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• Care workers could be redeployed to UK coronavirus hotspots

  04-03-2020 20:19
  
  Officials considering whether to loosen criminal records checks to help fill gapsCare workers could be redeployed to look after elderly people in coronavirus hotspots across the UK as officials investigate whether criminal records checks need to be loosened to fill vacancies left by sick carers.Whitehall officials have started talks with nursing homes and home care operators about how to pool workers in preparation for large numbers of care visitors and care home workers going off sick or self-i
  
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• Care sector shortage, regulation and unemployment | Letters

  04-03-2020 19:20
  
  There seems to be a perverse liberal will to scoff at the idea that the phrase ‘economically inactive’ conceals mass unemployment, writes Peter McKenna. And Melanie Henwood says the care sector needs a flexible model of regulationFrances Ryan says there are 122,000 social care “vacancies”, implying that 122,000 jobs are available with nobody to fill them (It’s children who will fill the carer gap, Journal, 28 February). The 122,000 figure is an estimate of workforce
  
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• Coleg Gwent Learners leading role in We Care Wales Campaign!

  04-03-2020 13:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  Coleg Gwent are playing an important role in the recently launched We Care Wales campaign, an initiative that focuses on career progression within the social care sector (showcasing how roles in social care can provide a rewarding career plus nationally recognised qualifications). Izzy Evren and Tyne Hughes, both second-year Health and Social Care learners at […]
  
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• Why the German care system can't protect its most troubled children

  04-03-2020 07:00
  
  System Crasher, a film about a girl from Hanover let down by the state, carries a universal message about children in careNora Fingscheidt’s System Crasher – one of Germany’s most talked-about films since its premiere at last year’s Berlin film festival – starts with a doctor asking nine-year-old Benni what she wants to be when she grows up. “A carer,” she says, flashing a disarming, snaggle-toothed smile.But Fingscheidt only briefly warms our hearts bef
  
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