New Resident Enquiries: 0300 303 5445
General Enquiries: 020 3019 3939

Oakland Care Logo with Butterflies
Oakland Care Tree Icon
Oakland Care Logo
  • Care Homes
    • Loughton, EssexWoodland Grove
    • Chigwell, EssexLambwood Heights
    • Hastings, East SussexHastings Court
    • Eastbourne, East SussexBeechwood Grove
    • Enfield, Greater LondonElsyng House
    • Wantage, OxfordshireElmbrook Court
    • Swanley, KentBirchwood Heights
    • Maidstone, KentMaplewood Court
    • Hildenborough, KentHyllden Heights
  • Our Care
    • Nursing
    • Residential
    • Dementia
    • Respite
    • Dining
    • Exceptional Lifestyles
  • About
    • Executive Team
    • Gender Pay Gap
    • Complaints
  • News
    • Events
    • Blog
    • Our New Podcast!Care2Share
  • Sustainability
    • Our Commitment
    • Carbon Neutrality
    • Biodiversity
    • Responsible Procurement and Reducing Waste
  • Join our team
  • Contact
Menu
Search for:
Request callback
  • Home
  • Our Care Homes
    • Loughton, Essex Woodland Grove
      • About
      • Virtual Tour
      • Gallery
      • Download our Brochure
      • Key Facts & Information
    • Chigwell, Essex Lambwood Heights
      • About
      • Virtual Tour
      • Gallery
      • Download our Brochure
      • Key Facts & Info
      • Book a Visit
    • Hastings, East Sussex Hastings Court
      • About
      • Virtual Tour
      • Gallery
      • Download our Brochure
      • Key Facts & Info
      • Book a Visit
    • Eastbourne, East Sussex Beechwood Grove
      • About
      • Virtual Tour
      • Gallery
      • Download our Brochure
      • Key Facts & Info
      • Book a Visit
    • Enfield, Greater London Elsyng House
      • About
      • Virtual Tour
      • Gallery
      • Download our Brochure
      • Key Facts & Info
      • Book a Visit
    • Wantage, Oxfordshire Elmbrook Court
      • About
      • Virtual Tour
      • Gallery
      • Download our Brochure
      • Key Facts & Info
      • Book a Visit
    • Swanley, Kent Birchwood Heights
      • About
      • Virtual Tour
      • Gallery
      • Download our Brochure
      • Key Facts & Info
      • Book a Visit
    • Maidstone, Kent Maplewood Court
      • About
      • Download our Brochure
      • Key Facts & Info
    • Hildenborough, Kent Hyllden Heights
      • About
      • Key Facts & Info
  • Our Care
    • Dementia
    • Nursing
    • Residential
    • Respite
    • Dining
    • Exceptional Lifestyles
  • Latest News
    • Events
    • Blog
    • Care 2 Share
  • About
    • Executive Team
    • Gender Pay Gap
    • Complaints
  • Careers
  • Sustainability
    • Our Commitment
    • Carbon Neutrality
    • Biodiversity
    • Responsible Procurement and Reducing Waste
  • Contact Us
Thank You Social Care poster

Woodland Grove Thank You Social Care

Latest News

Home » Latest News » Woodland Grove Thank You Social Care

Woodland Grove Thank You Social Care

Recognising staff who go above and beyond at Oakland Care

Staff at Oakland Care are going above and beyond to ensure our residents receive the care and support they need during the coronavirus crisis. Staff are displaying extraordinary dedication, compassion, and selflessness in coming together during these difficult times.

To highlight the amazing work our staff are doing, we asked our teams across our homes to nominate someone they thought had gone above and beyond in the face of this pandemic.

Woodland Grove’s Nomination

The team have nominated Elise Woolnough, the Lifestyles Manager at Woodland Grove. Elise has been with Woodland Grove for the past 6 months.

Elise hit the ground running from her very first day. Care Home Manager Hazel McGwyne said, “She went straight into Panto season, which she pulled off very well with all of the staff getting involved in the story of little red riding hood.”

Going above and beyond

Due to the coronavirus lockdown Elise’s job has got much more challenging in terms of delivering activities within the home that adhere to social distancing guidelines. However, in a short amount of time Elise has risen to the challenge, by being extremely adaptive and strategic in her approach.

She has implemented floor isolation plans and allocated one Lifestyles team member to each floor, as well as setting up measures so she is able to oversee day-to day-activities and ensure everyone is at least 2 metres apart.

“What was so outstanding was the fact that Elise, within an hour of hearing about our shut down, had created individual activities planners for the week for each floor. She then adapted again within a day to take out external entertainers which we have at least three times a week.”

Lifestyles Manager Elise Woolnough

 

Upon receiving the recognition from the team, Elise said, “It’s such an honour to be nominated at a time where everyone is working so hard to keep everyone happy and healthy. Myself and my team have done everything we can to adapt to new ways of working.

“To have a job that involves spending quality time with individuals, whether the activity is big or small, is so hugely rewarding and I feel lucky to be able to make even a slight difference in this time.”

Homes of Hope

Elise has also started a new project called ‘Homes of Hope’, in collaboration with Brent Youth Theatre. “A group of young people meet weekly with myself over Zoom to create content and letters for our residents.

“The project is at its beginnings but so far has proved to be a huge hit with both our residents and the young people. I can’t wait to continue to see these relationships bloom and grow over the letters and eventually to facilitate the young people and residents meeting.”

Elise’s other Endeavours

Alongside her current projects, Elise also enjoys working with volunteers and has created an herb garden with the residents. These herbs are then used by the chef to cook meals for the residents.

Elise has also planned to take part in the ‘Loughton Horticultural Show’. The show will be taking place on Sunday the 22nd of August and Elise will be entering the show with produce grown by Woodland Grove residents.

#ThankYouSocialCare

We were encouraged to be a part of this campaign thanks to Care Talk magazine. They wanted to give the sector, and more importantly the wider public, the opportunity to say thank you to social care. They have created a range of free images for social media and posters for care and support workers, care providers and partners to the sector.

You can take part by using #ThankYouSocialCare on social media and show your support. To take part, download the full toolkit here.

Thank You Social Care banner

 

Find out more about our Woodland Grove Care Home in Loughton.

Other News Posts

« Sing-a-long Skype calls at Beechwood Grove
How to Keep Active Later in Life »

Affiliations

  • Care Quality Commission whom Oakland Care are regulated by.
  • Oakland Care are a Woodland Trust Corporate Member
  • The Care Workers Charity Logo
  • The Care England Logo, whom Oakland care are a member of.
  • Logo of Disability Confident Employer.
  • Logo of award for Oakland Care for being a Carbon Neutral Business in 2022 (and since 2021)
  • Green Mark Logo - Oakland Care
  • Oakland Care were awarded the Investors in People Gold level.
  • Institute of Hospitality Logo. Oakland Care became a member in 2023
  • Logo showing Green World Awards Winner 2023
Oakland Care Logo

Our Homes

  • Woodland Grove Care Home
  • Lambwood Heights Care Home
  • Hastings Court Care Home
  • Beechwood Grove Care Home
  • Elsyng House Care Home
  • Elmbrook Court Care Home
  • Birchwood Heights Care Home
  • Maplewood Court Care Home
  • Hyllden Heights Care Home

Our Care

  • Residential
  • Nursing
  • Dementia
  • Respite

Newsletter

Join our newsletter to keep up to date.

Contact

Email: info@oaklandcare.com
Call: 0203 019 3939
Overseas recruitment enquiries: overseasrecruitment@oaklandcare.com

Oakland Care
Lambwood Heights
244 Lambourne Road
Chigwell IG7 6HX
United Kingdom

Oakland Care Logo
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Sitemap

All rights reserved © Oakland Care 2022.
BREEAM is a registered trademark of BRE (the Building Research Establishment Ltd. Community Trade Mark E5778551). The BREEAM marks, logos and symbols are the Copyright of BRE and are reproduced by permission.

Mini Leaves

Request a callback

  • I have read and accept the Privacy Policy. I permit Oakland Care to contact the phone number provided within this submission to discuss any matters that are related to this enquiry.
  • Hidden

×