New website aims to support growing demand for care workers in Wales
Wales will need thousands more people to work in caring roles with adults and children by 2030 if it is to keep pace with the growing demand for care services
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Minister welcomes progress with 100 mental health staff recruited so far this year
More than 100 mental health staff have been hired across Scotland’s public sector since the start of the year. The additional mental health workers in A&Es, GP practices, police station
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Government launch adult social care campaign to tackle workforce shortages
The Government has launched a recruitment campaign to try to plug a hole of 110,000 vacancies in the social care workforce. More than 1.45 million people work in social care
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National campaign launched to recruit more adult social care workers
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is launching a national campaign in mid-February to address the estimated 110,000 vacancies in adult social care in England. Running across February
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Childcare sector viewed as second-class profession, inquiry told
Bosses at childcare organisations have said the industry struggles to retain and recruit good staff, with the profession viewed as “second class”. Representatives from Quarriers, Aberlour and Barnardo’s were giving
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Report: New children’s social services data report published (Scotland)
The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) has published the Children’s Services Workforce 2017 report, taking a detailed look at the children’s social services workforce. The data in the report supplements
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NHS to recruit 1,000 link workers to help GPs tackle ‘scourges of modern life’
One thousand people are to be recruited by the NHS to help GPs deal with some of the “scourges of modern life” from loneliness to mental health issues. They will
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Patients denied safe and compassionate care due to lack of NHS staff, new poll
Patients are missing out on safe and compassionate care due to a shortage of NHS staff, according to a new poll. Almost half (45%) of more than 15,000 frontline NHS
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Charity warns UK in ‘no position’ to exclude EU care workers after Brexit
European care workers must be able to continue to come to the UK to work after Brexit, a leading charity for older people has urged ministers. Age UK said the
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Minister helps launch home care company’s latest recruitment campaign
The Minister of State for Care has officially kicked off a home care company’s latest campaign to encourage more people to consider a career in care. MP Caroline Dinenage (pictured)
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