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Are you thinking about starting your own care company? Read this first…
Are you thinking about starting your own care company? Or maybe you’ve given it a shot already?
Either way, there’s one thing which soon becomes very clear: the long term rewards are very attractive, but it sure isn’t easy to set up!
You will have a great deal to think about in terms of how you’re going to find customers and deliver the care they need, how you’re going to work with and organise your staff, and make sure your day-to-day operations run smoothly.
That’s challenging enough, and a huge undertaking, but there’s a great deal that needs to come before you even get to that point. There’s literally hundreds of jobs that need to be done before you can even get that first care visit booked in.
For example:
- Setting up a limited company and all its tax accounts in a way that works for a care business
- Buying insurance and organising bank accounts, finance frameworks etc.
- Setting up your office with everything in it you need, including phones, stationery and internet connection
- Deciding how all your branding marketing and PR will work and targeting it to the right people
- Recruiting, vetting and training all your key staff and ensuring you have a system for recruiting carers
- Registering with the CQC and making sure you have all your statutory paperwork in place
- Finding customers and networking with local authorities & community leaders
This is just a simplified list, of course…everyone one of these involves dozens of sub tasks which can take a great deal of time and resources, and even knowing which order to do them all in is a big task in itself. The even bigger problem, of course, is not knowing what you don’t know when it comes to starting a business. The obstacles and pitfalls along the way – things you might not anticipate until it’s too late.
All these issues are solved for you when you join a franchise like Acacia Homecare
Acacia Homecare have already been through all of this numerous times, so the groundwork is just there waiting for you. They’ve perfected the systems and timescales necessary down to a fine art, meaning you will have everything you need ahead of time. They have even built relationships with various suppliers making the process of setting up as smooth and cost effective as possible.
With their help, support and structures already in place, all of these tasks are simply milestones on your road to success, rather than obstacles which will trip you up.
In fact, a great number of these tasks are already done for you: the social media, the branding, the marketing message, guidelines and manuals on how to run your business, guidance on how to get through your CQC etc. Finishing anything left over will never be something you have to tackle yourself either – they’ll be with you every step of the way.
The Acacia Homecare franchise really is a successful care “business-in-a-box”, just waiting for to dive in and build it in your own area.
Sound like something you want to be a part of?
Then why don’t we have a chat? I can take you through everything the Acacia Homecare franchise can do to set you up for success from day one.
