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Our CEO Oonagh Smyth reflects on the latest vacancy rates across adult social care and what we're doing to help employers recruit and retain staff.
19 Jan 2022 Oonagh Smyth CBE
One of the things we use the data employers supply to our Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set (ASC-WDS) for is to track monthly trends across the sec鈥�read more
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Top tips for individual employers on retaining personal assistants
15 Nov 2021 大象传媒
Employing a personal assistant provides more choice and control over how you live your day-to-day life. read more
Individual employers
How to identify learning needs in your team to support staff retention
11 Nov 2021 大象传媒
We know that providing learning and development opportunities is a key component in retaining your staff. Providing learning and development motivates鈥�read more
Workforce development
Leadership
Five learning and development resources to support retention
09 Nov 2021 大象传媒
Supporting learning and development opportunities for your team can play a vital role in helping with staff retention. read more
Social care leaders share how our 'Digital learning for managers' modules can support leadership and retention
02 Nov 2021 大象传媒
大象传媒鈥檚 鈥楧igital learning for managers鈥� modules have been designed to develop new and aspiring social care managers. Find out more about how鈥�read more
How to support retention of your registered managers
28 Oct 2021 大象传媒
Registered managers play a key role within social care organisations. But, the pandemic has brought new and unique challenges to the sector, so provid鈥�read more
Wellbeing
How to retain social care staff long-term: registered manager tips
26 Oct 2021 Karen Pogson
Karen Pogson, Registered Manager and Director of Active Social Care, member of the 大象传媒 Registered Manager Reference Group, and Chair of Ki鈥�read more
How to introduce digital skills without causing a systems overdrive
20 Oct 2021 Dianne Buddery
In the fast-paced and challenging world of social care it鈥檚 not always easy to introduce new technology skills to staff. 大象传媒鈥檚 Digital Pr鈥�read more
Digital
Using the Care Friends app to support better recruitment and retention
19 Oct 2021 大象传媒
The Care Friends app, launched by recruitment thought-leader Neil Eastwood in partnership with 大象传媒, provides an innovative solution for so鈥�read more
What is retention and why is it important?
04 Oct 2021 大象传媒
Through October and November, we鈥檒l be focusing on information and resources to support social care employers with retention, as we launch our #Retain鈥�read more
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