Children’s sector Health sector Retail sector Other sector Outside the UK Other destinations Not to another job immediately From outside the UK Not previously employed Other sector Children’s sector Health sector Other sources Returner Retail sector Moved from another role within adult social care Left to take another role in adult social care Total adult social care sector jobs 1,319,000 This infographic focuses on the number of people joining and leaving the adult social care workforce annually. This data has been taken from the National Minimum Dataset for Social Care (NMDS-SC) Started their role in the previous 12 months 391,000 Left their role in the previous 12 months 322,000 130,000 234,000 80% Have been in their role for over 12 months 62,000 28,000 23,000 16,000 14,000 7,000 6,000 2,000 53,000 43,000 35,000 34,000 12,000 9,000 5,000 Joining the adult social care workforce Leaving the adult social care workforce 16% 7% 6% 4% 4% 2% 2% 1% 16% 13% 11% 11% 4% 3% 2% Please note that for this analysis the adult social care workforce is defined as those working within local authorities and within independent sector providers – it does not include the Personal Assistant workforce. This is due to a lack of data on their movements within the sector. Find more workforce intelligence at www.nmds-sc-online.org.uk Skills for Care, West Gate, 6 Grace Street, Leeds, LS1 2RP V 0113 2451716 / L @sfc_nmds_sc © Skills for Care 2014 Recruitment and retention in the adult social care sector * *