Care Workers: Conditions of Employment
(asked on 13th October 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the annual cost of moving social care workers onto a single contract and set of terms and conditions.
This question was answered on 23rd October 2023
There are no current plans to make an estimate.
Most care workers are employed by private sector providers who set their pay and terms and conditions, independent of central Government.
In ‘Next steps to put People at the Heart of Care’, we announced our intention to launch a new Care Workforce Pathway for Adult Social Care, which will support development and provide a career structure to the workforce.