ARE YOU THE
CARING KIND ?
MOONRISE BOSS LISTS THREE KEY QUALITIES TO HELP YOU GET A CAREER IN CARE
WORDS : DAVE ROBSON PICTURES : CHRIS BOOTH
Care to join us ? – members of the Moonrise team .
A
re you thinking of a caring career ?
If so , the boss of a Teesside firm with hundreds of carers on its books believes there are three key qualities you need .
Moonrise 24hr Recruitment provides high-quality NHS and private healthcare staff to clients across the country .
Its founder and MD , Jessica Gwaringa , always wanted to be in a caring profession , even when growing up in Zimbabwe .
Now she ’ s MD of a Stockton-based firm that has around 340 carers working in all sorts of community settings .
It also has 11 staff based at its Moonrise House HQ on the Preston Farm estate .
And for Jessica , there are three main qualities she looks for .
YOU MUST BE : Eager to learn Caring Passionate
If you have those qualities , Jessica believes a caring career could be for you .
She told Tees Skills : “ It ’ s a very rewarding career if you put your heart into it .
“ There ’ s a lot of training we have to put people through to be able to support and look after anyone who needs to be looked after .
“ But if you start early , you will find it rewarding and you can climb up the ladder from being a carer to maybe being a nurse or manager – there is career progression .”
IT ’ S A VERY REWARDING CAREER IF YOU PUT YOUR HEART INTO IT .”
Training and development is at the heart of what they do at Moonrise 24hr Recruitment , which this year is celebrating its 10th anniversary .
Its training programmes ensure staff have the knowledge and skills to provide top-quality care .
And it ’ s a policy that has served Moonrise well . Not only has it won several awards , it has a Good rating
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