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Hub Care Support brings something new and exciting to the care industry: A proven business model that enables those with an entrepreneurial spirit to join the sector as a business owner, without the usual high investment costs and rigorous assessment of domiciliary care.
By joining The Hub community, you’re not only helping to bring positive change to the care industry, you’re forging a rewarding and flexible career. The Hub isn’t another care agency, it’s a matching service that empowers clients with choice and control over their care. By carefully listening to and understanding the needs of their clients, they are able to provide them with a range of suitable profiles of Personal Assistants from The Hub community to choose from. The result? Consistent, quality care and total peace of mind.
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In our latest Franchisor Q&A interview we look at why Hub Care Support is a care franchise opportunity like no other.
Q1. Why is your business a smart franchise investment for entrepreneurs?
Hub Care Support provides entrepreneurs with the opportunity to enter the care industry at a much lower investment cost. The unique model developed by the Hub offers many advantages over a typical home care agency.
Hub franchisees need only our great initial training and a home office set up to get started.
CQC registration is not a requirement for our organisation as it would be for home care agencies in the UK, this can be a daunting and challenging hurdle when setting up a business. The Hubs model relocates the external quality assurance element to the carer actually providing the support. This ensures high quality, compassionate support is provided by the Personal Assistant and leaves the business owner free of the potential red tape and able to focus on building their business. Unlike many care franchises, you’ll never be left trying to cover hours of care, that is the responsibility of the Personal Assistants.
The care industry is consistently booming. With an ageing population and a stronger focus on the importance of companionship as well as personal care, the market is growing, and Hub Care Support is in the perfect position. Our emphasis is on giving the service user choice and control over their care, ensuring they get consistent, quality care with a PA they can trust and build a rapport with.
The Hub offers business owners a rare opportunity to build an organisation that is not only very profitable but is also ethical. Personal Assistants with the Hub Care Support typically charge hourly rates at 100% more (double) agency care workers. Service Users also pay around 30% less than at an agency. Proudly promoting fair earning for 'Care Hero's and fair deals for their service users.
Q2. What do you look for in a potential franchisee?
A background in care is great and would always be seen as advantageous for someone wanting to join our hub community, but it’s not essential. It also doesn’t mean you’ve had to work in care, a knowledge or personal experience builds a great foundation too.
For us the key personal quality is passion; a passion for delivering high quality care, a tenacity to do things right and a desire to put others first. We believe this passion and attitude is key and everything else can be taught within our initial and ongoing training.
Q3. What does the initial training process look like for new franchisees?
Our initial training provides you with all the knowledge and skills you need to get started and with us it doesn’t stop there. We are big believers in ongoing personal and professional growth, so provide monthly 1-2-1 support and ongoing refresher training to help you continuously build as a professional, a business owner and a member of the care industry.
We also understand the intricacies of starting a business and becoming self-employed, so we even support our franchisees with ‘business set-up’ training, so you’ll never feel alone or out of your depth.
Q4. How do you help franchisees achieve a work-life balance?
You can’t pour from an empty cup, so self-care and managing your own well-being is something that’s at the forefront of our franchisee support, after all we are in the care industry! We believe that a positive work-life balance is key to helping you achieve your own healthy wellbeing and that this is unique to each person, so within your 1-2-1’s, we support you to figure out what this looks like for you and how to achieve it.
A Hub Care Support franchise offers the flexibility to work around your own lifestyle, allowing you to have the freedom to enjoy your life and build a strong and sustainable career.
Q5. How has the Covid-19 pandemic changed the way the franchise operates? What extra support and assistance are you offering your franchisees during this time?
The Hub has been fortunate in that the Covid-19 pandemic has taught many people the importance of good care and importantly quality companionship. People are beginning to see how essential it is to combat loneliness across all demographics, and we are perfectly set-up to provide a solution to it. The Hub was actually started to provide an alternative to care agencies, who often just don’t have the time to spend with their Service Users simply chatting and giving them that crucial company and attention.
We’re going above and beyond to highlight this across the industry and supporting our franchisees to do the same. Personal support for franchisees is also essential and will never take a back seat for us, no matter what the business landscape looks like.
Q6. What plans do you have for the franchise over the next few years in a post-Covid economy?
We’re so excited to continue growing our Hub Community. We know we’re an innovative alternative to your standard care agency and are going out of our way to raise and maintain standards through QCAS. We can’t wait to welcome like minded entrepreneurs to our team to help us spread the word and make positive change across the care sector.
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