Human Resources

Do you have a colleague or team member that truly wears their heart on their sleeve, someone that can easily empathise with residents and colleagues? Chances are, you have a highly sensitive person in your team.

National Volunteer Week is dedicated to putting the spotlight on Australia’s unheralded workforce – our volunteers. Most volunteers choose to be a part of the community as it brings them personal satisfaction while doing something worthwhile for others.

Staff burnout is common in the aged care sector, but new research from the University of Melbourne has discovered it’s not an isolated phenomenon, with half of Australia’s workers experiencing a ‘great burnout’ since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

Working in aged care is one of the most rewarding jobs, but also one of the most stressful.

In this article, Hello Leaders touches on the benefits of employing casuals or permanent part-timers, and how this can help you make the right decisions for factors like staff rotation and resident care.

It’s important to be aware of your annual leave responsibilities during Christmas and the New Year as an employer.

In the aged care industry, both skills and attitude are important, so when you’re looking for the perfect aged care worker, is it possible to focus on skills and traits to recruit the right person?

A successful aged care provider needs to know what its strengths and weaknesses are, including those of its staff. You cannot provide high-quality care if your staff are lacking the appropriate skills, attributes or opportunities to develop.

Making sure your staff members feel valued and acknowledged is important in any sector, but especially in aged care. We currently face significant staff shortages and daily challenges the average Australian will rarely encounter in their lives.

As aged care workers remain hugely in demand across the sector, providers are competing with each other to hire valued frontline workers- and keep them!