Advisory Board
Our internal Advisory Board ensures Homecare Workers' Group C.I.C operates as a genuine group effort, with active members of our community sitting on the board.
We formally meet four times a year to consider the strategic direction of Homecare Workers' Group C.I.C, and are in regular contact via the group all year round. The board's membership reflects the diversity of our community, including migrant and non-migrant care workers who have connected via the group.

Kyly Richardson
I started working in care about eight years ago, spending nearly five years in a nursing home before moving onto homecare.
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I love working in care. I like to work in a person-centred way and have found it's just as important to support people's mental wellbeing as it is to meet their physical needs.
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My goal is to work in end-of-life care. It's such a difficult subject for people to discuss. This is the very final stage of someone's life and should be treated with the utmost dignity and respect.
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I love getting to know people and find importance in everything I do. Even the little things like getting that first cuppa of the day right can make a huge difference to how someone is feeling.
Amaka Molokwu
Through my experience in adult social care, I have witnessed the tangible difference that compassion and support can make to someone's life.
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My experience as a migrant homecare worker has been a combination of learning, inspiration and overcoming challenges.
Many migrant care workers face illegal recruitment fees and are not able to walk away from bad employers due to the restrictive Certificate of Sponsorship system.
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The extreme nature of some of these challenges has not only taught me to search for solutions but also to actively contribute to these.
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I am on Homecare Workers' Group's Advisory Board because of my passion for making a difference and my commitment to giving homecare workers a much-needed voice.
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I make a positive impact within the group wherever I can, sending virtual hugs when people need them and sharing ideas for what we could do next.



Anonymous
​My own mental health challenges led me from pursuing an established career in positions across the globe to being a homecare worker under UK’s Health and Care Worker Visa scheme.
My working days are so long. The visit starts at the crack of dawn and I don’t finish until late at night. They are scattered throughout the day and I am only paid for my contact time with the people I support, making it extremely strenuous on me and my colleagues in the visa scheme to meet the Minimum Salary Requirement for the visa scheme.
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This group gives me hope and I wish to contribute where I can. I have chosen to protect my anonymity because I continue to experience both subtle and explicit stigma related to mental health.
Julie Sansom
I began my career in care over six years ago after 20 years of office-based work. In that time I have worked for three homecare agencies.
Whilst I love the job itself, I have found the pay and conditions to be unacceptable. These experiences have left me passionate about lifting the lid on what is really going on in the care sector...
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On taking my first homecare role I was given an hourly rate, which wasn’t great but also wasn’t dire. What I wasn’t told was that we’re only paid for contact time with a client. So much of our role is unpaid.
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Zero consistency in working hours and a workforce so demoralised that few stay long term. I very much want to stay in care but cannot unless the employment conditions improve drastically.
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We deserve so much better.
