by Lorcan Murray | 1 Jun, 2022 | Home Care Management
Recruitment Challenges It’s no exaggeration to say that recruitment and retention are currently existential issues for the social care sector. According to the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services 170,000 hours of home care could not be delivered in the...
by Lorcan Murray | 18 Jun, 2020 | Home Care Management
We are in desperate need of substantive care reform. The past few months have sharply highlighted the issues at the heart of our sector. Of course, now that the issues have finally been acknowledged, the notably more challenging task of addressing them begins. That’s...
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 Mark Anslow | 30 Oct, 2019 | Home Care Management
In a recent home care sector survey we conducted, staff retention was the second highest concern, just behind recruitment. Retaining staff was in the top three business challenges for 43% of respondents, and it was the number one business challenge for over a fifth....
by Mark Anslow | 15 Aug, 2019 | Home Care Management
Recruiting the best home care or domiciliary staff is an ongoing challenge in our sector. With low rates of pay, demanding working conditions and a frequent association with negative stories in the press means that recruiting home care staff can seem like an uphill...
