April 2016 saw the introduction of The National Living Wage (NLW). We ask: How is this impacting on the cost and therefore the provision of sleep duties in adult social care settings? “Paying for sleep-ins at an hourly rate means that the sector is faced with a real and potentially overwhelming funding crisis.” — Mencap, July 2017 Apple House, as a responsible employer, has been paying its sleep duty staff the NLW since its introduction. This had a huge impact on our staffing budget. We, like most providers, see scant if any increases in fees in spite of the introduction …
BUY MENCAP CHRISTMAS CARDS HERE Tis (almost) the season to be jolly! Christmas cards, do you still send them diligently each year? I think we all try to reduce and limit the amount of paper wastage as we move towards an ever increasingly paperless society and rightly so. We’re approaching the time of year when Christmas cards drop onto our mat and brighten our day. More than ever, however, people are announcing that they have opted to donate to charity instead of sending cards. We believe that a Christmas card can say so much more than Merry Christmas. It says, I’m thinking …
