Re: Does anyone know anything about SUPPORT STUFF ?
I have met a Chinese nurse who has paid a lot of money to an agency to come to britain for a totally fictitious course (nurse management). She was promised a personal tutor, working whilst studying and accomodation in the price. Her English was really really poor. However, she was working as a Health care assistant in a nursing home, in fact, studying for an NVQ that she didn't need, on minimal wages. Her tutor was based in the north of the country whilst she was placed in the south, she hardly had any contact.
She was a young nurse, didn't know anybody. She was sleeping in a room in this nursing home and quite often, whilst walking pass her door i would hear her muffled crying. She was being sent this NVQ modules to fill, and it took me quite some time to make her understand that NVQs were stepping stones towards a qualification that she already had. She would came and nestle in my arms saying she misses her mum, which yes, made me cringe, but i really felt for her and made me very angry with this 'agencies'.
It's perfectly ok to do the job yourself. Follow RNsunny's advice.
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