Skip to content Skip to main menu
Helpcare
Menu
  • Home
  • The Helpcare Project
    • Helpcare Project Brochures
    • What is home care?
    • How has this crisis happened?
    • A day in the life of a care worker
    • What results to expect
    • Carer Case Studies
      • Bulgarian Carer Case Studies
      • Greek Carer Case Studies
      • Italian Carer Case Studies
      • Polish Carer Case Studies
      • UK Carer Case Studies
        • UK Carer Case Study 1
        • UK Carer Case Study 2
        • UK Carer Case Study 3
        • UK Carer Case Study 4
        • UK Carer Case Study 5
        • UK Carer Case Study 6
        • UK Carer Case Study 7
  • Partners and Project Supporters
    • Project Supporters & Contacts
      • Project Advisory Board
      • Project Coordinator
    • Znanie Assocation Bulgaria
    • Commune de Ortona
    • University of Lodz
    • South-East European Research Centre
    • Lancaster & Morecambe College
    • Lancaster University
  • News & Events
    • Newsletters
    • Impact
  • Resources
    • Policy Briefing Document
    • Training and CPD materials
    • Project Reports
    • Community of Practice
  • Co-researcher training videos
Home › 2017 › January

Monthly Archives: January 2017

It’s Time to HelpCare: A European Crisis

Posted on 01/23/2017 by Sarah Edwards

Carolyn Downs discusses the latest recommendations from the HelpCare project which call for better formal education and training in the care sector, to create a career path for carers.

Click the link for the latest issue of Tomorrow’s care magazine and see page 32 under the recruitment section.

http://content.yudu.com/web/1jybr/0A1vxp9/Issue17Dec16/flash/resources/index.htm

Posted in Uncategorized

The vicious circle of low status homecare work must be broken.

Posted on 01/23/2017 by Sarah Edwards

Carolyn Downs writes for the Guardian:

The majority of homecare workers are immigrants who do a great job, but care work needs to be a more attractive and credible career option.

https://www.theguardian.com/social-care-network/2015/mar/05/vicious-circle-homecare-care-work

Posted in Uncategorized

Carolyn Downs writes for Tomorrow’s Care

Posted on 01/11/2017 by Sarah Edwards

Helpcare recommendations:  Better formal education and training is needed to tackle the care crisis and create a career path for carers.

Download (DOC, 8KB)

Posted in Uncategorized

Recent Posts

  • Co-researcher training videos
  • Training and Professionalization of Care Workers across Europe Event
  • Helpcare is speaking at Health + Care 2017 at the Excel in London
  • It’s Time to HelpCare: A European Crisis
  • The vicious circle of low status homecare work must be broken.

This publication has been produced with the support of the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of Lancaster University and the Helpcare Project and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the NA and the Commission.

    © 2025 Helpcare
    Responsive II powered by WordPress
    ↑
    • България
    • Ελλάδα
    • Italia
    • Polska
    • United Kingdom