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Care Talent Collective
In October this year we launched the Care Talent Collective, in partnership
with six other Surrey care providers. It is a ground-breaking new approach
to talent management in the care sector, and has been made possible
by a grant of £299k from the Surrey Workforce Innovation Fund. Active
Prospects is the lead provider for the pilot.
The Care Talent Collective is the first of
its kind: a collaboration between seven top
Surrey care providers, who between them
support nearly 2,000 people with learning
disabilities and autistic people in Surrey
each year.
It offers a choice of fast-track career pathways for talented people of all
ages, backgrounds, and experience, who share a desire to use their talents
to transform the lives of people with learning disabilities and autistic
people. The Care Talent Collective challenges perceptions that there is
a lack of opportunities to develop a career in care. In fact, over 70% of
managers within some member organisations of the Care Talent Collective
were internally promoted, including several who progressed to manager
roles within two years of joining as support workers. One such example is
Active Prospects’ Hamilton Newman, who said:
“This initiative is absolutely fabulous. In school
I had no idea about care, but after an unrewarding
job in sales a friend suggested I apply for a care role.
Never did I think I would find my passion so early.
I started as a support worker, made my way up to
Assistant Service Manager and am now managing a
complex needs service in Horley – all within two years.”
The first candidates will start in early 2024, and we hope that a
successful pilot will lead to a long-term sustainable programme.
www.caretalentcollective.org
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