The French group, in turmoil since the revelations concerning facts of mistreatment in its establishments, announced launching the recruitment of 550 people per month by the end of the year, before going to 800 monthly recruitments From 2023.
Le Monde with AFP
The company wishes to operate its moult. Orpea, the private Ehpad group shaken since January by a scandal involving its practices, announced Monday, September 26, that it intended to massively recruit staff to “take care of residents, employees and caregivers better thanks to an ambitious Recruitment and continuing education program “. The objective is to recruit 550 people per month by the end of the year, including half of nursing assistants, before going to 800 monthly recruitments from 2023.
The group, which manages more than 350 establishments in France, presented the conclusions of its “States General”, launched in May to collect the complaints and suggestions of residents, their families and staff.
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Present in twenty-three countries, Orpea has been in turmoil since the release of the Les Gresoyeurs survey, journalist Victor Castanet, last January, who reveals facts of mistreatment towards residents, and accuses the fraud group Accountants and questionable practices in human resources.
Following these revelations, justice opened in April a preliminary investigation for institutional abuse and financial offenses, following a report by the government.
“We are recruiting, it is extremely difficult, this is not a only problem of Orpea,” commented with journalists his new managing director, Laurent Guillot.
To accelerate its recruitments, the group must “also rebuild the human resources team, notably with staff in the regions to recruit as close as possible to our establishments,” said Guillot. The latter will present a transformation plan of the group “in a few months”.
The health sector, and particularly the support of the elderly, currently faces a shortage of staff, due to working conditions considered to be difficult for low wages.