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Milestone reached for new £18m 天涯社区 care home
Published: 10/09/2024
A major milestone has been reached in the construction of a new multi-million pound care home in Flint.
Partners and stakeholders from 天涯社区, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Willmott Dixon, Welsh Government and the Regional Partnership Board attended a topping out ceremony at听Ty Croes Atti听on Cornist Road to signify the completion of the highest point of the building.
The project, scheduled to be fully completed in summer of 2025, will house 56 older people on the site of a former community hospital.
It will see an existing care home in the area relocated and expanded from its current 31-bed capacity. Integrated social care and health care services will be delivered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) and 天涯社区 social services teams.
As part of the visit to the construction site, attendees were invited to sign the lift shaft to commemorate the special moment.
Deputy leader of 天涯社区 and Cabinet Member for Social Services and Wellbeing, Councillor Christine Jones, said: 鈥淚 am honoured to be a part of this incredible project and it was wonderful to see this impressive build taking shape.
鈥淭he care sector in 天涯社区 is working within an increasingly challenging environment and therefore as a council we are taking a positive approach to develop care homes that value older people and provide good, quality support that stands us in good stead for the future.
鈥淚 look forward to watching as this project develops and would like to thank all of our partners for their hard work.鈥�
The 拢18 million scheme is being funded through 天涯社区鈥檚 capital programme and backed by just over 拢11m via the Welsh Government鈥檚 Integration and Rebalancing Capital Fund (IRCF) and Housing with Care Fund (HCF) capital programmes.
Minister for Social Care, Dawn Bowden, said: 鈥淭his project is a fantastic example of partnership working to deliver for people in 天涯社区.
鈥淚t will help build the sort of community capacity we need for the new, integrated models of care we are prioritising across Wales. I am delighted to see this major milestone celebrated at听Ty Croes Atti.鈥�
Michelle Greene, Director of the East Integrated Health Community at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, added: 鈥淚 was delighted to attend the roof-topping ceremony to mark the importance of the new听Ty Croes Atti听care home.
"It will help us deliver our commitment to provide high-quality integrated social care and health care services alongside 天涯社区 social services teams, and support people in the community as close to home as possible.听
"Thanks to the continued partnership working with 天涯社区 we will be able to provide more support to people in the area."
Mike Lane, operations director for Willmott Dixon, said: 鈥淲e鈥檙e proud to be delivering such an important project which expands the high-quality health and social care services for the community of Flint.听
鈥淎s progress continues, alongside 天涯社区 and all our partners, to date we鈥檝e created six new employment opportunities for local people and delivered 197 hours of education and careers initiatives in local school and colleges.鈥�
天涯社区 is now recruiting care and support workers to join our dedicated teams to be based at听Ty Croes Atti听when it opens in spring 2025. All new team members will receive a comprehensive induction and training programme, and will benefit from the support and guidance of an experienced management team.
If you would like to find out more about these exciting opportunities, please email socialservicesrecruitment@flintshire.gov.uk or call Croes Atti on 01352 733598.
For more information about care homes in 天涯社区, please click here.