Great Jobs Podcast Episode 3: Social Care - Tackling myths, recruitment challenges and maintaining a bright future.

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Welcome to City & Guilds’ Great Jobs podcast series, hosted by Kirstie Donnelly MBE, CEO of City & Guilds. A monthly podcast in which she dives into some of the issues raised in our research report of the same name, produced in collaboration with economic modellers
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The research found that despite key workers seeing the nation through the pandemic, the UK’s most vital industries are being threatened by growing skills shortages, as poor reputations and concerns about low pay turn off potential new recruits.
This episode looks at social care, a sector that has seen a great deal of positive public attention as people became more aware of its vital and challenging work, however, it still faces a significant skills shortage.
In this episode Kirstie is joined by:

• Nigel Taylor – Group Head of Learning and Development at CareTech
• Sarah Gribbin - Learning and Development Manager at Home Instead
• Lindsey Appleby-Flynn – Head of Development and Design at Cera Care

For further information about the material quoted in this episode visit:

• Great Jobs Report
• The state of the adult social care sector and workforce report
• ADASS Waiting for care report
• City & Guilds social media: Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube
• If you are interested in joining the Employer Reference Group mentioned in this episode contact Geraldine Donworth or email her directly via: [e-mail]

To hear more insights on the essential jobs that keep the UK moving, healthy and working, you can subscribe to the podcast.
Listeners may also be interested in a podcast series by the City & Guilds Foundation.

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1. Start (00:00:00)

2. Welcome (00:00:28)

3. Introduction and sector overview (00:01:18)

4. Why I decided to work in social care (00:03:45)

5. What employers and government can do to attract more people to work in care (00:06:50)

6. What effective strategies can help to retain staff and promote the potential of career development (00:16:38)

7. The importance of pay in the sector (00:21:58)

8. Are allocated government funds enough to deliver on the sector's upskilling and reskilling requirements? (00:27:21)

9. If I had a magic wand, I would... (00:34:58)

10. Employer Reference Group (00:39:05)