Working out the right staff to resident ratio is a common and pressing concern for both care homes and nursing homes. It’s a trickly balancing act involving both financial and ethical considerations. You want to run your home as efficiently as possible while still safeguarding the safety and wellbeing of your residents.
The CQC’s official position on staff ratios is set out in Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014: Regulation 18.
In the guidance to Regulation 18, the CQC states:
“Providers must deploy sufficient numbers of suitably qualified, competent, skilled and experienced staff to make sure that they can meet people's care and treatment needs and therefore meet the requirements of Section 2 of these regulations (the fundamental standards).”
If you’re wondering “How many carers for 30 residents?” or “How many carers should be on a night shift?” or any other similar questions, the regulations do not offer one-size-fits-all answers that can apply across all services.
As set out in the CQC’s guidance, the correct approach is to learn how to answer these questions in a way that is unique to your service. This article will show you the most effective methods and tools to use to determine the right staff ratio for your needs.
In this article, we'll explore how sustainable processes can be integrated into projects more effectively, in a way that’s achievable for construction businesses.
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- Construction
In today's global financial landscape, the threat of money laundering looms large, posing significant risks to businesses of all sizes. However, with the right knowledge and strategies in place, organisations can effectively safeguard themselves against these illicit activities.
This guide explores essential anti-money laundering (AML) compliance tactics tailored for both small to medium businesses (SMBs) and large organisations, equipping you with the tools needed to stay ahead of financial crime.
Environmental compliance is now a non-negotiable part of ethical business practices in today's corporate climate. Businesses of all kinds are forced to prioritise sustainability as consumer expectations rise and ESG regulations become more stringent.
The goal of this article is to give an overview of environmental compliance while also providing advice on how firms can successfully incorporate sustainability initiatives and environmental improvement plans into their daily operations.
TOTS (Turn On The Subtitles), the world’s largest literacy campaign, has announced the launch of its latest initiative, asking 40 million households in the UK and US to turn on the subtitles to improve children’s literacy.
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- Education
With children in the UK reported to be spending an average of 3 hours and 16 minutes watching television every day, parents will be pleased to know that some of the UK’s favourite children’s television programmes could actually be doing wonders for their children’s literacy levels, helping to ease the perceived guilt around too much screen time.
We analysed the transcripts of over 1,000 episodes of children’s television programmes aimed at those between the ages of four and seven to see which, on average, contains the highest volume of basic phonics words that children are expected to know by the end of Key Stage One.
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- Education
Meeting client expectations is at the top of every law firm's mind. In an era where online giants like Amazon can offer same-day delivery, client’s expectations for rapid, on-demand services are on the rise. This is no different in the legal sector, specifically conveyancing with clients now expecting a quicker turnaround than ever before.
This article covers how digital conveyancing and utilising technology can help law firms achieve greater efficiency and provide an enhanced client experience.
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- Legal
Managing mental health in the workplace is vital for employee wellbeing. However, it's an ongoing process which doesn’t have an instant fix – it needs be championed by senior leaders and managers but also with forward-thinking training initiatives and continuing support.
In this article we are going to explore how to address mental health issues in the workplace, a manager’s impact on mental health and how to improve employee wellbeing.
In the fast-paced world of cleaning services, managing employee time, activities, skills, and costs efficiently is crucial for the success and profitability of your business. Unfortunately, many cleaning companies still depend on outdated methods like spreadsheets and paper timesheets for recording and managing these critical aspects. This reliance reduces efficiency and accuracy, especially when it comes to processing time and attendance data for payroll.
Setting up a home care agency is a step taken by veteran business people from outside of social care, and more frequently by those who have worked in social care for many years.
The home care marketplace has a ‘long tail’, meaning there are a very small number of medium-large operators, with the rest of the market demand being met by small care agencies, typically focused entirely on local markets.
Agencies in this group will typically have 1-2 offices and less than 50 care workers at any time. This is hardly surprising given the nature of home care, with its emphasis on locality, personability and the relative importance of each client to the size of the business.
So if you are wondering how to start a domiciliary care agency, you are not alone. As the UK's leading provider of home care software, including our exclusive care agency start-up package we've got plenty of experience in watching our clients start up their own home care agencies, so I've put the main steps together in this article.