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Employment aspects and workforce implications of direct payments
— research report prepared for Skills for Care by IFF Research |
| Corporate Author | IFF Research Ltd; Skills for Care |
| Publisher | Electronic format - Skills for Care, London, May 2008 |
| Pages | 253 pp |
| Source | Download from website: http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/view.asp?id=1006 Contact details: Lorna Adams and Laura Godwin, IFF Research Ltd, Chart House, 16 Chart Street, London N1 6DD. Email: LornaA@IFFResearch.com (Website:
www.IFFResearch.com) |
| Keywords | Care support workers ; Domestic assistance ; Accommodation [elderly] ; Conditions of employment ; Community care ; Social security benefits ; Quantitative studies. |
| Annotation | The direct payments system introduced in 1997 positions direct payment recipients in the role of "employers". There is a need to understand how direct payments are affecting the nature of the social care sector workforce. This report presents findings of quantitative research conducted by IFF Research in 2007 on behalf of Skills for Care. The research comprised three survey elements: main employer survey; self-completion-survey of personal assistants; and a telephone survey of personal assistants. The report examines the implications of direct payments for: the quality of care and support received by employers; bringing new "employers" into the sector; the nature of the personal assistant workforce; and working practices and working conditions for personal assistants. Personal assistants' views on their current role and future intentions, as well as on training and staff development, are covered. Appendices include the questionnaires, and key findings by local authority for the employer and personal assistant telephone survey. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080917201 E |
| Classmark | QRS: NG6: K: WKA: PA: JH: 3DQ |
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