Care Workforce Retention – what factors are critical and how they change with worker age. 

GOLTC Workforce Capability and Capacity Interest Group webinar 

Date: 30 April 2025 

Time: 9am-10am BST  (you can check your local time here.)

Link: Register to join on Zoom

Recruitment is a critical issue for most care sectors internationally, but stemming the loss of highly experienced workers through successful retention strategies must equally be a priority. The presenters today will identify key factors that are critical for retention of staff and outline their findings with regards to the differences in retention factors that should be considered for workers of different age groups. The Kings Fund have undertaken work to understand the opportunities and challenges for young people’s participation in the health and care workforce in England. The ARIIA team are synthesising evidence to inform the aged care sector to improve retention in an older workforce in Australia. Skills for Care produces intelligence to support local authorities and other sector bodies in the UK to help them understand and support their local workforce by using this data to inform their workforce plans, market shaping strategy and understand their local workforce. 

The webinar will cover:  

•  Introduction to the Global Observatory of Long-Term care and the Workforce Capability and Capacity Group and welcome (Adelina Comas-Herrera, Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, LSE, UK).
  
• Presentation: Simon Bottery, The Kings Fund, What motivates the young workforce in the health and social care sectors
• Presentation: Dr(s) Janine Dizon and Nicky Baker, ARIIA, Factors that impact retention for older aged care workers.
• Presentation: Sarah Gilbert, Head of Workforce Strategy Unit, Skills for Care, Supporting the Social Care sector with Workforce Intelligence Data on Retention
  
• Discussion Questions