Investing in workforce retention supports high-quality care, positive workplace culture, staff wellbeing, time and cost savings as well as positive CQC ratings.
Keeping good staff is essential to delivering high-quality adult social care. A stable workforce helps provide consistent care, builds trusted relationships and improves outcomes for people who draw on care and support.
Staff turnover remains one of the biggest workforce challenges in adult social care. Research shows that people are more likely to stay when they have:
- secure employment
- access to learning and development
- supportive leadership
- positive workplace culture
- fair pay and conditions
- clear career development opportunities.
Improving retention starts with creating a workplace where people feel valued, supported and able to build a long-term career in care.
Workforce retention resources
Explore top tips for adult social care workforce retention, including staff wellbeing, leadership, career development, workplace culture and employee engagement. Learn how to reduce turnover, improve retention and build a sustainable care workforce.
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Explores the evidence behind workforce recruitment and retention in adult social care. Highlighting practical actions that providers, commissioners and partners can take to improve retention and reduce turnover across the sector.
Webinars
Maximise retention
In partnership with Neil Eastwood, Founder and CEO of Care Friends and author of ‘Saving Social Care’, this webinar shares sector expertise around maximising the retention of your staff. Discover top tips and innovative solutions for staff retention and lots of useful practical ideas from other managers.
We’ve learnt that everyone would like more money but surprisingly it’s not as important as being happy in their work. Support and development of people is held in higher regard.
Residential care provider
Claxton House, Atlanta Healthcare.
Nurturing a supportive workplace
Explore the importance of recognising and valuing staff, and fostering wellbeing. It covers essential insights and strategies for fostering an environment that boosts staff morale, enhances wellbeing, and ultimately retains staff.