Car Rental To Care

Deciding to start and run a care business when you have spent the previous 19 years in car rental might not seem the most obvious career change. However, whilst the two blue chip businesses that I worked with treated and developed me well, the task or outcome was not particularly rewarding. Owning a care franchise provided an opportunity to run my own business, with support; work in my local community and make a difference to the people in that community. After five years all of the above have been realised.

When researching the requirements to own a Right at Home Franchise it was pretty obvious that carer recruitment was the ‘make or break’ of running a successful care business. The Right at Home Model is based around privately paying Clients, a minimum of a one-hour call time and matching Clients to carers for a perfect fit. Whilst this is more attractive than the standard social care model, the number of people looking for a role in care is simply not enough. Couple this with an ageing population and you soon have a scenario where there is too much demand for the carer supply.

Working for Enterprise Rent a Car taught me the value of growing and nurturing your own talent, in 14 years I progressed from Management Trainee to Regional Director. The opportunities and training were well communicated and encouraged, you were always aware of how and where you could develop.

You could say I am a product of ‘the school’ of car rental, so why not a ‘school of care’?

This became my ‘mantra’ when talking to people in care when I first started;

• What was available in the industry?
• What was available in the local Stockport Area?
• How could we develop a large number of like-minded carers to deliver outstanding care and provide career opportunities?

Apprenticeships were available but they did not seem to create a workforce that had a shared goal and a succession plan to help them map out the future, then we approached Stockport College…

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Over the coming weeks, we'll be sharing more valuable career tips and advice from our Managing Director, David as well as exclusive additional insights from our expert team members, many of whom have years of industry experience.

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