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A couple of weeks ago I was honoured to speak at a ceremony arranged by the Thistle Foundation in Edinburgh at which certificates were awarded to the first cohort of graduates from the charity\u2019s innovative new Academy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nine women and men from all sorts of backgrounds and walks of life had begun the intensive programme<\/a> 10 weeks earlier, of whom seven completed the challenging course. They now join Thistle teams supporting people living with a long-term health condition, disability or facing a challenging life situation.<\/p>\n

The graduates made a joint presentation to the gathering of existing Thistle staff and guests \u2013 including some of their own family members \u2013 about what they had learnt. This included a range of practical skills and technical understanding about the legal and regulatory context of social care in Scotland.<\/p>\n

However, what was striking was the confident way in which their presentation contextualised these and other detailed topics within a wider understanding of what it means to support people to live fully as citizens and exercise their human rights.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the same week, leaders of England\u2019s NHS Confederation wrote to the Prime Minister<\/a> urging a minimum pay rate of \u00a310.50 for care workers to restore the financial advantage of choosing care work rather than alternative local jobs.<\/p>\n

They pointed out that one in ten social care vacancies in England are unfilled, that there is a growing gap between demand and supply for home care, and that this is leading in turn to more and longer delays to hospital discharge.<\/p>\n

I understand why NHS leaders made this request and I hope it succeeds. But when I contrast their argument with the ambition shown by Thistle and its Academy graduates I see two very different visions of what is meant by \u2018social care\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the context of the cost-of-living crisis and a strong job market,\u201d said the NHS Confed, explaining its letter to the PM, \u201cthere\u00a0is a real risk that more social care workers will move to other sectors like retail, hospitality and distribution\u201d.<\/p>\n

True, and from day one Thistle is paying its Academy entrants more than the \u00a310.50 per hour proposed by the Confed. But Thistle is also offering much more than that: a transformative vision about which its graduates spoke with inspiring passion, and, critically, the training and organisational environment needed to make it a reality.<\/p>\n

One of them expressed the vocation he was taking up with Thistle as \u201cgiving everyone the chance to meet their best friend,\u201d a way of seeing the role that underlines his new employer\u2019s commitment to \u2018honouring the unique individuality and perspective of the people we support\u2019.<\/p>\n

Thistle\u2019s leaders understand that if their employees are to consistently support that \u2018person-centred approach\u2019 they must themselves be enabled and supported to bring their own \u2018unique individuality and perspective\u2019 to the role, within a clear normative framework.<\/p>\n

We in Buurtzorg Britain & Ireland are proud to be working with Thistle to support this vision with learning and development support in self-managed team work and the leadership mindsets, coaching skills and organisational supports required for its success.<\/p>\n

And we\u2019re confident too that such a vision for social care, based on supporting people to develop and draw upon their own and their community\u2019s strengths, will also produce a much sounder return on the investment of public resources needed to make it happen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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