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: abigail.lock@mearsgroup.co.uk

Website www.mearsgroup.co.uk