Salary calculator tackles low pay 'misconceptions' to attract care workers

Home care provider Right at Home UK has launched a salary calculator to show the public how they could earn ‘a higher salary by switching their supermarket job for a career in homecare’.

Designed to attract more people to home care jobs by challenging the view that care workers are poorly paid, the salary calculator’s creation comes as care providers across the UK are facing a recruitment crisis.

Homecare 'pays more' than supermarket job

Lucy Campbell, chief executive of Right at Home, said: “It’s incredibly important that we help the whole care sector tackle the misconceptions about working in social care. The idea that a career in home care is poorly paid is a relic of the past.

“The fact is that an entry level job in home care pays more than an entry level job in a supermarket, while also offering ongoing training that will help carers secure qualifications and progress up the ranks to managerial positions. There is also unrivalled job security.”

The home care leader says the salary calculator shows the public that all home care providers pay at least the National Living Wage, with the majority paying more.

The calculator reveals that entry-level carers who work 35 hours per week benefit from an average potential monthly salary of up to £1,748.43, rising to a potential £3,264 for a live-in carer role.

This figure is £2,028.62 higher than the average wage for retail workers. Retail workers take home an average £1,235.38 for the same number of hours worked, according to salary data for retail workers from Indeed UK's comparison tool.

Right at Home UK is a home care franchise with over 70 locally-owned offices across England, Scotland and Wales.

Its calculator was launched as part of ‘New Year: New Career’ - a nationwide recruitment campaign, highlighting the pay and progression opportunities available to new recruits, who do not need prior experience to apply.

To see Right at Home UK’s Salary Calculator, visit: www.rightathome.co.uk/careers/salary-calculator.

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