The Institute of Healthcare Management (IHM) has joined forces with The Care Workers’ Charity (CWC), National Care Forum (NCF) and Thank And Praise (TAP) to promote the vital role of those working in social care.
IHM’s joint campaign aims to shine a light on the inspirational people making up the UK’s two million care workers, looking after some of the most vulnerable people in our society.
Care workers often work for little financial reward and spend their careers supporting others. However, when circumstances change such as during the current COVID-19 crisis, it’s those who care who need our support.
According to the CWC’s Wellbeing Report (2019), 51% of care workers have considered leaving their role in the past three years because of the effect of the job on their mental health. The research also found that 80% of care workers said that they have not had formal training on managing mental wellbeing at work and 68% of care workers said they were interested in such a service.
The campaign is designed to demonstrate how critical care workers are to society, alongside their colleagues at the NHS, and encourage the public to show their appreciation by posting messages on TAP’s thanking platform, as well as gaining much-needed donations for the CWC.
Jon Wilks, CEO of IHM, said: “Our remarkable social care workers, managers and leaders have been outstanding throughout the pandemic and we want to support the public to take time to say thank you to them.”
TAP’s free-to-use thanking platform is easy to use and messages posted on its Healthcare Thanking Wall are shared with the organisations and individuals being thanked. During the first phase of the COVID-19 crisis, TAP collected and shared hundreds of messages of thanks for health and care organisations.
Now is the ideal opportunity to show your appreciation for our amazing social care workers by posting a message on TAP’s Thanking Wall: www.thankandpraise.com/thankingwall/healthcare
You can also donate to The Care Workers’ Charity and support the mental health grants scheme:
https://thecareworkerscharity.enthuse.com/cf/mental-health-appeal
If you represent a social care organisation, you can use TAP’s free-to-use thanking platform at an organisational level to help improve workforce wellbeing; simply visit www.thankandpraise.com/organisations
