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It might not seem like it at the moment with the snow, the pandemic and the general post-Christmas January blues, but you are the future of social care. Social care will never be the same after 2020. I am sure that you, as well as me, have noticed lots of social care technology companies championing…
2021! If you are reading this, well done, you survived the most challenging year in the world ever ever ever… If, like so many of us, you have lost a loved one or family member, our thoughts are with you and, hopefully, 2021 will be the year when we put COVID firmly in the rear…
Thanks everyone for your comments and feedback throughout 2020. It has been a challenging year, an interesting year and also one of learning… What did we learn? We learnt that things we thought were not possible actually were; it just needed a bit of creativity, some effort and an external driver. Unfortunately, the driver happens…
Hi everyone and thanks as always for the feedback on last week’s post during Self Care Week. As last week was Safeguarding Adults Week, it seems natural to talk about safeguarding. First things first, safeguarding is vitally important and everyone should feel safe, no matter what their environment, so if someone says something or you…
Thanks, as always, for the feedback on recent posts. This week is Self Care Week; I think you’ll agree that, given the current circumstances, looking after ourselves has never been more important. So, what is Self Care and why is important? I have met thousands of care workers and managers over the years and, almost…
Back in May, we shared a post about “Lockdown Learning” where we talked about the things we had learnt as a result of external circumstances. We talked about how we adopted the motto “we can do that” and how that positivity had spread. As we approach another lockdown, fire break or circuit break, spending on…
Welcome to our new subscribers and thanks for the feedback on last week’s post. This week I wanted to keep things short and simple following a couple of lengthy posts. I have deliberately chosen “Celebrate Social Care” because, after months of challenges and changes, the one good thing that has come out of Coronavirus is…
Thanks as always for all the feedback on last week’s post, Competence is more important than attendance. Whilst this is vital for all staff, how can we speed things up for new staff? The State of the Workforce report from Skills for Care (October 2020) outlines that staff turnover for Care Workers is above 38%…
Thanks for the comments and shares on our recent four part series on recruitment and retention – and a warm welcome to all our new subscribers! In doing the work for that series of posts, it reminded me of something I wrote back in 2016 – Time to move past paper and, just a day…
The third element of staffing is, of course, Training. Before we get stuck into this week’s post, let’s be clear why we carry out training at all, in any subject – it is so that the candidate LEARNS and is safe to practice. We talked about this in a recent post called “Training vs…
