Skills for Care is the leading source of workforce intelligence for adult social care in England.

New: The state of the adult social care sector and workforce in England, 2024

The size and structure of the adult social care sector and workforce in England, 2024

Monthly and quarterly tracking

Trackers for key workforce measures – recruitment and retention, filled posts and international recruitment.

Exploring our data

We publish and share detailed information about the adult social care sector. We add insight and interpretation via our written reports and have created data visualisations to make the data more interactive.

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Methodology

We use the information collected in the Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set (ASC-WDS) to create robust estimates for the size of the whole adult social care sector and characteristics of the workforce.

Topics

View reports on key topic areas created using information from the ASC-WDS. Topics include registered managers, social work and personal assistants.

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The state of the adult social care sector and workforce in England

This page looks at workforce characteristics, issues, and trends such as demographics, pay, vacancy rates, and staff turnover.

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