VALUING STAFF

VALUING STAFF

1. delivery of high quality care hampered by low pay and poor wrking conditions.

2. lack of training and support leads to high turn over of staff

   • high staff turn over leads to
     • poor continuity of care
     • diffs implementing person centred care
     • low staff levels leads to more pressure on remaining staff to pick up the slack
     • new staff need to be appointed and have an induction
       • takes time
       • more wrk for existing staff

3. skills for care report 2005

   • care workers are predominetly women and prt/time wrk is common
     • goes hand in hand with low pay
   • care work has low status

4. 2005 national target

   • aim: 50% care staff reaching NVQ level 2
     • didn't happen due in part to high staff turn over

5. staff need to feel valued

   • training
     • help create job satisfaction
       • seven oaks, good
   • supervision
   • support
   • VALUING STAFF IS NEEDED TO MAKE PERSON CENTRES CARE POSSIBLE AND VIABLE

6. staff feeling under valued

   • Cedar court
   • Health care commission 2006
     • investigation into provision of services for learning dis.
       • Institutional abuse widespread
         • preventing right to independance
           • reason= lack support and training
             • staff not supported to give modern social care, training not a priority
               • few and inadequate policies and proceedures to support assisted living
         • preventing choice and inclusion