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 rolein adult social care

Total adult social care sector jobs1,319,000

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

391,000Left 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 adultsocial 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.ukSkills 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

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