We have vacancies, right across the UK, working as #IMPACTFacilitators and #IMPACTDemonstrators . Find out more about the 22 vacancies here: buff.ly/3LVEIkP

👬Join Prof. Martin Green karolina💚, James Maynard, Louis Holmes The Access Group and The Care Workers' Charity 💚 on March 5th for 'Spotlight on Recruitment and Retention' to discuss how providers can seek to use technology to mitigate challenges. Register here:
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In this issue: 'Creating a sustainable social care system necessitates a shift in how we perceive and treat care workers.'

karolina💚 CEO at the The Care Workers' Charity 💚
on 𝐏𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭

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#ThankYouSocialCare

IMPACT IMPACT are recruiting a Research Fellow to work University of Stirling with me & Kathryn Mackay supporting a range of social care 'Facilitator' projects across the UK. See bit.ly/3SfmluI and contact me to discuss. Part-time for up to 48 months, closing 8th Feb.

Homecare Association releases Minimum Price for home care 2024-25 homecareinsight.co.uk/homecare-assoc…

Our new calculation for the Minimum Price for #homecare services in England is £28.53 p/h. Effective from April 2024, when the National Living Wage increases to £11.44 per hour.

Read the report in full below⤵️

🔗homecareassociation.org.uk/resource/homec…

On the 1st Day of Christmas our Fundraisers gave to us,

ONE Care Sector Fundraising Ball

We want to thank ChampioningSocialCare 💚💙 Social Care and everyone involved in making the ball such an incredible event

Thank you to you all and we hope you have a wonderful, restful Christmas

The hourly fee paid for homecare has to cover careworker wages plus statutory employment on-costs (£19.90) plus contribute to the other costs of running a homecare agency ⬇️

homecareassociation.org.uk/resource/homec…

Our Prize Draw is in full swing and we've had loads of wonderful donations and comments that have made us smile

Thank you to Mark Topps 💚💙 for this one 😄

You can enter here: buff.ly/46gzJ5z

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#christmasprizedraw

NEW: Rishi Sunak to announce major package of measures to reduce net migration today.

Set to include rise in minimum salary threshold for skilled worker visas; scaling back of health & social care visas; overhaul of shortage occupation list (h/t Charles Hymas)

Our Prize Draw is in full swing and we've had loads of wonderful donations and comments that have made us smile

Thank you to Samantha Crawley 💚 for this one 😄

You can enter here: buff.ly/46gzJ5z

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Thank you again for this lovely award and to my team for all of their hard work.

#MotivationMonday

The moment karolina💚 CEO The Care Workers' Charity 💚 won THE THIRD SECTOR LEADER Award at last month’s 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬

#SocialCareWomen

Our friends at Newcross Healthcare Home of the #VoicesofCare podcast have released a. special - Care Managers Show episode, starring our CEO Karolina Gerlich.

youtube.com/watch?v=nljCBd…

#voicesofcare #caremanagersshow Suhail Mirza Lorraine

karolina💚, CEO of The Care Workers' Charity 💚 talking about the impact of zero-hours contracts on care workers where there is an imbalance between employer & employee. Care workers need income security but need flexibility too as their work is demanding physically & in terms of wellbeing

Grab your pens and paper for The Care Workers' Charity 💚's Annual Writing Competition!

We are looking for entries of 750 words. This can be in the form of a short story/poem/opinion or thought piece with the theme “EMPATHY”

Entries must be written by care workers.

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Thank you Karolina Gerlich, CEO of @careworkersfund for joining us for this important and informative discussion this afternoon as part of #AccessAllAreas

If you would like to make a donation based on what you heard in this session, please use this link ow.ly/uPKC50Qbuft

𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦!

Photos now available from the inaugural 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬

Download for FREE at bit.ly/46v248z

#SocialCareWomen

I was very surprised to be the winner out of so many amazing finalists! Thank you The Wags huge thanks to my team for all of their hard work and trustees for their support The Care Workers' Charity 💚

Our Christmas Prize Draw is now LIVE.

We decided to share all 26 prizes with you. So here goes with Prize Number 2

Prize 2 is a Fortnum & Mason Hamper, kindly donated by Bevan Brittan LLP

Get your tickets here: buff.ly/46gzJ5z

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