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How to become a Health Care Assistant

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
3 interview tips for carers who want to progress their career to become a senior carer

3 interview tips for carers who want to progress their career to become a senior carer

Registered Care Home Manager, Liam Palmer walks us through the care job interview process, and highlights some of the "Dos" and "Don’ts".
Interviews & Applications
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
Why it's important to always consider using agency staff in care home management

Why it's important to always consider using agency staff in care home management

Beware the “no agency rule”. Care Home Manager, Liam Palmer, gives a brief case study on why not utilising agency staff can be detrimental to running your care home.
Career Development
5 tips on how to improve your Care Home

5 tips on how to improve your Care Home

Care Home Manager, Liam Palmer, highlights how the fundamental principles of hospitality can dramatically improve your care home with 5 top tips.
Career Development
Care Homes vs Covid – Fighting an invisible enemy

Care Homes vs Covid – Fighting an invisible enemy

Care Home Manager Liam Palmer, assesses the risks to frontline healthcare workers and asks can we limit outbreaks in our care homes?
Career Development
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The Support Worker Salary & Pay Guide

A guide to Support Worker salaries & pay - average salary, how much you can expect to earn and differences between public and private sector pay rates.
How Coronavirus is impacting my job as a healthcare worker in mental health

How Coronavirus is impacting my job as a healthcare worker in mental health

I work for a staffing agency in mental health and this is how I'm seeing the impact of Coronavirus affect patients and colleagues.
Opinion
How I became a healthcare worker in mental health

How I became a healthcare worker in mental health

A few years ago Anita decided to change the course of her career and do something she'd thought about since her childhood. Here's why and how she became a healthcare worker.
Opinion
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