Sona Webinar Recap | Closing the gap: Strategies for workforce retention in Hospitality
Here are the main takeaways from Sona’s webinar on closing the labour gap in the Hospitality industry.
Building a staff schedule couldn’t be easier.
Reduce payroll errors with real-time T&A.
Fill 50% more shifts with your own employees.
Ensure shifts are covered even if you're understaffed.
Manage absence requests and approvals.
Practical ways to boost team morale with proven examples from across the sector.
Find out what care employees say matters to them most at work.
Search and view employees with customised permission levels.
Key employment information all in one place.
Store visas, professional certifications and more with easy access.
Control personal and operational details of your staff.
Why are people leaving Social Care, and where are they going?
Take ownership of your payroll processes.
We asked 250 Social Care leaders about their attitudes towards digitisation and their plans for the next 12 months...
Share updates with a single click.
Staff can see relevant messages in one place.
Request post-shift feedback from staff.
Recognise staff contributions by sending them praise.
Identify staff at risk of churning.
How care organisations can embrace flexible working and thrive.
Maintain quality of care and reduce costs.
Bring out the best in your teams.
Streamline operations across sites.
Keep your staff and volunteers connected.
Richard, our Head of Product, worked in social care for 10 years before bringing his experience to Sona.
Over 500k shifts are created by our customers each year.
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Sona is the 2022 Leaders in Care Awards winner for Innovative Solution of the Year for Care Homes.
Give staff greater visibility of shifts available to work, with a simple "shift claim" process to increase their income.
Improve employee engagement and retention with a seamless employee communication platform.
Happier staff provide greater customer experiences, which in turn drives return rates, revenues and recommendations.
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Here are the main takeaways from Sona’s webinar on closing the labour gap in the Hospitality industry.
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Sona has been shortlisted for the Innovative Solutions, Care Homes and Best Care Marketing Team categories, at the Leaders in Care Awards 2023. The awards ceremony annually recognises the best providers, leaders, and suppliers in social care.
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Welcome to the first edition of Sona’s Social Care around the world series.
PUBLISHED: September 2023
Why are people leaving Social Care, and where are they going?
This report looks at the trends seen in the last year, the meaningful changes compared to 2022, and highlights how Social Care organisations can improve recruitment and retention, and better target the needs of those who receive care.
PUBLISHED: July 2023
10 practical strategies to boost your sales per labour hour
These practical strategies will help your hospitality organisation gain a competitive edge by boosting sales per labour hour (SPLH). Provide a few details to get instant access!
PUBLISHED: June 2023
Showing appreciation is crucial for staff retention in the care industry.
Our latest report provides 15 practical ways to boost team morale with proven examples from across the sector. Provide a few details to get instant access!
PUBLISHED: June 2023
Sona's KPI Cheat Sheet is designed to provide clear metrics to track progress and make informed decisions specifically within the Care industry.
PUBLISHED: April 2023
Our set of handy templates is designed to help you improve your employee experience and retention rates, covering the key questions you should consider asking any future leaver.
PUBLISHED: January 2023
Take our bespoke quiz, designed to help you understand your communication style and provide tips to improve your communication with others.
We were thrilled to learn that we've been announced as a finalist in the Innovative Solutions, Care Homes, category.
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The Leaders in Care Awards, hosted by Care Home Professional and Home Care Insight, have been circled in our calendars for a while.
We recently revealed that we're sponsoring the Leader of the Future award. So now we have an extra reason to look forward to the ceremony on 11 October!
The Innovative Solutions supplier award recognises providers helping the UK care home industry deliver efficient, effective and high-quality care. Making the shortlist so early in our journey is an unexpected delight and fantastic validation of our progress so far.
Congratulations to our fellow finalists Leecare Solutions, Vayyar, Person Centred Software, and Care Hires - the quality of technology in social care has never been higher.
No one is happier about the news than our Co-founder Oli:
I'm so proud of this nomination and for being recognised alongside these great companies. And I'm thrilled that the hard work the entire Sona team continues to put into making the best workforce management solution on the market is being noticed by the industry.
Oli will have the honour of presenting the Leader of the Future award to one of the following impressive individuals:
Well done to all of you for making what was undoubtedly a hotly contested shortlist.
Seventeen awards are up for grabs next month, with the decisions being made by an independent judging panel comprised of some big names, including Jane Townson, CEO of Homecare Association; Kathryn Smith, CEO of the Social Care Institute for Excellence; Martin Green, CEO of Care England; and Vic Rayner, executive director of the National Care Forum.
For the complete lists of award finalists, check out the following links:
Best of luck to everyone involved.
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Sona has been shortlisted for the Innovative Solutions, Care Homes and Best Care Marketing Team categories, at the Leaders in Care Awards 2023. The awards ceremony annually recognises the best providers, leaders, and suppliers in social care.
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Sona has been announced as the latest supplier partner for the Leaders In Care Awards 2022. Sona will present the Leader of the Future award at the ceremony in Birmingham on 11th October 2022.
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Sona is now an award-winning company after being named Innovative Solution of the Year for Care Homes in the 2022 Leaders In Care Awards in Birmingham.