This report contains information on 112,200 jobs for people employed (directly and indirectly) by local authority adult social services departments in England as at September 2018. The report will be
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Wales will need thousands more people to work in caring roles with adults and children by 2030 if it is to keep pace with the growing demand for care services
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Social care workers in Scotland face unfair conditions, “excessive” shifts and insecure work, an inquiry has found. An independent study into social care highlights the lack of fairness for workers
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Staff working on the Universal Credit benefits system have voted to strike in a dispute over workloads and recruitment. Members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) based in
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A new survey from CV-Library, has revealed that despite 96.7% of carer workers believing that work-life balance is important, one in four (40.5%) admit that they don’t have a good work-life balance
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NHS staff will be offered 24-hour mental health support if they suffer a stressful incident at work, the Health and Social Care Secretary will say. Matt Hancock is to unveil
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More than 100 mental health staff have been hired across Scotland’s public sector since the start of the year. The additional mental health workers in A&Es, GP practices, police station
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Having more NHS managers improves efficiency and the quality of healthcare provided in hospitals, researchers have said. A study by the Universities of Bristol, Warwick and Leeds involved data on
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The Government has launched a recruitment campaign to try to plug a hole of 110,000 vacancies in the social care workforce. More than 1.45 million people work in social care
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Glasgow councillors have approved a deal that will see the local authority pay out a minimum of £500 million to resolve a long-running equal pay dispute. Compensation will be paid
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