Staffing News - Care Home Professional

Government provides £269m for social care staffing and testing

Business Funding Human Resources Legislation People Recruitment by Lee Peart on January 18, 2021

A £269m funding package to boost social care staffing levels and care home testing has been announced by the government.

Staffing pressures increase on social care services with absences of over 50%

Human Resources People Recruitment by Lee Peart on January 11, 2021

Staffing pressures are mounting on social care amidst the coronavirus pandemic with some services reporting absences of over 50%. Research

Four Seasons care home given two-month notice to increase staff

Business Care home groups Compliance Operators by Lee Peart on September 27, 2019

Four Seasons has been given a two-month ultimatum to increase staff at its Lammermuir House Care Homes in Dunbar.

Overstretched care staff struggled to bathe residents once a week

Business Care home groups Compliance Operators by Lee Peart on September 17, 2018

A Cheltenham care home with staffing issues struggled to give some residents a weekly bath, the CQC has said. Nazareth

Encore Care Homes combats care sector staff shortages

Business Care home groups by Emma Calder on February 12, 2018

Three-strong care home group, Encore Care Homes, has ramped up its support for employees in a bid to battle staffing

EXCLUSIVE: Staffing crisis bites at small care home provider

Best Practice by Emma Calder on October 24, 2017

Raj Sehgal, Managing Director of Armscare, is on the frontline of the care home recruitment crisis. Armscare operates four homes of 25-39 beds in rural areas of North West Norfolk. “There aren’t the people to