WORK FOR US
    OUR SERVICES
      WORK FOR US
      OUR SERVICES
      WORK FOR US
      OUR SERVICES
        WORK FOR US
        OUR SERVICES

          Over 100,000 care jobs unfilled in England at any one time.

          No less than 122,000 adult social care jobs are vacant in England at any one time reveals Skills for Care, which also estimates 580,000 more workers will be needed by 2035.

          Hundreds of thousands of unfilled jobs in adult social care have been highlighted in Skills for Care’s report ‘State of the adult social care sector and workforce’.

          The organisation predicted 580,000 more workers will be needed in the care sector by 2035 due to a predicted rise in people aged 65+.

          Andy Tilden, interim chief executive at Skills For Care, said: “This report using solid data supplied by employers shows that adult social care must now be factored into workforce and economic planning at a national, regional and local level.

          “If we continue to deliver social care in the same way it is projected we may need to fill another 580,000 job roles by 2035 and that means our sector is only going to get bigger as demand for high quality care services continues to increase.”

          According to the report, the number of adult social care jobs have risen by 22 per cent (290,000 jobs) since 2009. Since then, workers have moved from local authority jobs (down by 37 per cent) to independent sector jobs (up 30 per cent). 

          Quarter of adult social care workforce are on zero-hour contracts 

          It was also stated the average turnover rate is almost a third (31 per cent) – the equivalent of 440,000 job leavers in the last year. A significant proportion of staff turnover was the result of people leaving the sector soon after joining it.

          The likelihood of care staff leaving increased if workers were on zero-hour contracts. Around a quarter of the adult social care workforce (24 per cent) are on a zero-hours contracts.

          Almost half (43 per cent) of the home care workforce are on zero-hours contracts.

          The likelihood of staff leaving the care sector fell if workers had more training and workers with a social care qualification were less likely to leave their posts.

          The report found the adult social care workforce was found to be 83 per cent female, and the average age of the country’s care workers is 44-years-old.

          84 per cent of the care workforce are British

          While the majority (84 per cent) of the care workforce are British, eight per cent (115,000 workers) have an EU nationality and nine per cent (134,000 workers ) have a non-EU nationality.

          Another key finding is the fact that since the introduction of the mandatory National Living Wage (NLW), care workers in the bottom 10 per cent of the pay distribution have benefitted the most but pay for the top 40 per cent of earners rose at a slower rate.

          The report stated ‘There are several challenges emerging as side effects of the increasing NLW, particularly in maintaining differentials with more senior roles and in rewarding experienced workers and those with greater responsibilities.’

          Skills For Care also found 237,000 adults, older people and carers received direct payments from council’s social services departments in 2017/2018, and estimated 31 per cent (75,000) of these people employed their own staff such as personal assistants.

          ICARE

          ICARE

          The report found the adult social care workforce was found to be 83 per cent female, and the average age of the country’s care workers is 44-years-old.

          Share:

          Facebook
          Twitter
          Pinterest
          LinkedIn
          On Key

          Related Posts