Author: Sarah Edwards
Training and Professionalization of Care Workers across Europe Event
The launch of the Helpcare Training and Professionalization of Care Workers across Europe event within the Health +Care conference and exhibition was a tremendous experience for the project team. We directly engaged with over 200 delegates and were able to disseminate our findings, share knowledge and learn from each other.
More information can be found in our July 2017 newsletter.
Helpcare is speaking at Health + Care 2017 at the Excel in London
Helpcare will be sharing its results at Europe’s largest integrated health and social care event.
Health+Care enables more than 10, 149 senior health and social care professionals to come together forge new partnerships and productive ways of working in challenging times.
It’s Time to HelpCare: A European Crisis
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
The vicious circle of low status homecare work must be broken.
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
Carolyn Downs writes for Tomorrow’s Care
Helpcare recommendations: Better formal education and training is needed to tackle the care crisis and create a career path for carers.