Increasing demand combined with workforce challenges, particularly around recruitment and retention, is creating significant challenges in delivering desired outcomes for people in Greater Manchester.
Research shows that short term funding, job security concerns and lower salaries makes it difficult for the sector to recruit and retain staff resulting in employees having high workloads and working longer hours than contracted which then has further knock on impacts to their health and wellbeing.
We know funding issues and salaries is not something we can fix overnight but there are some things that organisations can do to help overcome some of the challenges around recruitment and encourage more people to come and join the VCSE workforce. On this page, you will find lots of resources that will support you to recruit and retain staff in your organisation.