China News Service, Beijing, January 30 (Xie Yanbing) Recently, in order to further implement the national strategy of actively responding to the aging of the population and the strategy of strengthening the country with talents in the new era, 12 departments including the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Finance jointly issued a "Opinions on Strengthening the Construction of Talent Team for Elderly Care Services" (hereinafter referred to as "Opinions"). The Ministry of Civil Affairs held a regular press conference on the 30th to interpret the "Opinions".
Li Yongxin, deputy director of the Department of Elderly Care Services of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, said at the press conference that this is my country's first comprehensive policy document on the construction of a talent pool for elderly care services. It starts from meeting the needs of the elderly for diverse, multi-level, and high-quality elderly care services. Focusing on the development of skilled talents for elderly care services such as elderly care workers, we will conduct a comprehensive system design from aspects such as broadening talent source channels, improving talent quality and capabilities, improving talent evaluation mechanisms, attaching importance to talent use management, and improving guarantee and incentive measures, and create a "leading, The combination of "education, evaluation, utilization and retention" will promote the construction of a senior care service talent team with moderate scale, reasonable structure, and both moral and technical skills, and provide strong talent support for the high-quality development of senior care services in the new era and new journey.
"Our country has a large elderly population and is aging rapidly. The demand for elderly care services has also grown rapidly and become more diversified, and the requirements for service quality are also getting higher and higher." Li Yongxin said that in recent years, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, together with relevant departments, has accelerated the promotion of The construction of a talent team for the elderly care service, focusing on skilled personnel such as elderly care workers, has received increasing policy support, the scale of the team has continued to grow, the overall quality has been significantly improved, and the construction of professionalism has been effectively strengthened.
“However, we must also note that my country’s elderly care service talent team still has problems such as insufficient total number, low level of specialization, low level of remuneration guarantee, and high attrition rate. The systems and mechanisms for talent training, use, evaluation, and incentives are not yet complete. , it is urgent to further improve policies and measures and increase promotion efforts." Li Yongxin said.
In response to the issue of talent sources for elderly care services, Li Yongxin said that the "Opinions" strengthen employment and entrepreneurship support in the field of elderly care services, encourage the attraction of talents through multiple channels, and support the flow of talents across industries and fields.
Li Yongxin said that the "Opinions" clearly proposed to give full play to the role of colleges and universities as the main channel for cultivating talents, support and guide more graduates of vocational colleges (including technical colleges) and general undergraduate colleges and universities majoring in elderly care services to engage in elderly care services, and bring more corresponding majors into the workforce. Graduates are brought in to improve the professional level of elderly care services.
Li Yongxin said that on the basis of improving and stabilizing the existing talent team structure of elderly care services, the "Opinions" clearly proposed to strengthen cooperation between elderly care services, housekeeping services, property services and other related fields, and guide relevant talents to transform and engage in elderly care related work. Support elderly care service institutions to introduce medical personnel in accordance with regulations, and actively recruit retired doctors and nurses to practice in medical institutions within elderly care service institutions or provide technical guidance and skills training. In addition, we will promote the combination of doing something for the elderly and providing for the elderly, and encourage young and healthy elderly people to actively participate in voluntary services. (over)