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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.
Download Key to Care: http://www.mearsgroup.co.uk/thought-leader/publications/
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Contact Information
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Telephone: +44 780 864 7836
Email: [email protected]
Website www.mearsgroup.co.uk