Skills for Care ‘Size and structure’ report: SCIE response

Although the Skills for Care workforce report shows some positive in-year changes in workforce numbers and reduced vacancies, it is important to step back and consider the overall trends in recruitment and retention. These trends show a social care sector continuing to struggle with a recruitment and retention crisis, one that international recruitment cannot on its own fix. We still require a long-term workforce plan for the sector, one that addresses care workers’ pay, their working conditions and skills development.