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Moved to care
— the impact of migration on the adult social care workforce | | Author(s) | Ben Franklin, Cesira Urzi Brancati |
| Corporate Author | Independent Age; International Longevity Centre - United Kingdom (ILC-UK) |
| Publisher | Independent Age, London, 2015 |
| Pages | 73 pp |
| Source | Download at: https://www.independentage.org/policy-research/research-re... |
| Keywords | Immigrants ; Social workers ; Medical workers ; England. |
| Annotation | Some 1.45 million people work in the adult social care sector in England, of which nearly 1 in 5 was born outside the UK, including 150,000 working in residential care homes and 81,000 in adult domiciliary care. This report focuses attention on four critical areas: the current role of migrants within the care workforce; the reasons why migrant care workers are in demand; the potential impact of public policy on the ability of the care workforce to meet demand in the long term; and what different stakeholders can do to ensure the workforce is able to meet future demand. The sector faces a gap of 200,000 care workers in England by 2020, because of restrictions on immigration and a failure to attract British workers. Longer term, there could be a shortfall of 1 million workers in the next twenty years. The report therefore recommends investing in training, apprenticeships and career development, to make adult social care an attractive career choice for UK-born workers. Adding highly skilled roles in the adult social care sector - such as therapist and social worker - to the Shortage Occupation List, could make it easier for employers to recruit from overseas. Overall, the sector needs more funding to support better pay and working conditions. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160930001 E |
| Classmark | TJ: QR: QT: 82 |
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