More training needed to boost staff retention in care- Norfolk charity
The Health Secretary's promising to end 'poverty pay' for these workers, through the investment of £500 million
A local charity says more training and development opportunities are needed to help recruitment and retention in the care sector.
Half a billion pounds is being set aside from the Government to boost pay and conditions for these workers.
"It's a very important and responsible role"
Natalie Chandler is from Caring Together:
"I hope this will all make a difference with those who are considering care as a career. It's a very important and responsible role that is not given the value that it deserves.
"Hopefully this investment will make people think that they can see themselves having a long-term role in care.
"If we don't have professional carers and we can't recruit enough of them, then it is going to have an even greater impact on unpaid careers, who are potentially going to have to do more care and not be able to get the breaks that they desperately need.
A new negotiating body, to be consulted on, will bring together employers and trade unions, with workers expected to see a wage boost from 2028.