Care Recruitment and retention The demand for care and support grows, so does the need to recruit and retain more workers to deliver high quality care and support. Approximately 440,000 care workers leave their job every year. There are around 122,000 vacancies at any one time. Secrets to success Research […]
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For providers in the care sector, policies and procedures are core to service delivery and set the quality benchmark for the business. For those setting up as a provider of care services, they are also among the biggest costs. When purchasing policies and procedures from an external provider, it is therefore vital […]
Since 1 April 2015, all persons wishing to work in social care must complete the Care Certificate. This shows you are trained and competent to a set of 15 standards that includes things like understanding what it is to be a career, respecting privacy and dignity, managing medication and controlling […]
Home care provider Cera Care buys Mears Care in £30m deal The home care provider Cera Care which only formed three years ago has bought Mears Care in a £30m deal, which is set to make Cera Care one of the biggest home care companies in the UK. Cera Care’s […]
What is the cost of receiving adult social care? In 2018/19, the average cost of a local authority-funded care home place for someone aged over 65 was £636 a week. For working-age adults, the cost was £1,320 a week. In 2018/19, local authorities, on average, paid £16.86 an hour to commission externally […]
Information for commissioning organisations setting Home Care Rates When setting Home Care rates for 2020-2021, a number of commissioners (if they offer an increase at all) will attempt to offer either a rate equivalent to the increase in the National Living Wage (NLW), or an increase in line with the […]
While some services, such as advice and information, are open to anyone, England’s publicly funded social care is mostly accessible only to people with the highest needs and the lowest assets. Individuals with assets worth more than £ 23,250 are usually not eligible (this figure includes the value of their property for […]