Social care workers are highly skilled professionals. We need the Government to provide ring-fenced funding that will lead Local Authority/Integrated Care Boards paying social care rates that reflect the value of the social care sector and the provision of safe practice.
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Despite their skillset, social care workers often only earn the National Minimum Wage. Community carers can find it hard to keep their essential cars roadworthy. We believe the Local Authority/Integrated Care Board rates paid to care providers give no scope to pay social care workers a fair rate or to provide safe practice. We implore the Government to provide ring-fenced funding to enable fair rates for care delivery using the learnings from the 2022 ‘Fair Cost of Care’ exercise.