Size and structure of the adult social care sector and workforce in England, 2017
27th July 2017
This report provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive overview of the adult social care sector and workforce in England.
The report contains seven sections; introduction, organisations, establishments, individual employers, workforce, trends and forecasts.
It’s compiled using data from the National Minimum Data Set for Social Care (NMDS-SC). The highlights from the report have been illustrated in an infographic. You can download both using the links below.
Key findings
- The number of adult social care jobs in England as at 2016 was estimated at 1.58 million. An increase of 1.5% and 20,000 jobs since 2015.
- The number of people doing these jobs was estimated at 1.45 million.
- The number of full-time equivalent jobs was estimated at 1.11 million.
- An estimated 20,300 organisations spread across 40,400 care providing locations were involved in providing or organising adult social care in England
- Around 235,000 adults, older people and carers received direct payments from councils’ social services departments. It is estimated that approximately 70,000 direct payment recipients employ their own staff.
- Since 2009, the workforce continued to shift away from local authority jobs (-37% and -65,000 jobs) and towards independent sector jobs (+27% and 260,000 jobs).
To read more visit the Skills for Care website
Source: www.skillsforcare.org.uk
