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Councils able to recruit overseas social workers through £15m fund

Community Care

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said that, though the focus of the fund should be on recruiting care workers, it could also be used to help source social workers, occupational therapists or nurses. While vacancy rates rose for council adults’ practitioners from 2020-21, from 7.5%

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Importance of Image and Respect for Home Health Recruitment and Retention

Relias

The increased pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic has presented never-before-seen growth opportunities for home health agencies and their workforce, as Bill Dombi, President of the National Association of Home Care and Hospice (NAHC), noted in a December 2021 webinar titled The State of Home Health.