Continuity and Contingency Plans over the Festivities.
December throws a few different curve balls to overcome when ensuring care services are fully staffed. There is the obvious, …
#socialcarefuture – New Social Care Report
We have had great pleasure in reading the ‘Talking about a brighter social care future” report. It is not only …
Have you considered writing a reassuring letter to your EU Care Workers? (Sample Letter)
In these unsettling times, a letter of support and reassurance may be very well received by your EU citizen employees. …
The Benefits Of Becoming An AJ Temp
A role as a Temp Support Worker is a great way to expand your experience and knowledge base while doing …
Brexit – Practical Tips in Relation to the Social Care Workforce
Brexit – whilst there is certainly a lot of indecision about the whole process to date and that seems unlikely …
Secret Tips to get the Best out of a Recruitment Agency
Refined Art Vs Jack-of-all-trades? The first thing you have to make a decision on is the type of recruitment agency …
What we can learn from the The State Of The Adult Social Care Sector And Workforce In England Report
650,000 extra jobs may be needed in adult social care by 2035 390,000 people left their jobs over the last …
6 Tips to Proactively Reduce Your Staffing Agency Spend Over Christmas
Make best friends with the weather man! Have you considered weather forecast? Winter weather can have massive implications on staff …
Job Seekers – How To Determine What Agency To Partner With?
With lots of agencies to choose from these days, candidate power has never been greater. So how do you decide …
Temp-To-Perm Or Direct Introduction, Which Is Right For You?
Most agencies will have a temp-to-perm or direct introduction service. The question is as a hiring manager using an agency, …
7 Ways To Integrate Temps Into Your Organisation Quickly To Add Value And Give You Continuity
There are a variety of benefits of working with a temp agency to support your recruiting needs. However, in order …
Will you be ready for the new KLOEs?
With the new CQC KLOEs inspection framework currently timetabled to start from November 2017, will your care organisation have checked …
How To Write The Perfect CV
In today’s day and age of multifaceted application systems and with the plethora of social media platforms, you might think …
8 Interview Tips for New Hiring Managers
Interviewing candidates is a crucial task. As a hiring manager, you want to find the person whose experience, skills and …
NICE Quality Standards (Update June 2017) How the new mouth care quality standards affect you
Please welcome this month’s guest blogger Sarah and Jane from Oral Health Matters. Having shown a great passion for the improvement of …
Saving Social Care: my interview with author Neil Eastwood
I have recently interviewed Social Care workforce expert and author Neil Eastwood about his new book “Saving Social Care” and …
The Millennials are flooding into the workplace – is your company ready
Millennials currently make up 37% of the workforce and this percentage is set to surpass 50% by 2020. On that …
Onboarding: What you need to Know
Have you successfully recruited the next rising star of your organisation? If so, that’s great. The only question now is, …
7 Ways to Stand Out as a Job Applicant
As employment in the UK reaches new highs and with no slow down after Brexit, the competition in the job …
The Problem with Overpreparing
Overpreparing isn’t always a good thing and it’s something which is seen a lot within recruitment in general. Whether it’s …