Issue 102 06.04.22
The weekly online newsletter for the care sector
Care providers come together for Ukraine CARE employers have been working together to understand how they can provide a meaningful employment opportunity for those displaced from Ukraine and other parts of the world and finding a home within the UK. The National Care Forum in association with the Care Provider Alliance has brought together a wide range of partners committed to offering support. This includes expertise from across national and local government, housing, recruitment specialists, legal and immigration experts and regulators. Vic Rayner OBE, CEO of the NCF said: “Like many people affected by the plight of the people of Ukraine, care employers are pulling together to take action to help. “The ideas are progressing at pace, and there is a strong desire to do something meaningful to help the people of Ukraine, and others from around the globe who arrive into the UK. “We are pulling together opportunities for care and support employers to share details of available job vacancies, which we hope will be tied into the broader communications for displaced people.” Employers and partners are working closely with recruitment experts to enable displaced people from Ukraine and other parts of the globe, to
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identify roles within the care sector, signpost individuals to localised support and ensure that employers work together to provide the best opportunity for those who wish to work. Whilst this work progresses, the broader support for people displaced from Ukraine through the Homes for Ukrainians scheme is being clarified. Alongside this, local government has an important role in how local support will work, with specific roles and responsibilities still emerging. It is imperative that the desire to work is aligned with the need for displaced people to be connected into wider community and pastoral support. Vic added: “There are many other ways for people to offer support, including support to Ukrainians needing care and support, assistance with vetting and matching, and those who have a housing solution. “However, there remains significant unanswered questions around regulatory requirements, right to work entitlement, safeguarding, etc. “We need the government to work at pace alongside adult social care employers to resolve this. Furthermore, we are working with other partners, to understand how most effectively the sector can be engaged to provide a solution at this moment of crisis.”
Residents at Renaissance Care enjoyed April Fools’ Day as they pranked the nation with their Scotland’s strongest pensioner championships. They had a blast taking photos during fake training exercises inspired by the World’s Strongest Man competition, as they were pictured working towards personal goals and bests in the famous vehicle pull, the Hercules hold and a variety of deadlifting challenges. The residents have been taking part in Summer and Winter Olympics initiatives across the group, which improved their health and wellbeing and saw them get competitive across the sports. For April Fools’ Day they felt the perfect joke would be to take that one step further to find Scotland’s strongest pensioner.
Operators urged to join campaign SKILLS for Care is #CelebratingSocialCare throughout April and is encouraging everyone working across social care to get involved. This dedicated month is a time to encourage people to shout out the importance of social care and the dedication and skills of the people who work within it. The campaign follows the recent Social Care Day of Remembrance and Reflection and the lifting of public Covid-19 restrictions, two years since the pandemic began. The organisation will be posting blogs and articles across its website and other communications channels, sharing good news stories from the sector as well as
stories of innovation and learning and development through the pandemic. On social media, Skills for Care is asking individuals, providers and other organisations across social care to get involved by sharing their #CelebratingSocialCare messages. Suggestions include: n Posting thank you messages on social media to your colleagues, tagging them and using the hashtag #CelebratingSocialCare n Sharing your good news stories and stories of success throughout Covid-19 using the hashtag #CelebratingSocialCare n Recording a short video paying tribute to the hard work of your teams using the hashtag #CelebratingSocialCare
Win a three in one Triflex vacuum cleaner by taking part in the Miele survey on our Caring UK website https://www.caring-uk.co.uk/
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