Care Home Races Ahead with New Driver to Help Care Workers Tackle Skyrocketing Fuel Costs
A care home in Cassington has made the decision to employ a qualified driver who will taxi care workers to and from their shifts at…
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Advisory Committee Recommends Minimum Pay Rate for Care Workers
Care workers should be paid a higher minimum wage of £10.50 and made permanently eligible for work visas under immigration rules to help tackle staff…
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Government publishes Fair Cost of Care guidance
The Government has published guidance for Local Authorities in England on the Market Sustainability and Fair Cost of Care Fund 2022 to 2023. £162 million…
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Former Homeless Caterer Becomes an Award-Winning Carer
Mick Sowerby, a senior support worker at Fairholme in South Shields, went from working for a fast-food chain and sleeping rough, to receiving an award…
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Mandatory Covid-19 Vaccination for Care Staff to Be Scrapped
The legal requirement for health and social care staff to be double jabbed will be removed from 15 March Regulations making COVID-19 vaccination a condition…
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5 Of The UK’s Main Care Representatives Warn That EU Care Workers Are At Risk Of Criminalisation And Urge PM To Lift The EUSS Deadline.
The Care Workers Charity has joined with 4 of the UK’s main care representatives writing to the Prime Minister to warn that EU care workers are at risk of losing their legal status and rights in just 1 weeks
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