New report updates Residential Childcare workforce data in Wales
The Care Council for Wales has published the profile of the Residential Child Care Managers and Workers in Wales 2016.
The profile, available on the Care Council website, is based on the data provided by residential child care managers and workers during the application process to register onto the Care Council for Wales Register of Social Care Workers (the Register) and to maintain their registration with the Care Council for Wales.
Registration with the Care Council has been mandatory for residential child care managers to register in Wales since 2007 and for residential child care workers since 2008. At 1 July 2016 there were 187 residential child care managers and 2,269 residential child care workers the Register.
The number of managers and workers on the Register have both increased in the last year. This is a continuation of the year-on-year increase since 2012. This suggests that the Register is largely stable.
The percentage of workers who hold the required qualification has continued to decrease. This is largely due to the turnover of workers as the evidence suggests that the number of individuals registering on the basis of completing the induction framework is increasing but many are then coming off the Register before completing the required qualification.
The percentage of workers staying in post for longer than five years has decreased. Although there is only a slight decrease this is an area to monitor in future Profiles. The turnover of workers on the Register has dropped but is still higher than 2012-2014.
The evidence from the Register suggests that managers are staying in post longer (10.2 per cent had been in post for over 10 years which has doubled since 2014) and this year has seen the lowest turnover of managers to date. Fewer managers left the Register this year compared to any other year since the Profiles began.
The average age of managers and workers has remained the same since the Profiles began (44 years old for managers and 38 years old for workers) but the percentage of women has increased slightly for both groups since 2015. The number of fluent Welsh speaking managers and workers has increased slightly.
Key Points to emerge:
- The Register is largely stable
- Managers are staying longer in post
- Still a high turnover of workers
- Due to the high turnover of workers the qualification levels are not going up
To download, visit: Profile of the Residential Child Care Managers and Workers in Wales 2016
If you have any queries regarding the profile contact Dean John at: [email protected]
