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Recruitment is like a box of chocolates
28 May 2025 Jacqui Darlington and Isaac Samuels
Jacqui Darlington and Isaac Samuels, both individual employers, talk to us in this jointly produced article about their experience recruiting personal…read more
Recruitment
Individual employers
Creating cultures that retain staff
21 May 2025 Sue Collier
Sue Collier, Director and Founder of BGS Healthcare, talks to us about how she creates a welcoming environment to help retain staff. read more
Retention
Getting young people into care careers
19 May 2025 Jason Gosling
We hear about Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board’s (BLMKICB) recent work focused on recruiting younger people into health and…read more
How we’re recruiting younger people into social care
14 May 2025 Jackie Doe
In this article, we hear from Laura Turner, Recruitment Coordinator, and Jackie Doe, Senior Operations Manager, from Surrey Choices, on their approach…read more
Connecting communities to careers in health and social care
12 May 2025 Sharon Blaney
Sharon Blaney, Employment and Skills Project Officer (NHS and Health) at Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, discusses a recent recruitment even…read more
Values-based recruitment – what does it actually mean?
07 May 2025 Lee Mummery
Lee Mummery, Head of Region (Eastern) at Skills for Care, provides us with a simplified overview of values-based recruitment, helping social care orga…read more
How the Workforce Strategy can help us attract more regulated professionals
23 Sep 2024 Professor John Unsworth
In this article, Professor John Unsworth, Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor for the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at Northumbria University Newcastle, …read more
Workforce development
Learning and development
How the ‘Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care’ is addressing our retention challenges
04 Sep 2024 Lara Bywater
Lara Bywater, Director and Registered Manager of LDC Care, talks about how she believes the Strategy will help our sector tackle its retention challen…read more
Top tips on how to retain your care team
28 Aug 2024 Stephen Forster
We hear from Stephen Forster, Managing Director of The Care Social Network, on how to retain your care team. read more
How integrated care systems are working together on shared recruitment initiatives
22 Jul 2024 Skills for Care
Skills for Care has spoken to several ICSs since their inception to learn about what they are doing. Learn how many are working effectively together t…read more
Integration
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