Bluebird Care Shropshire offers Real Living Wage

Bluebird Care Shropshire

Home care provider Bluebird Care Shropshire has become a Living Wage employer, paying a minimum hourly wage of £9.90, higher than the government’s set minimum wage for over 23s of £8.91 an hour.

Bluebird Care Shropshire has exceeded this requirement, having recently increased wages for employees aged over 23 years old by 20%. These employees now receive £11 an hour on weekdays and £12 an hour at weekends to deliver care to customers in their own homes. Employees also receive pension contributions.

Sammie Milton, Bluebird Care Shropshire’s recruitment officer, said: “Bluebird Care Shropshire is delighted to reward those who work so very hard for our brilliant customers with truly market-leading wages. We are wholly committed to doing right by our staff and believe that offering stability, competitive pay and career progression does exactly that.”

Jodie Bonner, a care assistant at Bluebird Care Shropshire, commented: “It has been a really uncertain and unpredictable time to be working in the health and social care sector. Bluebird Care Shropshire has provided us with stability, comfort and in doing so have allowed us to perform our jobs to the best of our ability during the pandemic. There is no better feeling in life than feeling valued.”

Katherine Chapman, director of the Living Wage Foundation, said: “We’re delighted that Bluebird Care Shropshire has joined the movement of almost 9,000 responsible employers across the UK who voluntarily commit to go further than the government minimum to make sure all their staff earn enough to live on.

“They join thousands of small businesses, as well as household names such as Burberry, Barclays, Everton Football Club and many more. These businesses recognise that paying the real Living Wage is the mark of a responsible employer and they, like Bluebird Care Shropshire, believe that a hard day’s work deserves a fair day’s pay.”

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