Who Cares?
What is the future facing workers who care for some of the most vulnerable in society?
Many foreign staff working in care homes in Wales face uncertainty because of new work permit guidance. Some are leaving Wales to avoid the possibility of having to return home.
Filipino Eduardo Alberto is one of those. For the last three years he's made his home in Rhyl while working in care homes across North Wales. Soon he'll be leaving for a new job which offers greater security.
"For two months, it's been hell for me. I don't have a job; I don't have money; I don't have a house. Now I've found a new job in East Sussex so I'm going to transfer there and start a new life."
Eduardo is moving because his new employer will pay him a wage that, under the new work permit guidance, allows him to stay in the UK. But only a third of Welsh care homes are paying that rate. That concerns Mario Kreft of Care Forum Wales.
"We need to engage these people to make sure that we can provide services, not just now, but moving forward. If we can't, the people who will be picking up the tab will be the vulnerable people in Wales."
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