Sheffield Council is set to draw on £11 million from its reserves in order to balance its budget in the face of cuts in central government funding. Sheffield Live! reporter Bailor Jalloh spoke to councillor Olivia Blake, cabinet member for finance.
Sheffield Council is set to draw on £11 million from its reserves in order to balance its budget in the face of cuts in central government funding. Sheffield Live! reporter Bailor Jalloh spoke to councillor Olivia Blake, cabinet member for finance.
Sheffield City Council has been holding a recruitment fair at the Millennium Gallery to provide advice and information about opportunities in the care industry and to recruit new care workers. The event was attended by the council’s apprenticeship, social work, intervention and prevention, residential children’s, and fostering and adoption teams. The council is currently seeking to recruit 20 social care workers. Baillor Jalloh reports for Sheffield Live!
Sheffield Council have signed up to UNISON’s Ethical Care Charter including commitments to care workers’ rights and an end to zero hours contracts. Under the charter, the local authority will work with Sheffield’s care providers to help them replace zero hours contracts with guaranteed hours and to reflect travel time between home care visits in care workers’ pay. The authority has also pledged to work with care providers to help them move towards paying the Living Wage Foundation’s recommended minimum £8.45 per hour to all of their employees. Baillor Jalloh reports for Sheffield Live!