Issue 92 26.01.22
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Backing for recruitment campaign CARE providers have joined a campaign to recruit more staff into the sector across North Yorkshire. But they have also warned that more needs to be done to make care a more rewarding profession to join. The Independent Care Group is working with North Yorkshire County Council’s ‘Make Care Matter’ campaign to recruit more people into the care of our oldest and most vulnerable. Like the rest of the country, the county is currently suffering from a shortage of care staff. ICG chair Mike Padgham said: “We are 100 per cent with North Yorkshire County Council’s efforts to attract more people into adult social care – it is a vital and rewarding profession, which plays a huge part in maintaining the quality of life of many thousands of people. “Anything that helps to attract more people to join the profession is to be welcomed with open arms. “The shortage of staff in the social care sector is becoming critical and we are pleased to work with the county council and support its campaign to bring more people into this very rewarding, vital service.
“The name of the campaign says it all, as care does matter, very, very much. “ We have to work together to bring more people into this wonderful sector and to persuade the Government that it needs to support the sector more.” He said the Government needed to do more to better fund social care so that those working in it can get better pay, terms and conditions. “At the end of last year, the Government’s own report into care market sustainability reported that care providers were not being paid enough to provide care and that has a huge impact on our ability to recruit and retain staff. “Social care desperately needs root and branch reform and an integral part of that reform will be ensuring there is enough funding within the sector to pay social care staff what they clearly deserve,” he added. “They do a fantastic job but at the moment are undervalued and underpaid. “Care commissioners, like local authorities, do not have enough money to pay providers fairly for the care they commission and so there isn’t enough funding for them, in turn, to pay staff better.”
Councillor opens new care home
The head of a leading care and culture consultancy to the health and social care sector has been awarded the prestigious Order of Australia Medal for ‘outstanding achievement and services’ to the betterment of care for older persons within the Commonwealth (Australia, United Kingdom and Canada). As part of the Australia Day Honours List, Peter Bewert, managing director of Meaningful Care Matters, has been named as one of just over 350 Australians to receive an OAM, which in the Australian honours system confer the highest recognition for exceptional achievement and service. To receive the accolade, recipients must be nominated by their peers, considered by an independent process, and recognised by the nation.
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CADLEY Hill View care home in Swadlincote has officially opened its doors thanks to special guest, Councillor Malcolm Gee, the chairman of South Derbyshire District Council. He joined the care team and the local community to cut the ribbon at the official open day event, taking an exclusive tour of the new state-of-the-art facilities which are now open to residents. Home manager David Godrich said: “We were delighted to welcome Councillor Gee to visit our beautiful home and to be able to discuss some of our key initiatives around the personcentred lifestyle delivered at Cadley Hill View. “Our open day event was a fantastic way to meet people within the local community and we have had such an overwhelming response so far from local people. I can’t wait to support our new residents to live life to the full as part of the Cadley Hill View community.” Cadley Hill View is care provider Ideal Carehomes’ latest development and has benefitted from a £12m investment, providing all the finishing touches you would expect from a luxury care home. Coun Gee was interested to hear about the care teams’ commitment to combatting loneliness in older people as David explained how the dedicated activity co-ordinators will provide varied activities through a packed social calendar that is tailored to each resident’s interests and hobbies.