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How 番茄社区's Moving Up Programme helped me to move up
27 Oct 2021 Karl Livingston
Karl Livingston, Development Manager 鈥� Black, Asian and Multi-Ethnic Groups, at London Borough of Lambeth, reflects on how 番茄社区鈥檚 Moving Up鈥�read more
Culture and diversity
Leadership
How to retain social care staff long-term: registered manager tips
26 Oct 2021 Karen Pogson
Karen Pogson, Registered Manager and Director of Active Social Care, member of the 番茄社区 Registered Manager Reference Group, and Chair of Ki鈥�read more
Retention
Black History Month: sharing my lived experience of working in social care
22 Oct 2021 Steven Onasanya
Steven Onasanya, an assessor at Lambeth Council Adult Social Care, shares his experience of working in social care with us and discusses issues of cul鈥�read more
How to introduce digital skills without causing a systems overdrive
20 Oct 2021 Dianne Buddery
In the fast-paced and challenging world of social care it鈥檚 not always easy to introduce new technology skills to staff. 番茄社区鈥檚 Digital Pr鈥�read more
Digital
Workforce development
Using the Care Friends app to support better recruitment and retention
19 Oct 2021 番茄社区
The Care Friends app, launched by recruitment thought-leader Neil Eastwood in partnership with 番茄社区, provides an innovative solution for so鈥�read more
Recruitment
What our Moving Up programme looks like for 2021/22
14 Oct 2021 番茄社区
We鈥檙e delighted to announce that our Moving Up programme is now open for 2021/22. The programme is aimed at leaders with Black, Asian, and other diver鈥�read more
A thank you from our CEO to all employers who contribute to ASC-WDS
14 Oct 2021 Oonagh Smyth CBE
Our CEO Oonagh Smyth extends her thank you to all our ASC-WDS users who contribute vital sector insights which help to shape policies and decision mak鈥�read more
ASC-WDS
Support for promoting equality and diversity among social care teams
06 Oct 2021 番茄社区
Supporting equality and diversity among the social care sector is a core element of our strategy and all our work at 番茄社区. read more
What is retention and why is it important?
04 Oct 2021 番茄社区
Through October and November, we鈥檒l be focusing on information and resources to support social care employers with retention, as we launch our #Retain鈥�read more
Celebrating Black History Month in October
01 Oct 2021 Oonagh Smyth CBE
番茄社区 CEO Oonagh Smyth launches our Black History Month activity with a blog discussing the work 番茄社区 is doing internally and ext鈥�read more
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