Tag Archives | care workers

Female care worker smiling as she enters the house of an older woman whom she is greeting

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Number of overseas care recruits plummets as report highlights sector’s reliance on them

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The words 'training & development' next to a cog

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Government cuts £115m from adult social care staff training funding

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Stephen Kinnock

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Labour ditches planned increase to adult social care training funding

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Care worker putting a bandage on a man's arm in his home.

Adults, Workforce

Overseas recruitment drives latest growth in adult social care workforce

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Care worker or nurse looking stressed

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

DHSC launches £16m fund to tackle exploitation of overseas care staff

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David Pearson

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Increasing qualification levels, linked to pay, under consideration in adult social care workforce strategy

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Colleagues engaged in training session

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DHSC sets out plans for funding adult social care training

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A practice educator or social work manager talking to a student

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Councils given funding to train more staff as social workers through apprenticeships

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Care worker putting a bandage on a man's arm in his home.

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Government bar on overseas care staff bringing over families sparks workforce concerns

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Home care worker speaking to older person

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

10% pay rise for thousands of care workers as government announces national living wage rise

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Home care worker speaking to older person

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Qualification levels and average pay have fallen for care workers, official data shows

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Care worker or nurse looking stressed

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

‘Very bad’ employers exploiting overseas social care staff, warns government migration adviser

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Home care worker speaking to older person

Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

60,000 boost to care workforce from overseas staff in past year

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Care worker putting a bandage on a man's arm in his home.

Adults, Workforce

Care workers’ lack of power at work behind tolerance of poor pay and conditions, finds report

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Minimum price of home care to rise by 12% next year, says provider body

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Home care worker speaking to older person

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Average care worker earns less than over 80% of wider workforce

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