An Amazon bestseller recruitment and retention book is set to transform health and social care by addressing the need for recruitment and retention improvement across the whole sector.
‘Saving Social Care’, written by entrepreneur and analyst Neil Eastwood, presents valuable insights from over eight years of international research, to help transform the success of recruitment and retention across the care sector.
Coming at a time when the industry is seeing ever-increasing pressure of the demand for care, the book will help health and care organisations to meet their recruitment targets and retain their valuable staff.
Neil has become a leading authority on international social care recruitment and retention best practice, regularly contributing to the debate on addressing the workforce crisis in social care.
“My inspiration for ‘Saving Social Care’ was to understand how we can recruit and keep staff after I witnessed shockingly high staff turnover when I began working in the sector in 2009. Providers simply couldn’t deliver quality care when staff left so often," he says.
“Something had to be addressed, but there was scant research available. After studying this for eight years, I had so many valuable findings but never enough time to share them. There was clearly a hunger for proven tips and ideas to help solve this issue at a very local level.”
The book has attracted wide-ranging praise from social care leaders and organisations including Care England, Skills for Care, The King’s Fund, the National Care Forum and the United Kingdom Homecare Association.
Professor Martin Green, OBE, chief executive of Care England, described the book as: “A vital resource for any care provider.” Patrick Hall, fellow, social care policy at The King’s Fund, added: “Full of insightful suggestions and practical tips.”
