A Perthshire home care company boss is undertaking an ambitious recruitment drive to fill 50 job vacancies. Saqib Rehman of Home Instead declared that caring is a “job of the future” and pledged to “build an army of caregivers” to provide support in local communities.
Saqib, who has clients in Perth, St Andrews and Crieff to care for, says his sector has seen a huge increase in demand due to an ever ageing population and following the impact of the pandemic.
He believes that jobs in his sector are future-proof, referring to the resilience of care work against a backdrop of sectors such as hospitality and travel that “have been so badly impacted by the pandemic”.He said: “We specialise in care of older people, a rapidly growing demographic.
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