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Worrying shortage of care workers in the area
28/10/2021 @ 01:02
There is a desperate need to recruit care workers to look after the elderly in the area.
Powys County Council has said there is a challenge to ensure there are enough carers to deal with the ageing population.
It comes as the council sets out its home care market position to help give social care providers in the area an insight into the adult domiciliary care market.
Care and Support at Home in Powys for Adults – A market position Statement 2021/22 sets out the council’s vision for adult home (or domiciliary) care and direct payments – as part of the council’s Vision 2025 corporate plan - as well as some of the challenges the county faces and how the council is working to address these. The document also contains valuable live data relating to domiciliary care delivery across the county.
A council statement said: "An example of the challenges facing the sector is recruitment into the home care workforce. Powys County Council has worked with the care sector to introduce the Bronze level of the Powys Pledge.
"Independent care providers pledge that they will offer a certain level of employment conditions (for example, the National Living Wage and paid travel time at the same level). The council is now working with the sector to move to the Silver level in the near future."
Councillor Myfanwy Alexander is the council’s Cabinet Member with responsibility for Adult Social Care. She commented: “The private home care sector are key partners for us as we look after our more vulnerable residents and this document provides an insight into this relationship which is so important: we share an aspiration for excellence in the provision of care for our citizens.”
Dylan Owen is Head of Commissioning and Partnership within the council’s social care team. He explained: “The council spends some £20m each year on home care provision for adults in Powys – a significant element of the council’s spend, which as well as supporting people to live independently in their own homes, also provides jobs to more than 450 people in Powys.”
Powys County Council has said there is a challenge to ensure there are enough carers to deal with the ageing population.It comes as the council sets out its home care market position to help give social care providers in the area an insight into the adult domiciliary care market.
Care and Support at Home in Powys for Adults – A market position Statement 2021/22 sets out the council’s vision for adult home (or domiciliary) care and direct payments – as part of the council’s Vision 2025 corporate plan - as well as some of the challenges the county faces and how the council is working to address these. The document also contains valuable live data relating to domiciliary care delivery across the county.
A council statement said: "An example of the challenges facing the sector is recruitment into the home care workforce. Powys County Council has worked with the care sector to introduce the Bronze level of the Powys Pledge.
"Independent care providers pledge that they will offer a certain level of employment conditions (for example, the National Living Wage and paid travel time at the same level). The council is now working with the sector to move to the Silver level in the near future."
Councillor Myfanwy Alexander is the council’s Cabinet Member with responsibility for Adult Social Care. She commented: “The private home care sector are key partners for us as we look after our more vulnerable residents and this document provides an insight into this relationship which is so important: we share an aspiration for excellence in the provision of care for our citizens.”
Dylan Owen is Head of Commissioning and Partnership within the council’s social care team. He explained: “The council spends some £20m each year on home care provision for adults in Powys – a significant element of the council’s spend, which as well as supporting people to live independently in their own homes, also provides jobs to more than 450 people in Powys.”
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