Iris Care Group

24/06/2025

Come and meet our team at the RCPsych International Congress today on stand 28 ⬇️

As one of the leading health and social care providers in the UK, Iris Care Group provides a full pathway of services for adults with complex care and support needs, including specialist hospitals, residential homes, supported living services, nursing care services and a specialist educational needs college.

Visit our stand to meet our team and learn more about the evidence-based treatment and care pathways we offer across all of our services.

21/06/2025

Next week we’re exhibiting at the RCPsych International Congress – come and find us at Stand 28 ⬇️

Professionals from the Clinical Teams across our three specialist hospitals will be exhibiting alongside our Referrals Team from the 23rd to the 26th of June at the ICC in Newport.

Visit our stand to learn about our specialist neuropsychiatric service St Peter’s Hospital, and our evidence-based, person-centred clinical approach that is embedded in service delivery across all Iris Care Group divisions.

02/06/2025

Iris Care Group Expands Specialist Supported Living Services into Wales ⬇️

We are proud to announce the expansion of our supported living division into Wales following the acquisition of ALP Supported Living Services.

This acquisition introduces four new specialist services to our supported living portfolio, which currently operates across Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. For the first time, Iris Care Group will now be delivering our well-established supported living provision across South Wales - furthering our commitment to providing high-quality, person-centred services for adults with complex needs.

With over 20 years of experience in supported living, ALP Supported Living Services brings a wealth of knowledge and an experienced team of staff to Iris Care Group’s services in Wales.

This integration marks another milestone in our mission to develop new, robust, and specialised care and treatment pathways across the UK.

Andy Jones, Chief Executive Officer of Iris Care Group, commented:

“We are delighted to acquire ALP Care and Support, enabling us to deliver high quality supported living services across South Wales. With such a strong supported living division already established in England, we are excited to expand our knowledge and expertise to deliver the same outstanding services in Wales.”

We wish a warm welcome to all of our new colleagues at Iris Care Group, and we are looking forward to more opportunities to expand our services and grow the UK-wide provision for people with the most complex care and support needs.

For more information, visit: https://www.iriscaregroup.co.uk/news/

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15/05/2025

“Reflections on setting up a psychological service to support individuals living and working within supported living homes.” ⬇️

This week two of our team members – Dr Hayley Thomas and Emily Gwatkin – presented at the 2025 Faculty for People with Intellectual Disabilities Advancing Practice Conference.

Their presentation explored their experiences of establishing a new psychological service that they developed to support teams across our supported living services to integrate Positive Behaviour Support, Active Support, and Goal Setting into daily practice.

To read their full presentation, please visit: https://iriscaregroup.co/FPIDAdvancingPractice2025

10/05/2025

Celebrating the next generation of Health and Social Care leaders – please join us in congratulating our latest Manager Progression Workshop graduates ⬇️

Throughout the year our team members have been hard at work on their professional development, growing their skills and building specialised knowledge about leadership in health and social care through a series of themed workshops.

This week was their final session, and we were incredibly proud to see so many staff members from across our services finish this course – congratulations!

03/05/2025

The team at Caerau Manor have finished working on their latest mural to celebrate the changing seasons, and this time they decided to include some Welsh spirit with this vibrant dragon!

28/04/2025

Pirton Grange’s new growing project has been flourishing thanks to the excellent care that the seedlings have received from the people we support, and the plants will be ready to move to the home’s new greenhouse very soon.

13/04/2025

The people that we support at Wentwood Court and The Glen have been working on an exciting community growing project in collaboration with the team at Lower House Farm.

The team recently visited the homes to plant some seed starters with the people we support, and after lots of excellent care at the home they are ready to transport to the growing beds at the farm.

We’ll be sharing more from this fantastic project soon – keep an eye out for more!

12/04/2025

A long-standing dream of one of the individuals that we support in England has been to see a military band perform live, and this week the team at The Grange supported them to make their dream a reality.

Travelling to London to watch the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace, they were able to get front and centre to see the ceremony – it was an incredible experience and a memory to last a lifetime!

11/04/2025

10/04/2025

“We believe that confident, well-supported, and knowledgeable care professionals provide the highest quality care, which is why investing in our teams is a top priority.”

Catherine Divers is one our Area Managers for our Residential services, and in the latest edition of Care Talk Magazine, Catherine shares insights about how we support our team members to develop their skills in care and grow as professionals to be come the next generation of skilled care leaders.

The April issue of Care Talk Magazine is out now!

The theme for this edition is 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞. Featuring sector insights, stories from award winning care workers, experts by experience & more!

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05/04/2025

This Spring patients at Pinetree Court teamed up with Coed Caerdydd to plant a series of new trees on the hospital grounds ⬇️

Coed Caerdydd is a 10-year community programme aimed at increasing the number of trees in Cardiff and supporting the city’s One Planet climate change strategy.

Patients helped to prepare the grounds before planting the trees and learning about how to protect them and help them flourish.

We’re all looking forward to seeing the trees grow, and a big thanks to the Occupational Therapy team at Pinetree for arranging this fantastic opportunity to support our local community and a greener Cardiff.