Health and safety of workers

Caring About Carers

Author / Creator: Kathy Jenkins

Media type: Podcast

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Kathy Jenkins talks about her latest policy paper for Common Weal on health and safety in the social care sector – both how it has been affected by the pandemic and the systemic issues that impacted the health and safety of social care workers before the pandemic struck.


HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE SOCIAL CARE WORKFORCE

Author / Creator: Kathy Jenkins

Media type: Policy Paper

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The pandemic has shown how important and how vulnerable our health care workers are. The health and welfare of the workers is important. But so ar their work conditions, pay, job security, work patterns, and involvement in decisions on how care is provided.