic Secretary and Lord Adonis, SEN and Disability Minister within […]
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September, 2007
New Midlands Office Opens
The new Credo Care Ltd Office in Lutterworth, Leicestershire opened today covering the Midlands area. Staff were interviewed ‘live’ by Rugby FM presenter Jason Moss, as the radio station […]
Last updated: Tuesday 7th August, 2007
Credo Care goes on air!
Today saw the launch of our radio advertising on Rugby FM to recruit new carers in the Midlands area. The advert is featured on our website for you to […]
Last updated: Monday 30th July, 2007
BBC Family Wanted Event Booking
Credo Care will be holding a presentation stall at the BBC Family Wanted Event in Birmingham on Saturday 15th September 2007. It is an open day with many different […]
Last updated: Monday 30th July, 2007