Recruitment Challenges Deepen As Overseas Worker Visas Fall
The UK care sector is grappling with significant recruitment challenges following a sharp decline in work visas issued to overseas healthcare professionals, according to newly…
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Vacancy Rates in Social Care Return to Pre-Covid Levels Report Reveals
Social care vacancy rates have returned to pre-Covid levels, according to the latest data from Skills for Care – the workforce development body for adult…
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UK Care Workforce Twice As Likely To Live In Poverty As Average Worker
A new report from the Health Foundation reveals that people working in care homes and their families are twice as likely to live in poverty…
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Visa Reforms Needed To Keep Care Sector From Collapse, Says UNISON
Trade Union UNISON has warned that new immigration rules laid down in Parliament on Wednesday 12 March 2025 will impact the recruitment of overseas health and…
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Investing in Care Worker Pay is a Win For The Economy and the NHS – Says New Report
A new report launched by the independent national charity, Community Integrated Care, today (Wednesday 12th March) exposes a persistent pay gap between social care support…
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“Connected to Care’ Initiative to Celebrate Care Workers Launched
The Care Workers’ Charity has launched Connected to Care, an initiative launched this February to honour the extraordinary work of care workers across the UK….
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Westgate Healthcare Welcomes Head of People
Westgate Healthcare is thrilled to announce the appointment of Emma Norris as Head of People. With 16 years of HR experience in the care sector…
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Care Workers to Receive Training for Routine Health Checks in Major Reform
The UK Government is introducing measures to empower care workers with new training to perform routine health checks, including monitoring blood pressure, managing diabetes with…
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Happy New Year’s Eve!!!
A very Happy New Year to you all from the team at: THE CARER We hope you and your residents enjoy your New Year’s Eve…
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Carer’s Rights Day – Know Your Rights With Carer’s Leave
TO MARK Carer’s Rights Day (21 November), Francesca Lilley, associate in the employment law team at Knights, has shared her expertise on how employers must…
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Urgent Reform Needed To Protect Migrant Workers In The Care Sector Report Reveals
The Work Rights Centre has published a report “The forgotten third: migrant workers’ views on improving conditions in England’s adult social care sector” which examines…
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Fall in Health and Care Visa Applications as UK Tightens Immigration Rules
There has been an 81% drop in visa applications following the ban on overseas social care workers bringing family dependents, latest figures from the Home…
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New Government Must Urgently Tackle Illegal Underpayment Of Wages In Social Care
The new government must immediately address the problem of low pay in adult social care by tackling illegal underpayment of wages, and urgently consulting the…
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Boosting Care Worker Wages “Must Be Priority” Says Care England
Care workers in England would be entitled to pay of at least £12 an hour as part of a Labour manifesto pledge to improve recruitment…
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Webinar: Employing Overseas Nationals in the UK
Date & time: Wednesday 24 April 2024 | 1:00PM – 2:00PM GMT Are you employing or looking to hire overseas nationals to plug a skills…
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