Hales Care to create 200 jobs under Rotherham contract

05 March | By

Hales Home Care has been awarded a contract to provide domiciliary care in Rotherham and the surrounding areas, creating over 200 jobs.



Hales will be supporting existing service users to transition into its care and creating new job opportunities across the local area, in various positions including supervisory, quality assurance and care delivery teams.

The company currently provides over 30,000 hours of care a week across the UK from 21 locations, including nine housing with care schemes supporting older people, people with disabilities, people with long term illness and people at the end of their life.

Jeffrey Fowler, chairman of Hales Group, said: “We are delighted to have been awarded the long-term contract to provide domiciliary care in Rotherham. We have been working very closely with the local authority on precise plans to successfully develop our joint approach to innovative care delivery for the area.”

The news follows trade union Unison’s announcement that it has signed up Rotherham Council to its ethical care charter.

The charter commits the council to continue working with the borough’s care companies to help end zero-hours contracts and reflect travel time between home care visits in care workers’ pay.

As a result of this commitment, all home care firms contracted to work with the council will pay at least the real living wage – currently £9.30 an hour – to all their employees from April 2020. This will give a pay rise to around 800 home care workers.

Source

SHARE THIS ARTICLE

Latest News

How to Help People with Dementia Cope with the Clocks Changing

The changing of clocks can be especially difficult for people with dementia. It can disrupt their daily routine, body clock, and sleep patterns, leading to more confusion, anxiety, and cognitive…
23 October
Hales care

Anti-Slavery Day – Together Against Slavery

What is Anti-Slavery Day? Anti-Slavery Day takes place every year on 18th October to raise awareness about the urgent need to eradicate all forms of slavery, human trafficking, and exploitation.…
15 October
Hales care

Hales Group to Take Over Onsite Care Services at Noble House

Hales Group, a leading provider of technology-led homecare services, is pleased to announce its recent contract award to deliver onsite care services at Noble House, Worcester. This new partnership with…
19 August
Hales care
Skip to content