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reasonsforhope · 3 months

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Btw, if you really just Need A Job (tm)

I'd really recommend looking into care work

Care work here is specifically being a home care aid, a care aid or assistant at any kind of residential home.

This for usually for elderly or disabled adults - and those are the ones that tend to be most entry level, from what I've seen, but also for mental health, addiction recovery etc. (With the obvious caveat that some of these jobs will be more emotionally intense than others)

I'm so serious about this guys. I was applying to jobs in care work for just three weeks, starting a couple days before Christmas, and in that time I got three interviews, two jobs offers, and five additional interview requests

Care work needs people CONSTANTLY

because it's a huge sector but very hard for them to keep staff long-term. Partly because it can be high burn-out, and there's definitely toxic places out there you should watch out for. And partly because a lot of people think care work is beneath them

AND they ACTUALLY MEAN IT when they say they're entry level. Because it's so hard for them to get staff that a lot of them will advertise super aggressively that they will train you themselves. A lot of them will straight up pay for your CPR and First Aid certifications, once they hire you, too (and you can get a leg up on applications by getting a CPR/First Aid certification for like. $30 to $80, at least in the US). They also accept experience taking care of elderly/disabled/etc. family members as real experience

Like, obviously don't do it if you hate taking care of people, but if you're open to it, it's probably by far your best shot of getting hired rn, statistically

(eta: Genuinely disclaimer that it can be super taxing emotionally and large portions of the industry are indeed fucked, and def don't take a job in this field if you're gonna be an asshole to the people you're caring for, but sometimes you just need whatever job you can get.)

Seriously, though, the first time I applied for a care work job (in October 2023, yes short timeline, like I said there's some toxic workplaces etc. out there), I applied to like ten or fifteen jobs over the course of a week or so. Within three weeks, I was working.

(And they did provide all of the training, fwiw)

If you need a job and no one is hiring, seriously consider looking into it

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iww-gnv · 10 months

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Domestic workers throughout the country are pushing for better working conditions, staging rallies and protests and lobbying for labor protections. The workers, including nannies, house cleaners and home care workers, have launched campaigns in places including Miami, where two organizations led a mid-June march calling for a “Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights.”

#labor organizing #news #domestic workers #care workers #domestic labor

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eaglesnick · 6 months

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“Intellectual neutrality is not possible in a historical world of exploitation and oppression.” Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza

Rishi Sunak invited the British people to judge his fitness to be Prime Minister on the outcome of five pledges. One of these pledges was to stop asylum seekers crossing the Channel on small boats.

"...we will pass new laws to stop small boats, making sure that if you come to this country illegally, you are detained and swiftly removed." (Rishi Sunak: January 2023)

The people behind the small boats crossing, the people smuggling gangs, have been described by the Home Office as “heinous criminals and organised criminal networks.”

Defending her Rwanda Deportation Scheme to discourage illegal migrants, Suella Braverman, Home Secretary said:

“We want to ensure that people understand they shouldn’t make the journey in the first place because they will be removed if they do so. That will stop the people-smuggling gangs."

All very laudable Ms Braverman and definitely a vote winner for the Tory Party. Such tactics worked brilliantly during the Brexit campaign. We all remember the slogan “take back control of our borders”. It was powerful then and it is powerful now. Unfortunately, the slogan has turned out to be totally hollow, as hollow as Rishi Sunak's and Suella Braverman's pledge to limit migration.

While all the headlines concerning migrants centre on illegal migration, overseas workers are pouring into Britain by the back door, many of them the victim of legalised people traffickers.

This is a headline from one week ago:

“Modern slavery helpline calls surge from care staff." (BBC News: 22/10/23)

Unconscionable businesses have been recruiting staff from overseas to work in the care sector, with many of these workers being charged thousands of pounds for that privilege.

“The cost of sponsorship is a few hundred pounds, which is met by most care companies… a few unscrupulous employers and agents are charging workers as much as £25,000, adding interest and deducting the debt from their wages.” (BBC News: 22/10/23)

How this “legal” trafficking of migrants differs from that of the illegal Channel crossing traffickers is hard discern. In both cases migrants are being used to line the pockets of unscrupulous gangs. What is more, many of the legally sanctioned migrants that go on to look after our elderly and sick relatives are totally untrained.

According to the National Care Association, over 60,000 overseas workers have been recruited in the past year, leading to many untrained staff being sent to care for our old, sick, and vulnerable citizens. What is more, many of these migrants are being forced to work excessive hours as well as having to pay massive recruitment fees.

Unison found that migrant workers were required to be on permanent call, had to work 19-hour shifts without a break, and had wages withheld. (Guardian: 10/07/230

The government response to this shameful situation was to say that those operating illegally “COULD” face prosecution.

Not WILL face prosecution but COULD face prosecution. So while my and your vulnerable relatives are being “cared" for by an exploited, modern-day slavery workforce, many without the skills to do so, the government will consider whether to prosecute those responsible or not.

Meanwhile, the people traffickers organising the illegal Channel crossing continue to be castigated as “heinous criminals” and “organised criminal networks” which Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman have "vowed" to stop.

Such a shame they don’t apply the same moral outrage and indignation when it comes to the businesses exploiting migrants working in our care sector.

I know what my judgement is on Rishi Sunak's fitness to be Prime Minister.

#uk politics #rishi sunak #suella braverman #migrants #exploitation #care workers #excessive hours #illegal charges #immoral business #vulnerable #old sick

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lexlawuk · 2 months

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Immediate Closure of Ukraine Family Scheme and Revised Care Worker Rights (HC 556)

In a recent development, the Home Office has implemented crucial changes affecting care workers and the abrupt closure of the Ukraine Family Scheme. This unexpected shift, effective from February 19, 2024, raises concerns about the government’s approach to immigration policies and has significant implications for affected individuals. Changes for Care Workers Implementation Date: March…

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plenumofcare · 2 months

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by : BWA Wrocław i Plenum Osób Opiekujących Się

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#party #care workers #wrocław

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findingpeaceinconnection-blog · 2 months

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I'm the ghost

I didn't realise you were aware of my existence. When i talk to you i feel like i enter your reality but i can't quite get through. I think you think you're still in your house. I try to see through your eyes, cause that's the best way you'll hear me.

I want you to hear me. I won't get your dinner order right if you can't. You turn to your wife and ask her what she wants. Your wife is 5 rooms down. But you see her right next to you. Is tomato soup okay?

Sometimes you don't speak at all. How about an omelette? Sometimes i need to figure out if the grunt was a yes grunt, a no grunt, or if it's a grunt you are aware of at all. I hope you want ice cream for desert cause that's what i'm writing down.

Today your family were with you. Your family tends to visit more than most. They're very sweet. Today as I left you turned to them and said she's a good one that one. I had to stop myself from crying.

I really had no idea that you knew i existed. I really wasn't sure you could see me in your reality. But I'll keep going. I'll learn your favourite yogurt. I will keep being "a good one". You deserve a reality that matches the one you exist in.

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thebibliosphere · 1 month

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Whenever I talk about the medical neglect and ableism I've encountered as a victim of the healthcare system, there's always some cockwaffle who feels entitled to come into my inbox and make the argument of "not all doctors" while talking about how "people like them" (because it's always someone in a field of medicine who does this) are doing their best and it's really hard because so many people fake being ill to get on welfare (Yikes), but like, yeah, obviously #not all doctors, because if all doctors were negligent, bullying scum bags, I'd be dead.

But here's the thing: while I truly believe that the majority of doctors are doing their best in a system stacked against them and their patients, their presence does not negate the mass harm caused by the bad ones. And there are far more bad ones than you realize.

Fuck, John Oliver literally did a segment on this last week:

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Yes, the truly bad, malicious doctors are in the minority. Most are just horrifically burned out and fighting a losing battle against a system, killing both them and their patients through a lack of funding and resources and profound overwork.

But the malicious ones do exist, and they will go out of their way to harm patients who don't kowtow to them.

I almost lost my life because when I was in my early twenties, I told a doctor I didn't think she was listening to me, and I disagreed with her assessment of my mental health (she was not a mental health doctor, and I was there for heart palpitations and chronic pain). She retaliated by putting "non-compliant" in my file.

There was also a fun little "doesn't show respect" note too that lives rent-free in my head because I know I wasn't rude. I was polite. I just didn't agree with her, and my refusal to accept her off-handed comment that "you probably have bipolar or BPD" (again, I was there for heart palpitations and chronic pain) meant I was "refusing care."

I wasn't. I just refused to be slapped with a mood/personality disorder when I was there because I kept fucking fainting when I stood up.

(Spoiler alert: it was dysautonomia)

That "non-compliant" marker followed me around for years. It followed me across an ocean and effectively ensured that any doctor I saw was going to treat me like absolute dogshit because no one wants to help Difficult Patients. It wasn't until I was so undeniably ill, literally on the brink of death, that anyone helped me.

I'm alive because of a good doctor. And all the good ones that came after him because of him.

So, I know they exist. You don't have to tell me that.

But I really fucking need you to acknowledge the bad ones and that you're part of a system with a long, long history of abusing minorities and vulnerable people. I need you to acknowledge that because it's the only way we're going to survive this godforsaken nightmare and make things better.

So yeah, #notalldoctors, but if you feel the need to say that because someone talking about being literally left to die by the medical system hurts your feelings, I'm going to have to ask you to take a step back and ask yourself if you're going into medicine for the right reasons.

Namely: do you want to help people, even the "difficult" ones?

Even the ones who might disagree with you?

Even if they're on welfare?

Even if they'll never get "better" in a way that means "cured"?

Just a thought. But hey, what do I know. I'm just someone who experienced hemolytic anemia because doctors kept telling me I was anxious and needed to exercise more 🤷‍♀️.

#chronic health tag #medical abuse #medical neglect #medical #ableism #to all the good health care workers who follow me and leave supportive comments: I appreciate you so much #but you need to come get your fellow drs #and idk #give 'em a shake or something #Youtube

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ianchisnall · 1 year

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Value Care Workers in the way that we value others

On Wednesday in the House of Lords there was a debate called Social Care: Workforce Strategy and one of the people who contributed was Stephen Cottrell who spoke the words printed below and at the end of his piece he states very clearly “it is about valuing the care worker in the same way that we value others” This is a very significant call and we clearly need other leaders to promote this. At…

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#Care Workers #Nicholas Markham #Stephen Cottrell

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magnetothemagnificent · 2 years

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Anyway, "Scrooge" should actually mean "wealthy capitalist who doesn't care about the lives and welfare of their workers, even on Christmas", not "person who happens not to like Christmas".

The overly cheerful corporate ads spreading "Christmas cheer" and then making their employees work overtime without pay during the holiday season are the actual Scrooges, not people who just don't like Christmas for one reason or another.

#christmas #christianity #capitalism #scrooge was bad because he didn't care about his workers #not because he hated christmas

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theinconvenientlifestyle · 1 year

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SOME Zimbabwean caregivers in the United Kingdom (UK) are allegedly subjected to, among other ill-treatments, unfair labour practises such as working for long hours on poor wages and sacked from work if they complain to the UK Home Office.

NewsDay understands that the culprits involved include some Zimbabweans who were mandated by the Home Office to recruit caregivers from Zimbabwe.

The culprits are also reportedly charging an arm and leg for facilitating the caregivers’ entry into the UK, yet they are supposed to provide the service for free.

A Zimbabwean cardiologist based in the UK who refused to be named told NewsDay that several caregivers from Harare were being exploited, but were reluctant to open up.

“Caregivers receive poor salaries and work for more than 40 hours per week, which is the maximum. On average, they’re being forced to work for 60 hours. That’s modern slavery. Some have fixed contracts. You can’t change employers and if you do that, you will be deported,” he said.

"The pay scale should be £15 to £18 pounds per hour, but they’re being paid £7 to £10.”

A couple of caregivers who spoke to NewsDay confirmed the exploitation, but could not give further details.

“It’s happening, but I am not a quitter,” one of them said.

A British weekly newspaper, The Observer on Sunday reported that a victim of suspected labour abuses in the UK was ousted from her job and victimised after being sacked.

“The Zimbabwean national (25) was interviewed by Home Office compliance officers for an investigation into illegal recruitment practices and told them she had paid a fee of about £1 500 to an agent who arranged for a care home in Surrey to sponsor her visa,” The Observer said.

It is illegal to charge a worker a fee for finding them work and the government has pledged to stop the practice, which can leave victims at risk of modern slavery.

The worker, who was interviewed with several colleagues, claims she was given assurances by the interviewer that her identity would not be disclosed. But days after the interview, she was contacted by her employer asking why she had co-operated.

The care home had been sent her name and details of her comments, including the claims about abusive practices and the illegal fees.

She told the newspaper: “I no longer feel safe. I thought the Home Office would see me as a victim. Instead, they have exposed me to intimidation and threats from my employer.”

Harare-based immigration consultant Nyasha Muteswa said it was unethical for the Home Office investigation team to divulge the name of the whistle-blower to their employer.

“I have heard various cases of exploitation of caregivers when they get to the UK. Some of them have had deductions made from their salaries without their approval. Some have been recruited by briefcase care companies and recruitment agencies such that when they get to the UK, the purported employer doesn’t have enough contract (hours) to deploy the caregivers. Poor accommodation has also been mentioned,” he said.

Efforts to get a comment from the British embassy spokesperson in Harare Kate Chambers were fruitless yesterday.

However, the Home Office was quoted by The Observer saying while such information is used to assess the employer, interviewees are protected and details are not routinely disclosed.

“Sponsors are aware of which workers have been spoken to and workers are informed that the contents of the interview may be made available to sponsors. However, disclosure of which worker has made specific comments does not routinely occur if the worker makes specific sensitive statements relating to criminal matters,” it said.

#ukpol #care homes #care workers #worker exploitation

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politijohn · 6 months

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Let’s go! Unionize!

#current events #the left #unions #unionize #working class #workers rights #solidarity #news #good news #health care

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chrissterry · 5 months

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10% pay rise for thousands of care workers as government announces national living wage rise | Community Care

While very welcome it is wholly insufficient as care workers need £14/15 per hour to encourage more to enter the care profession. Also the DHSS is also out of touch as the £8.1bn it had it had made available to authorities from 2023-25 to meet current pressures, though not all of it is for adults’ services, it was insufficient if it had just been given to adult services for at least £12 billion…

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#care workers #funding #National Living Wage #survival #welfare benefits

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lexlawuk · 4 months

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Health and Care Visa 2024: Updates, Eligibility, and Changes

The Health and Care Visa is a crucial avenue for healthcare professionals worldwide to contribute to the UK’s health and social care sector. In this comprehensive guide, we delve into the key aspects of the Health and Care Worker Visa, shedding light on the recent updates, eligibility criteria, and the imminent changes set to take effect in Spring 2024. Eligibility Criteria for Health and Care…

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handwashingday · 3 years

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Invest in hand hygiene improvement for health care facilities.

Investment in all the drivers and facilitators of hand hygiene action in health care to ensure that it occurs at the point of care and other critical moments requires a multidisciplinary, multifaceted approach. WHO describes such an approach as a “multimodal improvement strategy” (MMIS) which is at the core of its implementation models for hand hygiene and infection prevention and control (IPC) programmes.

The focus of this document is on the resource considerations for investing in hand hygiene improvement in health care (primary, secondary and tertiary) using the MMIS approach. It presents the inputs (such as equipment, supplies and activities) required to:

estimate the investments needed to implement and sustain a comprehensive hand hygiene programme based on the MMIS; and

support health workers to perform hand hygiene at the point of care and at other important times for safe, high-quality care.

WHO TEAMS on Infection Prevention and Control UHL, Integrated Health Services.

#Health Investments #Investing in Hand hygiene #hand hygiene #infection prevention #infection control #infection surveillance #germ spread #germ transmission #germs #health care provide health care workers (hcws)#healthcare professional #healthcare workers #care workers #medical professionals

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epidemicpreparednessday · 4 years

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WHO trained 2800 health professionals in 141 countries on health security in 2018

#World Health Organization (WHO)#Training #Emergency responders #health workers #nurse practitioner #care workers #Epidemic Preparedness #health professionals #SDG3 #health security

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andreadewhurst · 2 years

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#social care #uk news #nhs #health #care workers

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