So yours truly is now officially a Caremaker. If you haven’t heard the term before that may be because we are quite a new phenomenon (maybe phenomenon is an extreme descriptive term, but no harm in aiming high). Being given the title Caremaker means that I can stand up and call myself an ambassador for the 6C’s.
For those of you who like me struggle to read upside down these are; Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage and Commitment.
It’s effectively an NHS initiative inspired by the ‘spirit’ of the London 2012 Olympics and as the website describes they will ‘learn from the way Games Makers were recruited, trained and valued and instilling the spirit of energy and enthusiasm they created’
From snooping twitter and the tags #6C’s #Caremaker and #proud they appear to have recruited exactly that. A further 120 Caremakers to add to the original 50 who are extremely excited to be involved.
I’m obviously thrilled, it’s an achievement to be picked as a Caremaker, and I’m looking forward to meeting the others in the pack. It will be great to be surrounded by inspired people, positive attitudes can’t help but rub off on others so I am looking forward to help the vision of the Caremakers achieve it’s aim.
I’m already receiving emails about upcoming conferences and I have claimed myself a rather snuggly hoodie which I am pretty pleased with. Lets see where being a Caremaker will take me, whatever happens I look forward to the ride.
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