Abacare on mission to change care image

A leading Welsh care provider is on a mission to change the image of the care industry and says it shouldn’t be viewed as a deskilled industry with poor working practices.

Abacare, which provides care across Welshpool, believes the care industry is often perceived as being badly paid with few benefits for care workers but it says this isn’t so.

Peter Angelides, Managing Director at Abacare, said: “Carers are often portrayed as being down beat, stressed and as having low self-esteem and we feel this needs to be addressed as it is often very far from the truth. From speaking with the carers we employ, many of them say working in care is a vocation and something they enjoy.

“We offer good rates of pay to our care workers as well as flexible hours to fit around their busy lifestyles. We also offer a range of benefits and incentives including a staff discount scheme, various team away days and career advancement opportunities.”

Abacare says it operates a professional Care Management Team committed to providing high quality care to individuals in their own homes. It added that their large team of trained, specialist, care workers provide positive based outcomes and person centred care to people throughout the UK.

It was recently named Britain’s ‘Most Outstanding Care Agency’ at the UK Over 50s Housing Award.

Mr Angelides added: “We really value all of our team members and the extraordinary hard-work they put in every day.

“The skills they have are extremely important and we wouldn’t be able to provide the excellent levels of care to our service users without them.”

For more information about Abacare, call 01686 625 644 or visit www.abacare.org.uk.