Blogs by tag - Employer advice · Brook Street Social Care

Emerging and expanding trends in adult and children’s care services – and how to overcome them
16 days ago by Daniel Stack
The demand for social care services is on the rise across the UK. This surge is placing an additional pressure on the adult care and children’s services sector which was already struggling with the high caseloads prior to the pandemic. Sweeping reforms, changing focus and the impacts of innovation are transforming the sector. Despite these challenges, there is opportunity fo...
ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey - Q2 2024
about 1 month ago by Daniel Stack
UK Employment Outlook for Q2 2024 (April – June) is +23%, indicating cautious optimismBoth defensive and offensive hiring strategies are evident as managers adopt chess-like workforce planning tactics by backfilling roles due to employee departures (39%) versus actively creating new positions (36%) going into the next quarterSmall organisations demonstrate greatest appetite ...
World of Work Outlook for Women in 2024
about 2 months ago by Daniel Stack
Although women are increasing their global economic power and entering the workforce in greater numbers, true gender parity is still far from a reality. In 2023,for every 100 men promoted from entry level to manager, just 87 women were promoted. Coupled with the fact that they often desire more flexibility than leaders are willing to give, 60% of women are considering leavi...
Retaining excellence: Proactive tips for staff retention in the care sector
3 months ago by Daniel Stack
The high staff turnover in our industry is a major challenge for organisations. Candidates are curious about the benefits, opportunities, career advancement, treatment of staff, company values, and moral and ethical values associated with the role. Pay rates have become an even more pressing issue due to the rising cost of living. However, we understand that salary is n...
Addressing the workforce crisis in social care: Why we need evidence-based solutions
4 months ago by Daniel Stack
As you scan the news headlines, the staffing crisis in social care is hard to miss. The sector has faced long-standing recruitment and retention challenges that threaten its ability to properly support vulnerable populations. The ageing population and increased demand for services have exacerbated the problem. However, evidence-based solutions could help address this crisis...
Filling the gap: Addressing the shortage of children’s support workers
5 months ago by Daniel Stack
Children’s services need support workers. The demand for qualified individuals in this field is rising dramatically due to an increase in complex family situations and diagnoses like autism or ADHD that require extra support. However, the number of available properly trained workers is not keeping up. This gap means children may face long wait times to receive essential serv...
The Human Age Edition 14: The Future Forces of Work
7 months ago by Daniel Stack
Over the past year, we’ve witnessed a dynamic shift in the economic landscape, from a post-pandemic boom, to talks of a recession, to a gradual reduction in demand. However, amidst these fluctuations, one constant remains: strong hiring intentions.Yet, a stark disparity persists between workers’ desires and employers’ offerings, coupled with ongoing talent shortages at a nea...
Podcast: Navigating the challenges of children’s services recruitment in the UK
7 months ago by Daniel Stack
This episode is specifically centred around the Children’s Services Omnibus Wave 6 Research Report, which was released by the Education Department in December 2022. This report discusses key issues pertinent to children's social care, early years and childcare provision, and services for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The C...
Podcast: Mental health matters - Understanding and supporting those in need
11 months ago by Daniel Stack
Globally, there is an estimated 450 million people suffering from mental health disorders. According to Mental Health Foundation UK, approximately one in four people in the UK will experience a mental health problem each year. This means that an estimated 16.5 million people in the UK suffer from mental health disorders in any given year.Here in the UK, addressing this issu...
Need to hire the best talent for the Health & Social Care sector? Brook Street is here to help you...
about 1 year ago by Daniel Stack
The Health and Social Care Sector is an area in which the staff hired greatly impacts the health and well-being of others. It’s imperative that organisations find the right candidates with the balance of skills, attitude, and behaviour for the role, as well as operate the right recruitment strategy and working environment to ensure they can secure and retain the best talent...
Podcast: Creating a diverse and inclusive workforce
over 1 year ago by Daniel Stack
It is said that DE&I helps to attract higher quality talent who care about the company’s culture and are looking to invest in themselves, resulting in a stronger workforce and better business outcomes. With the talent shortage at a 16-year high, this is the time to invest in DE&I strategies and not so much as a nice to have.In this podcast, we will look at ways in which org...
Podcast: Preventing burnout and boosting mental fitness
over 1 year ago by Daniel Stack
The pandemic has put mental health high on public and corporate agendas and workers now expect employers to support their mental well-being and provide opportunities to build mental fitness. The focus is on prevention versus cure. In this podcast, we will communicate the important strategies on how employers can positively take time to understand workers’ needs and experime...
WEBINAR – The Great Realisation: Companies Reset – from reactive to proactive
almost 2 years ago by Daniel Stack
Companies are becoming increasingly sophisticated, transforming and seeking nimbler operating models, more resilient supply chains, greener and more consolidated partners and solutions in response to heated competition, unpredictability and greater transparency. Join our panel of experts as they discuss proactive strategic workforce management solution trends, from The Gr...
WEBINAR – The Great Realisation: Tech Accelerates – from digitisation to digital adoption
about 2 years ago by Daniel Stack
Investment in digitisation has accelerated as a result of the pandemic, and consumers and employees alike expect it to make the way they live and work easier. There is new urgency for organisations to upskill their people so they can translate data into insights, make data-driven decisions and combine the best of human and machine learning for new value creation. In thi...
WEBINAR: World Down Syndrome Day: Supporting People with Down Syndrome into the Workplace
about 2 years ago by Daniel Stack
Despite many sectors in the UK experiencing a skills shortage and struggling to fill vacancies, people with disabilities are often overlooked for opportunities and are twice as likely to be unemployed as non-disabled people. Through Workfit, the Down Syndrome Association’s employment programme, job-seekers who have Down syndrome are now in jobs they want and enjoy. The ...
WEBINAR: The Great Realistion, Talent Scarcity – from pledges to progress
about 2 years ago by Daniel Stack
Shifting demographics including shrinking birth rates, reduced mobility across borders and the rise in early retirees means talent is scarce. 69% of employers cannot find the skills that they need. Now is the time for businesses to get even more creative – attracting, upskilling, reskilling and retaining valued workers. Whoever holds the talent holds the future. In this...
What Women Want (At Work) - From Shecession to Shesurgence
about 2 years ago by Daniel Stack
To #BreakTheBias ManpowerGroup is calling for more companies to respond to What Women Want at Work. With women leaving the workforce at alarming rates, there’s an urgent need for employers to better understand what women want at work to thrive. To find out, we asked 5,000 workers across five countries. Their answers show that autonomy, career progression and feeling motiv...
#BreakTheBias Gender Equity At Work
about 2 years ago by Daniel Stack
New research from ManpowerGroup reveals that while 86% of companies are measuring gender parity, most are looking purely at pay equity (often driven by regulation), with far fewer measuring the number of women in traditionally male dominated roles and the number of women in senior leadership positions. That’s despite the case being clear: organisations with more women in ...
The Human Age Edition 12: The Great Jobs Reset
almost 3 years ago by Daniel Stack
Despite the impact of the pandemic on unemployment, the labour market has roared back to life, and there are already signs of the sector tightening as in the start of 2020. Organisations have increasingly specific skills’ needs as transformation accelerates, and challenges that existed pre-2020 still remain as competition returns and demand for workers outstrips supply. O...
Social care in a time of change
over 3 years ago by
During the second quarter of 2020 the critical role the care sector plays in the wider health and social care landscape has become apparent to all. Today it sits – quite rightly – alongside the health sector as an integral part in society. Yet the sector faces significant pressures: vacancies are running at 8% (or around 122,000) a year; one in four care workers may be lo...

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