Blogs and articles

One of the things we use the data employers supply to our Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set (ASC-WDS) for is to track monthly trends across the sector. The latest figures for December 2021 reveal that vacancy rates across the sector are running at 9.4%, which is higher than they were pre-covid when we had 105,000 vacancies on any given day.

As the new year begins, we spoke with Laura Hambridge, Registered Manager of Eden House, about how she plans for the year ahead and what advice she would give other social care managers about balancing yearly planning alongside remaining flexible to the changing requirements of social care.

In a recent episode of our podcast 'The care exchange', we spoke to Debbie Dry, the registered manager of Windsor Care Home, an 'outstanding' rated small family-run home for older people in Buckinghamshire. Among her many useful insights, Debbie shared how she plans for the year ahead at the start of each year.

An 'outstanding' rating can help you retain a loyal workforce who are proud to be part of your team. We spoke to Ellen Toulson an assistant team leader and Steven Guest a support worker at City Care Partnership about what it feels like working for an 'outstanding' rated provider.