More and more people are choosing to receive the care they need in their own homes. At Swarme we regularly hear from clients that they can’t face the upheaval of moving to unfamiliar surroundings and living to someone else’s timetable. Live-in home care provides you with the professional support to continue living life on your terms. In this …
Sometimes the perfect job turns up at the perfect time and this could be the one! Ideally we’re looking for applicants who can start work in the next month, and who have some experience working with people who have mental health issues. If, however, you’re lacking experience but looking for a job that makes a …
Looking for Work That Fits Around Your Life? The people who work for Swarme don’t tend to do regular hours. Some prefer to work for 3 or 4 hours each days whilst their kids are at school. Others are available for night shifts only, or just at the weekends. Home care jobs at Swarme are different from …
Looking for Jobs in Care? All the people who work for Swarme are heroes as far as we’re concerned. Whether they’re helping someone get out to the shops regularly, or providing an overnight ‘sitting’ service for a client with dementia, they’re making a real difference. Care work isn’t like any other job; it requires kindness, compassion and a high …
We put the question ‘Why would anyone want to work in care?’ to our care givers. Here are some of their replies: You Become Like An Amazing Family Care givers, and the people they care for become like an amazing family, because you’re standing in for the family really – what they can’t do. First thing, …
During the first wave of coronavirus care providers were reporting that up to 25% of their workforce were absent at any one time. Now we’re dealing with a second wave whilst still trying to provide care in the midst of a severe shortage of senior care workers. Meanwhile the front line care workers who worked so hard during …
Recruiting for Care During the COVID Second Wave Read More »
3 Care Recruitment Headaches, and How to Tackle Them Care providers currently have more than their fair share of problems when it comes to care recruitment. We’re in a rapidly expanding industry, with a growing need for staff, who have to be drawn from an ever diminishing pot of experienced providers. Sometimes it feels there’s …
More and more people are choosing to receive the care they need in their own homes. At Swarme we regularly hear from clients that they can’t face the upheaval of moving to Jean was looking forward to her retirement. Having worked hard since she was 16 she reckoned she deserved a bit of time to …
Would You Work in the Care Sector Once You’d Retired? Read More »
In just under two decades technology has become central to our daily lives. Most of us use it for shopping, banking, socialising, organising and relaxing and admit we’d be lost without our phones. But are we making the most of technology at work? Lots of sectors would place a big ‘tick’ next to that question; …
The work and dedication of care providers throughout the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has been rightly hailed as ‘heroic’. Weekly applause acknowledged the degree to which care workers were putting their own lives on hold. They risked their health, and sacrificed the needs of their families to look after some of the most vulnerable and fragile …
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