Newly appointed Skills for Care CEO Oonagh Smyth, who takes up her role next month, has shared her priorities with CHP.
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More than 100,000 CARE badges are being worn in support of social care champions across the UK.
Social care leaders have voiced their anger after care home nurses were excluded from new continuing professional development (CPD) packages.
Two-thirds (61.3%) of social care workers worry about disappointing their manager with 38.7% relying on their boss to boost their self-esteem, according to research.
A new website has launched to help promote career opportunities and increase employment in the social care sector.
Proposals to cut the migrant salary threshold from £30,000 to £25,600 are expected to be approved at a Cabinet meeting on Friday.
Michelle Murchan has been appointed general manager at Cornerstone Healthcare’s South Africa Lodge.
Nikki Higgins has been appointed home manager at Ideal Carehomes’ Hambleton Grange in Thirsk.
Fifty young people will receive traineeships at Bupa care homes under an employment programme.
A manager who transformed a failing care home into an ‘Outstanding’ rated service has joined a West Yorkshire nursing home.
