Recruitment
Over the last few years, independent living providers have found it increasingly challenging to attract, recruit, train and retain competent, committed staff. Key challenges including expanding the pool from which to recruit, attracting people with the right skills set and values, and retaining good staff.
Safeguarding older adults
Safeguarding is everybody’s responsibility, from front-line staff in regular contact with tenants, residents and service users; to staff who periodically visit homes or communal areas e.g. repairs staff; to contractors carrying out works in people’s homes, to CEOs and board members.
Sensitive Contractors
This guide, developed with the kind support of Ian Williams Ltd, prepares contractors for working sensitively in older people’s homes in any setting.
Social Prescribing
Social prescribing involves healthcare practitioners referring individuals to non-clinical services, activities or community groups to improve their quality of life and physical and mental health and wellbeing.
Supporting Veterans in Independent Living
Veterans are a distinct group of people with a shared experience of military service. Their unique experience of service may differ, but all share a collective experience of being a veteran with distinct strengths but also needs and vulnerabilities.
Volunteers
Volunteering is well established in the UK with many organisations including housing providers actively involving volunteers in some way.
