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Recruitment is like a box of chocolates
28 May 2025 Jacqui Darlington and Isaac Samuels
Jacqui Darlington and Isaac Samuels, both individual employers, talk to us in this jointly produced article about their experience recruiting personal…read more
Recruitment
Individual employers
Getting young people into care careers
19 May 2025 Jason Gosling
We hear about Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board’s (BLMKICB) recent work focused on recruiting younger people into health and…read more
How we’re recruiting younger people into social care
14 May 2025 Jackie Doe
In this article, we hear from Laura Turner, Recruitment Coordinator, and Jackie Doe, Senior Operations Manager, from Surrey Choices, on their approach…read more
Connecting communities to careers in health and social care
12 May 2025 Sharon Blaney
Sharon Blaney, Employment and Skills Project Officer (NHS and Health) at Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, discusses a recent recruitment even…read more
Values-based recruitment – what does it actually mean?
07 May 2025 Lee Mummery
Lee Mummery, Head of Region (Eastern) at Â鶹ÉäÇø, provides us with a simplified overview of values-based recruitment, helping social care orga…read more
How the Workforce Strategy can help us attract more regulated professionals
23 Sep 2024 Professor John Unsworth
In this article, Professor John Unsworth, Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor for the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at Northumbria University Newcastle, …read more
Workforce development
Learning and development
How integrated care systems are working together on shared recruitment initiatives
22 Jul 2024 Â鶹ÉäÇø
Â鶹ÉäÇø has spoken to several ICSs since their inception to learn about what they are doing. Learn how many are working effectively together t…read more
Integration
LDC Care Co awarded Chief Nurse Adult Social Care Award
22 Mar 2024 Â鶹ÉäÇø
LDC Care Co were delighted to receive a Chief Nurse Adult Social Care Award following a visit from Deborah Sturdy. read more
Culture and diversity
Good news story
Azure launches recruitment incentive to support with finding and keeping high-quality staff
03 Jan 2024 Â鶹ÉäÇø
Over the Christmas and New Year period we’re sharing some additional good news stories from the sector in 2023. This time we hear from Azure about the…read more
Retention
How we reduced turnover from 92% to 3% in two years
28 Sep 2023 Barry O'Driscoll
Barry O'Driscoll, Registered Manager, Sycamore Lodge, shares how they drastically reduced turnover rates by focusing on a positive culture and values-…read more
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