CASE STUDY: St. Christopher’s Services uses Softworks for employee Time & Attendance, Scheduling, and Leave management
St. Christopher’s Services provides high-quality, community-based services to people with intellectual difficulties, including respite services for adults and children, community day services, and a residential service. By focusing on individual needs, St. Christopher’s enables those in its care to reach their full potential. St. Christopher’s went to the market for a Workforce Management Solution that […]
DBS partners with Ann Craft Trust to promote Safeguarding Adults Week 2022
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and Ann Craft Trust have teamed up during National Safeguarding Adults Week to support organisations to develop safer working practices. DBS supports employers to make safer recruitment decisions by processing and issuing criminal record checks and by maintaining the Adults and Children’s barred lists. Barred lists are records of […]
Do you specialise in Security for care homes? We want to hear from you!
Each month on Care Briefing we’re shining the spotlight on a different part of the care sector – and in December we’ll be focusing on Security. It’s all part of our ‘Recommended’ editorial feature, designed to help care industry professionals find the best products and services available today. So, if you’re a supplier of Security solutions and would like to […]
Gold Care Homes rolls out Softworks Time & Attendance, Rostering and HR Management solution for their 2,000 employees
Gold Care Homes, a leading provider of residential care services for the elderly, has implemented the Softworks Workforce Management Solution to manage employee Time, Attendance, Rostering, Skills and HR for their 2,000 employees across 24 care homes. The company went to market in 2019 for a solution that would enable them to optimise management of employee […]
Protecting care home staff is a key to staff retention, and productivity
As the cost of living crisis hits home and energy prices soar, care homes need to consider their available resources carefully as they deliver patient care and look after the wellbeing of staff. As they do this, the sector is burdened with staffing and productivity challenges – an issue that has traditionally existed, but which […]
Care home welcomes in elderly members of the community to keep warm this winter
Brunel House Care Home in the village of Box is responding to soaring energy costs with a new initiative inviting older people in to keep warm this winter. Under the stewardship of the newly appointed Customer Relations Manager, Annabel O’Gorman, the home will be hosting drop-in sessions for elderly members of the local community, who […]
Vacancies in social care increase by 52%
New figures released by Skills for Care show that the number of vacant posts in adult social care have increased by 52% in one year – the highest rate on record. Key findings from the annual ‘The state of the adult social care sector and workforce in England report’ include: There are 165,000 vacant posts […]
Vida launches Aspiring Leaders Programme
Visa Healthcare says it is is combating the retention and recruitment crisis in the social care sector with the launch of its Aspiring Leaders Programme (ALP). This follows the news that the company recently attracted over 120 new staff members, including care assistants, registered nurses and wellbeing roles, thanks to the range of initiatives in […]
Care home management: Most in-demand services revealed
Training, Employment Law and Health & Safety top the list of solutions the UK’s care home procurement professionals are sourcing in 2022/23. The findings have been revealed ahead of next month’s Care Forum and are based on delegate requirements. Delegates registering to attend were asked which areas they needed to invest in during 2022/23 and […]
Care England welcomes government energy cost measures, but wants long-term strategy
Care England has welcomed the Government’s Energy Bill Relief Scheme, but is calling for a long-term strategy to secure the financial sustainability of the sector. The Energy Bill Relief Scheme, announced on September 21st, details measures to support non-domestic customers, including care homes, with rising energy prices. The announcement confirmed that for the next six […]
