--0000000000002a269405e81eee69 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Hi Sharon, Thank you for your email. As a recruiter, these past two weeks have been the worst since I started with Home Care Assistance, not being able to hire but one caregiver that later on, withdrew her application due to our low pay. Many refused an interview during the phone screen as their salary expectation is a minimum of $20/hour. Extreme cases have requested $25. I know this is always an ongoing issue, but I can see the frustration of our schedulers not being able to fill the shifts. Looking forward to getting support in this matter. Thank you On Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 4:35 PM Sharon Speirs wrote: > > Hi Tim > > I wanted to let you know that we as well are struggling with a caregiver > pool at the moment as we have significantly more applicants not accepting a > position due solely to our rate of pay. We also are losing caregivers to > other agencies that are now paying more than we pay. We have always been > somewhere in the middle but now at $18.00 we seem to be on the low end of > the scale. We do pay $20.00 if our registered caregivers work for VCH but > now even that seems to be too low if you're registered. > Currently our competition is paying in the range to $18 - 22 depending on > skill set or so it seems from our most recent research > I know this is down the road conversation on a bigger level but we have an > opportunity for 3 assessments coming up and another community 24/7 and I am > really wondering if we will be able to staff them. I am currently having to > offer extra hours to certain clients just to get someone there. > If VCH emailed me today I would have to turn them down which breaks my > heart. > I just want you to know as I am sure this is the never ending story in all > of the other provinces as well ,but we do need to address wages and pay for > skill in order to keep our clients and grow the business. > Sharon > > > > > Sharon Speirs > Operations Manager > Home Care Assistance > 1861 Marine Drive, > West Vancouver, BC V7V 1J7 > ph: (778) 279-3634 > fax: (778) 279-3635 > cell: (778) 991-3361 > website: *www.homecareassistancevancouver.ca > * > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX_4cCVybg8 > Review our Book Series > Read our Client Reviews > > --0000000000002a269405e81eee69 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Sharon, Thank yo= u for your email. As a recruiter, these past two weeks have been the worst = since I started with Home Care Assistance, not being able to hire but one c= aregiver that later on,=C2=A0withdrew=C2=A0her application due to our low p= ay. Many refused an interview during the phone screen as their salary expec= tation is a minimum=C2=A0of $20/hour. Extreme=C2=A0cases have requested $25= . I know this is always an ongoing issue, but I can see the frustrati= on of our schedulers not being able to fill the shifts.=C2=A0 Looking= forward to getting support in this matter. Thank=C2