Resource Focus
Mail out.
All JBC Staff should have or be receiving a letter communicating the Coordinators most pressing issues and allowing everyone to see the 2015 training calendar.
Please be sure to register for training events that pertain to you.
The monthly training is a mandatory minimum attendance of five (5) sessions and the team meetings are compulsary.
If you did not receive the letter please contact the office immediately to update your details.
We hope to move away for manual mail outs as they are time consuming and have a high margin of error. Please where possible ensure you are checking your e-mails and communicating with the Office.
Quick Week day dinner for busy people!
Mellow sesame and sicy Sichuan peppercorns combine fantastically in this quick chicken noodle dish.
INGREDIENTS:
1 Lebanese cucumber, halved lengthways, thinly sliced diagonally
1 teaspoon dried chilli flakes
1 1/2 teaspoons sesame oil
1 1/2 teaspoons Sichuan peppercorns
440 g thin egg style noodles
2 (2oog each) chicken breast fillets
4 green onions trimmed.
METHOD:
1. Cut green onions into 4cm long pieces. Place onion and chicken in a medium saucepan. Cover with cold water. Bring to the boil over medium – high heat. Reduce heat to low. Simmer covered for 4 minutes or until chicken is just cooked through. Remove from heat. Stand chicken in cooking liquid for 6 minutes. Drain. Discard green onions.
2. When cool enough to handle, shred chicken. Place noodles in a large heatproof bowl. cover with cold water. Using a fork, seperate noodles. Drain well. Thinly slice remaining green onion. Using a mortar and pestle pound Sichuan peppercorns.
3. Combine soy sauce, oil, chilli flakes and Sichuan pepper in a small bowl. Place chicken, onion and cucumber in a bowl. Drizzle over soy sauce mixture. Gently toss to combine. Serve and enjoy!
Transport Shifts – Important Notice
Support Professionals who participate in TRANSPORT SHIFTS need to ensure that they place their Kilometres appropriately in either the Mobile Me app or on a timesheet.
Failure to do this will result in those kilometres not being paid. it is not Just Better Care’s responsibility to remind support professionals to add their kilometres after they complete a transport service.
Remember NO KILOMETRES ENTERED = NO KILOMETRE PAY.
Monthly Recipe – Healthy Apple Crumble
INGREDIENTS – MAKES 10 X INDIVIDUAL SERVINGS
10 apples (peeled, cored and sliced)
1 cup water
1 table spoon of Honey
1kg reduced fat natural yogurt
21/2 cups of low fat muesli
NOTES:
Add pears to the apples or use stone fruits to make a delicious stewed fruit mixture. Alternatively, mixed berries work perfectly too.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Combine apples, water and honey in a saucepan and cook, stirring occasionally, until apples are just tender (about 15 minutes). Cool and refrigerate until required.
Layer apples, yogurt and muesli into 10x225ml disposable serving cups, finishing with a layer of yogurt and a sprinkling of muesli. Cover and refrigerate until required.
Training
A new 2015 initiative has been implemented inviting all case workers to a compulsory training session separated by regions. We wish to bring care professionals and coordinators together to air any questions or issues in a relaxed, social setting. We are very excited about this new development and look forward to getting to know all our valued care professionals individually. We are also re-instating our monthly training programs with Fiona, these training sessions will lend an insight into caring for a Dementia patient, M.S and the elderly. Monthly
High Care Training
Apart of our Just Better Care promise to deliver premium services; We have introduced a 2015 training incentive for all High Care carers. We will be hosting a mandatory training session with a focus on high care procedure, ensuring all our High Care workers are delivering the same quality of services across all clients. This is a great opportunity to up-skill and learn proper technique for all high care situations. We aim to have each carer prepared and trained ready to handle anything. Please check your e-mail accounts regularly – and ensure the office have these addresses. We send vital information via e-mail.