My Health, My Care, My Home - healthcare framework for adults living in care homes: easy read

A skilled workforce

This framework will only happen if there is a skilled workforce.

We must look at:

• recruitment – the way we advertise jobs and choose people to do them
• training and leadership
• ways for staff to progress in their jobs

The health and wellbeing of staff working in care homes is very important.

Staff should be supported when dealing with difficult and upsetting experiences.

Recommendations - what we want to see happen

Datais facts, figures and information.

• improve the data about the workforce to support:
  • workforce planning
  • how we advertise jobs and choose people to do them
  • how we encourage people to stay in care home work
• make sure registered nurses are key members of the care home team

• find ways to recruit workers from the local community

• organisations should:
  • look after the wellbeing of their staff – that they feel happy, comfortable and healthy
  • make sure staff have time for the learning and training that is needed
  • find ways for support workers to progress in their job

• make sure all care services use the induction framework - a way to welcome new employees and give them information they need when they start a job
• have learning and training that gives care home staff the knowledge and skills they need

This must include practical training in real life, as well as online training

• look at ways of working where multidisciplinary teams work alongside the care home team to build their skills, abilities and confidence in meeting the needs of the people living in the home
• encourage learning and development between staff
• look at ways to develop a space for information and resources that all staff can use