Curado, a London-based mental health provider, has recently undertaken a study in collaboration with Kingston University to look at how to increase the number of men working in social care (currently only 16% of care and support workers in England are male). The findings from this – and details of the work Curado has done to grow their own male workforce - will be shared at a webinar on the 18th November (12pm – 1pm).

Speakers – including Oonagh Smyth, CEO of Skills for Care, and Neil Eastwood, author of ‘Saving Social Care’ – will be considering the barriers to attracting men to the sector as well as possible solutions.

We would like to invite care providers – and other organisations with an interest in social care careers and recruitment - to join us. There will be opportunities to share your own experiences – as well as your thoughts about what we need to be doing to attract more men into care. 

If you would like to book a place please e-mail Laura Anthony - laura.anthony@skillsforcare.org.uk. You will then be sent a calendar invite with the Zoom link. 

As part of this work Curado has produced a video which features two of their male support workers talking about their experiences: https://lnkd.in/d2dxaS3t