400,000 social care workforce shortage predicted by 2028
The social care system in England faces a workforce crisis which is set to grow in the coming years; by 2028 it has been estimated there will be a shortage of over 400,000 workers. That’s according to a new study from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), which asserts that the challenges of recruiting and […]
Sleep-in shift pay compliance scheme launched
The government has launched a new compliance scheme for social care providers that may have incorrectly paid workers below legal minimum wage hourly rates for sleep-in shifts. Social care employers will be able to opt into the new Social Care Compliance Scheme (SCCS), giving them up to a year to identify what they owe to […]
