Complete Nutritional Care
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What I Can Do For You
What I Can Do For You?
What I Can Do For You?
I provide a wide range of professional services to meet your needs.
I promise to provide every service with a smile and to your highest level of satisfaction.
Training
Training
I provide engaging, fun, informative person to person training for person centered care!
This can be done Face to Face on site or virtually via Zoom. Check out the different training modules below:
Catering Management For Care Managers
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Catering Management For Chefs/Cooks
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Nutrition In Elderly Care The Essentials
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Nutrition for Nutrition Champions
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Nutrition In Assisted Living The Essentials
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Consulting/Auditing
Consulting/Auditing
Prior to all this nasty little virus going around and keeping everyone else locked in and me locked out, I would carry out full Nutritional and Catering audits of care facilities. Once you can let me back in I would love to be able to come and do the same for you. Give you a full report of my findings and recommendations for how to improve your provision and where you are leaking money!
I would also go in and work with the Catering and Care teams on the implementation of training and creating a smooth Catering, Dining and Nutritional operation. ( Don't tell anyone but I am pretty good at getting them to do other things right too, like filling in care plans correctly. but that's another conversation)
If this has peaked your interest then give me a bell and we can have a chat about how I can help.
NEW!
for 2020
Nutrition Champions Club and coming soon Care Chefs Club
NEW!
for 2020
Nutrition Champions Club and coming soon Care Chefs Club
Founder Membership for the Nutrition Champions Club.
Do you have a nutritional champion in your organisation? When you need all your residents in the best shape possible to face external risks. Do they have the knowledge, skills, and support to be able to carry out this role effectively? If not, then get them in as founding members of the new Nutrition Champions Club!
What is it all about?
Well over the years of being a nutritional and catering consultant for the care sector I have built up a wealth of resources, training materials that can be delivered face to face or via Zoom, online reference videos, workbooks, handy tools and documents to make their life easier and to ensure that they are providing the right information for the rest of the staff and putting in place the right resources to help the well-being of your residents, reduce wastage and costs and give your resident, their families and you the satisfaction and the knowledge that you have not only got a Nutrition Champion on the premises but a well informed and skilled one!
What will you get?
A virtual space that is especially important as you well know at present.
12 hours of group training over 4 weeks (3 hours a week) on Elderly Nutrition for Nutrition Champions. (delivered via zoom at present max 10 per group) and all the resources, workbooks, documentation
A weekly mini video on anything new or a specific area for bite size learning that can be show to all staff
A monthly Group masterclass and coaching session (Via Zoom)
Bonus resources & guest speakers by experts in their areas
A closed Facebook group where the group members can discuss any questions or issues, put forward topics for discussion and share ideas and inspiration to help other members
How much is this going to cost me?
I am doing the special offer during September for the first 50 as founding members, the investment is £37 per Month or £377 one off yearly subscription which will be set at that price per year for as long as you remain a member.
You can cancel with 1 calendar month notice.
Numbers are limited for this price; the standard price will be £97 per month once this offer is over.
The
Care Chefs Club
Catering is one of the most important areas in care but often the most over looked. Why not give your catering team the best chance of providing the best they can by upskilling them especially at this time when the nutrition your residents/ clients get, will be key to there well-being
What will you get?
15 hours of group training over 5 weeks (3 hours a week) on nutrition and catering in the care sector. (delivered via zoom at present max 10 per group)
Care Chef Training and Support Package:
Aims
This interactive course is designed to develop the skills, techniques and knowledge for your Chef/Cook to effectively cook, plan and budget to provide the best food and provide for the needs & wants of your residents by effective menu planning and auditing, and working effectively with the Nutrition Champion to provide the best for your residents…
Objectives
By the end of this course you will be able to:
Create menus that are structured for your client group
Understand the importance of food, nutrition and hydration in the daily living of your residents
Follow a structured approach to person-centered nutritional needs and requirements
Identify any issues/concerns around food production and service
Listen effectively to the residents, families and other staff about food and nutritional concerns
Liaise effectively with the Nutrition champion on any issues or concerns.
Understand and implement any information given by medical or AHP’s on dietary requirements
Be able to effectively control your stock and meet your budget
Ensure you are getting the best from your suppliers
Who Should Attend?
Head Chef/Cooks
Duration 4x3 hour sessions
Course Content
Your role, how does it make a difference, how can you help your residents by being active and seen?
Nutrition the Essentials Plus and Catering inn the care sector (topics to include but not limited to)
o Introduction to aging and its effects on food and nutrition
o Factors affecting food and nutritional intake
o The effects of illness and disease on nutritional status
o Malnutrition
o What is a healthy diet (macro and micronutrients and their role)
o The effects of medication on nutrients and vice versa
o Oral nutritional support and food fortification
o Fluid and hydration
o Nutrition and dementia
o Texture modification of food and fluid (IDDSI)
o The dining Experience
o Menu planning and development
o Cost and stock control
o Effective Kitchen and time management
o Cooking and serving for vulnerable groups
o Staffing and staffing structure
How to get staff on board with changing the way you work
How to use Behavioural leadership for implementation
How to ensure you are getting the best price and quality from your suppliers
And all the resources, workbooks, documentation such as:
Menu planning templates
Menu planning Ideas
Ordering, recipe and portion control documents
Stock control template
Catering audit tool
Kitchen Management Audit
A weekly mini video on anything new or a specific area for bite size learning that can be show to all staff
A monthly Group masterclass and coaching session (Via Zoom)
Bonus resources & guest speakers by experts in their areas
Such as:
SLT/ Specialist IDDSI chefs
Pharmacy
Physio
OT
Diabetic Nurse
Suppliers...
A closed Facebook group where the group members can discuss any questions or issues, put forward topics for discussion and share ideas and inspiration to help other members
The Nutrition Champions Club
Do you have a nutritional champion in your organisation? When you need all your residents in the best shape possible to face external risks. Do they have the knowledge, skills, and support to be able to carry out this role effectively? If not, then get them in as founding members of the new Nutrition Champions Club!
What will you get?
Nutrition Champions Training and support Package:
Aims
This interactive course is designed to develop the skills and techniques to be able your Nutritional Champion to effectively help identify the needs & wants of your residents by effective nutritional care planning and auditing, providing the other staff with guidance on how to fill in the care plans and to be able to…
Objectives
By the end of this programme you will be able to:
Create a person-centered nutritional care plans
Understand the importance of food, nutrition and hydration in the daily living of your residents
Follow a structured approach to person-centered nutritional needs and requirements
Identify any issues/concerns around nutritional problems
Listen effectively to the residents, families and other staff about food and nutritional concerns
Liaise effectively with the catering department on any issues or concerns.
Specifically communicate any information given by medical or AHP’s on dietary requirements to the catering department
Be an effective ‘go to person’ on all thing’s nutrition and hydration for staff
Who Should Attend?
Nutrition Champions who are already in place, newly appointed Nutrition Champions
Duration 4x3 hour sessions
Course Content
The role of a Nutrition Champion
What is your role, how does it make a difference, how can you help your residents by being active and seen?
Nutritional Care Planning
How to write a full effective nutritional care plan
Nutrition the Essentials Plus (topics to include but not limited to)
o Introduction to aging and its effects on food and nutrition
o Factors affecting food and nutritional intake
o The effects of illness and disease on nutritional status
o Malnutrition
o What is a healthy diet (macro and micronutrients and their role)
o The effects of medication on nutrients and vice versa
o Oral nutritional support and food fortification
o Fluid and hydration
o Nutrition and dementia
o Texture modification of food and fluid (IDDSI)
How to get staff on board with changes
By using Behavioural leadership techniques for implementation
How to effectively fill in the daily food and fluid section
Recording of food and fluid intake so it means something to Doctors, Specialist Nurses and AHP’s (on paper or electronic format)
And all the resources, workbooks, documentation.
I will also try and put the groups together that will benefit from each other.
Such as:
Nutrition care planning documentation
Nutrition auditing tool
Dietary and Nutrition Admission checklist
Nutritional assessment documents
A comprehensive Eating and drinking checklist
Dining and mealtime auditing tool...
A weekly mini video on anything new or a specific area for bite size learning that can be show to all staff
A monthly Group masterclass and coaching session (Via Zoom)
Bonus resources & guest speakers by experts in their areas related to eating and nutrition
Such as:
SLT
Pharmacy
Physio
OT
Diabetic Nurse...
A closed Facebook group where the group members can discuss any questions or issues, put forward topics for discussion and share ideas and inspiration to help other members
What is it all about?
Well over the years of being a nutritional and catering consultant for the care sector I have built up a wealth of resources, training materials that can be delivered face to face or via Zoom, online reference videos, workbooks, handy tools and documents to make their life easier and to ensure that they are providing the right information for the rest of the staff and putting in place the right resources to help the well-being of your residents, reduce wastage and costs and give your resident, their families and you the satisfaction and the knowledge that you have not only got a Nutrition Champion on the premises but a well informed and skilled one!
Catering Management for Care Mangers
In my 25 plus years of being in or around the care sector, as a Chef and as a Nutritional and Catering Consultant, one aspect has become clear to me:
Catering in the care sector is one of the hardest things for a care manager to manage!
This is usually since most Care Managers have never worked in a catering environment especially at management level.
This course has been designed to give Care Home Managers a better understanding of the catering environment and to help them ensure that the Catering Department is not only providing the best quality, but also that a Kitchen Management System is in place.
I have had so many Managers tell me “oh the cook says we can’t do…” or “ the cook says that’s not how we do things in the kitchen…” and this is frustrating when I know neither of these statements to be true but they get away with it because the Manager doesn’t know about or understand kitchens or the day to day operations of the Catering Department
Not only is this frustrating for me but it will have an impact on the health and well-being of your residents and have a big negative impact on your overall annual budget.
What you will learn:
Case Study Nutrition & Hydration
Case Study Nutrition & Hydration
I was asked to provide Training and consultancy services by a client that provides care for members of the armed services how have developed mental health or alcohol related problems in Scotland. The home improved on their CI (CQC equivalent in Scotland) ratings after training and consultancy had been given had been given and implemented. As did the wellbeing of the residents
Case Study Catering
Case Study Catering
'It was agreed that on this visit I would spend 10 days with the Catering department to provide training and implementation of a new Catering Management system to allow for a system that could be closely reviewed, evaluated and fine-tuned.
The training and Systems were successfully implemented and major changes and cost savings (over £35K a year) were estimated prior to my departure.'
Speaking
Speaking
If you are looking for a motivational speaker then don't book me!
(but if you are, then being a member of the Professional Speaking Association & the Global Speakers Federation I know a few and can help you out)
If you want someone who is going to give you Value and tangible take away's around Nutrition, Catering and Positively Managing People in the Care Sector then book me.
Although elderly and assisted living are areas I focus on I have also designed and delivered workshops, seminars and talks for Schools, Bipolar Scotland and Other Groups
Interested in my services? I am here to help!
Interested in my services? I am here to help!
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