Abigail Lock Director of Communications and Marketing Key to Care The future of the homecare workforce
Abigail Lock Director of
Communications and Marketing
Key to Care
The future of the homecare workforce
UK Care worker profile
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685,000 home care workers
53% are part-time
80% women
18% BME
Higher proportion of older workers
Home Care by numbers
200K not getting minimum wage
60% on zero hour contracts
21% turnover rate
3% vacancy rate
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Better and Fairer Commissioning
Minimum payments for contact hours
Moving away from task and time
commissioning
Better oversight of existing contracts
Valuing Care and Care Workers
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Key worker status
A Living Wage
Training and Licensing
Free Flu vaccine
Working carer tax credits
Responsible and Innovative Providers
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Enforcement of minimum wage
Innovation and use of new
technologies
92% of care workers digitally
confident vs 52% of managers
The status quo is not an option
750k more care workers needed
43% of people aged 85 years and over are
not getting the support they need
52% of planned budget reductions are from
social care
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What are you going to do?
Many Care Workers are delivering great care in
spite of the system. Let’s work together to make this
a career that recognises and rewards their hard
work.
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Contact Information
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Telephone: +44 780 864 7836
Email: [email protected]
Website www.mearsgroup.co.uk