Advantages for Social Care Settings
- Develops a passion in learners for social care to take forward into their future career
- Increase in workforce supply by growing and training the future workforce
- Raises the profile of social care as a career
- Gives value and recognition for the social care workforce and services
- Opportunity to inspire and attract future staff
- Aids with recruitment and retention
- Increased understanding of the value of the sector
- Enables everyone to understand roles in delivery of care – multi-professional opportunities
- Opportunity to learn with, and from, each other
- Opens up new ideas and different perspectives
Examples and comments
"Learners are a real benefit to us, with, for example, innovations and current research ideas, as much as we benefit them in our practice exposures and support"
"Learners soon realise that social care is a great place to work and build their skills."
Caroline Pressick
Registered Manager, St Georges (Wigan) Ltd. Care home with nursing
"They bring fresh eyes, new ideas and make us question the things we do and the ways in which we do things."
Gail Howard
Registered Manager, Lakeside Care Home
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