What is Vida Academy?
The Vida Academy is a centre of excellence for training all of our staff to become specialists in dementia care.
Vida Academy is our way of empowering all staff, from newcomers to senior managers, to develop and advance in their careers. It fosters a culture of lifelong learning throughout the organisation, helping our team members to thrive.
Through the Vida Academy, Vida Healthcare staff have the chance to acquire new skills and progress in their roles. In addition to mandatory and statutory training, Vida Academy offers a regular range of supplementary learning opportunities, such as Clinical Skills Development, Leadership Programs, ‘Champions’ courses, and support in obtaining qualifications to enhance professional growth. Across all three of our homes, our staff receive specialised training throughout the year, including pioneering dementia training.
What you can expect from Vida Academy
- A revised and refreshed annual training plan with learning journeys specific for each role within the organisation.
- A dedicated app with a news feed to inform and engage staff in all learning, development and training activity and opportunities as well as up to date with new research, development and best practice.
- A bespoke Positive Interventions in Dementia Care (PIDC) programme.
- Internally placed facilitators and instructors helping teams and residents through best interest decisions.
- A robust and extensive Onboarding and Induction Programme to ensure our new staff are engaged with and committed to our values and ethos of care.
- A comprehensive induction and probation programme supported by in-house mentors.
- A proactive and response approach to PIDC and Moving & Handling referrals to ensure our residents are safe at all times.
- A Mentorship Programme for staff who support our new starters.
- A Professional Development Review toolkit including competencies and key performance indicators for staff.
- A Supervision process with a supervision contract to ensure all staff are supported in their roles.
- Registered Nurse CPD programme to support the clinical training and development needs of our nursing workforce.
- The use of an online mandatory training programme.
- A reinvigorated Care Certificate offer and registration of a record number of staff on Level 2-5 courses with accredited partners and providers.
- Leadership Programme.
- An offer to HEIs for student placements, including for Trainee Nursing Associates. Adult Nursing and Mental Health Nursing students and Physician Associates.
- Fully funded qualifications to Level 5 and beyond.
MEET THE Vida Academy team
Anthony spent 26 years with the British Army and is a qualified and experienced instructor, who has delivered training in many different locations across the Globe.
Anthony delivers Moving & Handling, Health & Safety, Fire safety, Fire Marshal, and the Care Certificate across Vida Healthcare.
Hazel brings a wealth of knowledge and experience having worked within the care sector for some 15 years prior to joining Vida as a coordinator of training for the health and social care sector.
Hazel makes a great addition to the training team, a caring and conscientious nature coupled with a high level of qualification in Business Administration and level 5 in Business Management, we believe the union will prove highly beneficial to the operations within the academy at Vida.
Vida has strong links with, and hosts clinical education placements for, Speech & Language Therapy and Dietetic students at Leeds Beckett University. The Physician Associate Studies programme at Leeds University and nursing students at Bradford University.
“We are delighted to partner with Vida Healthcare to promote clinical education. Together, we are training and developing the future healthcare workforce, for the benefit of residents and families.” Naomi de Graff, MSc, BSc (Hons), PGCAP, FHEA, MRCSLT, HCPC reg, Senior Lecturer and Placement Coordinator at Leeds Beckett University: