41 h. ago Paisley youth care worker opens up about her passion for helping others

Niamh Stobie of the Paisley-based charity Kibble says she wants to gove every single child the childhood they deserve.

Economics

45 h. ago ‘Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workers

Staff are being advised to travel in mixed groups and carry panic alarms as incidents of intimidation spreadThey have travelled thousands of miles to care for the most vulnerable people in society. But care workers recruited overseas to fill much-needed roles are increasingly facing racist abuse in the UK, industry insiders have warned, as the country’s immigration debate becomes increasingly toxic.Staff working with elderly and disabled service users have been advised to travel to work in racially mixed groups and carry panic alarms. The measures follow a surge in reports of “verbal abuse and spitting” from strangers since the summer, said Nadra Ahmed, the executive chair of the National Care Association (NCA), which represents about 5,000 providers. Continue reading...

Events

59 h. ago British teenager in Ghana ‘should not return to be in care’, social worker tells court

British teenager in Ghana ‘should not return to be in care’, social worker tells court  Metro.co.uk

Events

59 h. ago SNP demands MORE immigration: John Swinney says Scottish Government will sponsor visas for foreign care workers

The First Minister and SNP leader set out his 'solution' to the UK Government's immigration crackdown, which he claimed had left care homes 'crying out for staff'.

Politics

5 d. ago Social care worker is struck off after being snared in paedophile 'sting'

He believed he was communicating with a 14-year-old child.

Transport

6 d. ago Care home patient, 59, choked to death on a jam doughnut despite a warning she should not be given bread, inquest hears

Christine Thomas, 59, was handed the snack cut into three pieces by agency care worker Paula Parry, while taking lunch at the Swn y Wylan Home in Rhos-on-Sea, North Wales.

Events

9 d. ago Star Lanarkshire care home worker named finalist in National Care Awards

Rahela Calin's infectious enthusiasm and creativity enriches residents’ lives at Westwood House.

Events

1 week ago Keir Starmer playing the race card against Farage is straight out of Macron's playbook, writes JASON GROVES

'Do you think it's a racist policy,' the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg asked the Prime Minister on Sunday as they discussed Reform's plan to scrap indefinite leave to remain.

Politics

1 week ago Israel warns Labour must end 'toxic wave of antisemitism' in Britain after Manchester synagogue attack

Gideon Sa'ar condemned the 'murderous attack' which took place earlier this morning outside the Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester and claimed the lives of two Jewish people.

Events

2 w. ago Wes Streeting unveils historic Fair Pay Agreement for social care workers

Health Secretary Wes Streeting says he will no longer accept a social care system ‘built on poverty pay and zero hours contracts’

Economics

2 w. ago New negotiating body comprised of trade unions and employers will help end 'poverty pay and zero hours exploitation' for care workers

The health and social care secretary today pledged £500million of funding to boost pay and conditions in the sector and described it as 'just the start'.

Economics

2 w. ago Too few social care workers leaves Britain without ‘legal safe staffing levels’

GMB union demands the UK employs enough carers to look after our aging population in motion at Labour Party Conference

Politics

2 w. ago Migrant carers in Cardiff faced threats and discrimination from employers

Cardiff Council faces a shortage of care workers, it has been warned

Events

4 w. ago Merseyside care home worker involved in supply of drugs said she'd 'make a killing'

Morgan Quigley 'felt she couldn't say no' to her drug-dealing manager and predator Lindy Leah

Events

4 w. ago Sephora workers on the rise of chaotic child shoppers: ‘She looked 10 years old and her skin was burning’

Preteens are parroting influencer speak, stealing and demanding anti-ageing products. Experts say the pressure to fit in is intense – and the beauty stores aren’t helpingJessica, 25, was working a shift at Sephora when a little girl who looked about 10 ran up to one of her colleagues, crying. “Her skin was burning,” Jessica said, “it was tomato red. She had been running around, putting every acid you can think of on the palm of her hand, then all over her face. One of our estheticians had to tend to her skin. Her parents were nowhere to be seen.”Former Sephora employee KM, 25, has her war stories too. Like the day a woman was caught shoplifting and told the security guard “she was trying to steal because her kid was getting bullied because she didn’t have a Dior lip gloss. [The mom] couldn’t afford it but her daughter told her she is going to get made fun of at school.” Continue reading...

Economics