Category: Care jobs
RECORD MONTH OF JOB APPLICATIONS AT HEATHCOTES
Heathcotes Group, a Chesterfield-based care provider, has experienced a major surge in demand for jobs in the sector following a record month of applications for support worker positions nationwide....Behind the Growing Home Care Trend
Live-in care, where a professional carer lives with their client, is an increasingly popular alternative to care homes. To better understand why, Bluebird Care presents some stories from the people...HEROIC SUPPORT WORKER SAVES A LIFE
A support worker from Northumberland has been recognised for his lifesaving first aid action earlier this year while at work supporting people with learning disabilities. Kevin Hope works for...HEATHCOTES LAUNCHES RECRUITMENT DRIVE
Care provider Heathcotes Group has launched a nationwide recruitment drive to assist its frontline teams in meeting the challenge of the ongoing coronavirus crisis. With many sectors in lockdown...SOCIAL CARE JOB APPLICATIONS FALL, DESPITE MORE ADVERTS
Applications for social care jobs dropped by 13.4% in January, according to the latest data from online jobs board CV-Library. The study, which explored job market data from January 2020 and...NOVACARE LAUNCHES DEDICATED CARE SECTOR JOBS BOARD
Novacare, service and solutions provider for the care industry, has developed Scotland’s first dedicated jobs board for the care sector. The online portal will serve as a single-source,...NEW NURSING ROLE CREATED FOR LEWY BODY DEMENTIA
Dementia specialist support provider Dementia UK and Lewy Body Society, a charity which funds research and raises awareness of this dementia subtype, have jointly announced the appointment of the...ADULT SOCIAL CARE CONTRIBUTES £40.5 BILLION TO ECONOMY
Adult social care’s economic contribution has increased to £40.5 billion, according to research carried out by Skills for Care. The new figure was revealed in Skills for Care’s...ADULT SOCIAL CARE WORKFORCE GROWS TO 1.49 MILLION PEOPLE
The adult social care workforce in England has grown to 1.49 million workers, according to a new report from Skills for Care. The latest jump in worker numbers was revealed in Skills for...Almost a million care jobs pay below living wage
Two thirds of all care jobs in the UK (930,000 in total) paid below the living wage last year, according to a new report published by independent think-tank the Resolution Foundation. The report...- CQC ratings
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