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21 Care Assistant Blog posts

How We Can Improve Recruitment and Retention of Care Assistants in Social Care

How We Can Improve Recruitment and Retention of Care Assistants in Social Care

After an eye-opening comment on a previous article, we asked Care Assistant, Zuva, to expand the points she made in an article. Here’s Zuva’s take on how to improve staff retention within Social Care.
Opinion
Care work: Education or Experience - what's more important?

Care work: Education or Experience - what's more important?

Getting started as a care assistant doesn’t require any formal qualifications. Should this be the case? Or should a certain level of education be required? Comment Like ❤️ Reply
Opinion
Care assistant in conversation with two older ladies

How To Quit Your Job And Get Into Care Work

Former Care Home Nurse, Claire Carmichael, explains why Care Work is so rewarding and how to get started on your career in Care. Experience is NOT essential.
Career Pathways
Should Care Workers Wear A Uniform?

Should Care Workers Wear A Uniform?

A reader of this site was told not to wear her own leggings when working in a care home. Should care workers have to wear a uniform? What do you think? Comment Like ❤️ Reply .
Opinion
Health Care Assistant with a care home resident

How to become a Health Care Assistant

Health Care Assistant, Grant Fullerton Sinclair, discusses his career journey into care, what a typical day looks like, and highlights what it takes to become a HCA.
Career Pathways
What does the Government's 2020 recruitment campaign to create 110,000 social care jobs mean?

What does the Government's 2020 recruitment campaign to create 110,000 social care jobs mean?

With a rapidly ageing populace, the UK Government are attempting to keep up with the demand for social care workers with the ‘Every Day is Different’ campaign. Here we explain what that means for you.
Opinion
The difference between healthcare assistants (HCAs) and care assistants

The difference between healthcare assistants (HCAs) and care assistants

Is there a clear differentiation between healthcare assistants and care assistants? Since the nature of both roles overlap, it's hard to create separation between the two - which is where we come in.
Opinion
Should we wear uniforms in care work?

Should we wear uniforms in care work?

For many of us, a uniform is a normal part of our working life. But for Healthcare Assistants, does it really make a difference?
Opinion
Q+A with a carer in a children's home

Q+A with a carer in a children's home

Sarah Kean-Price talks to a carer in a children’s home about their first 3 weeks in a their new job. She finds that two days are never the same and the desire to work with the homeless has been a driving force from an early age.
Career Pathways
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