by Lorcan Murray | 18 May, 2020 | Uncategorized
Digital Support for Social Care The response from the healthcare sector to Corona has been a compassionate and inspiring one. No-one would deny, however, that it has taken a considerable toll on frontline staff. Technology is a powerful tool in our collective...
by Lorcan Murray | 7 May, 2020 | COVID-19
Connections in a Crisis Social care is frequently literal, as carers maintain and support their service users ability to remain a part of our society. It is incredibly common for carers to develop deep personal connections with their service users through this process...
by Lorcan Murray | 1 May, 2020 | Home Care Management
Care for Others Recruitment and retention have been prominent and longstanding issues for social care. At the start of the year, approximately 10% of social care jobs were unfilled. That equates to over 130,000 carer vacancies around the UK. Since the outbreak of...
by Lorcan Murray | 24 Apr, 2020 | COVID-19
Fighting for the Frontline The frontline of social care can be a lonely place. Care workers are required to give so much of themselves to others, far too frequently for pay that falls below a living wage. The Care Workers Charity was established to provide...
by Lorcan Murray | 15 Apr, 2020 | COVID-19, Home Care News
COVID-19 has brought the issues at the heart of social care into sharp focus for the public. Nowhere is this more apparent than a care agency’s PPE supply. The war for PPE has become a defining battle for social care agencies during this crisis, as well as for...
