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Our research

Skills for Care commissions, supports and delivers research to help achieve our vision and mission.

Support for integrated care systems

Integration case studies showcasing examples of where integration across the social care, and health and other sectors is working well.

The workforce employed by adult social services departments in England

This page looks at the characteristics of workers employed by local authorities in the adult social care sector in England.

Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) workforce

Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) workforce

Social work education in England

Social work education in England

Attract and retain

Discover the recommendations within the Workforce Strategy on what needs to be done to attract people into roles in adult social care and how to keep them once they arrive.

Headline social work information

Headline social work information

The workforce in adult social care today

Find out more about the workforce in adult social care today including staffing and vacancy rates, demographics of the workforce and learning and development in the sector.

Improving the social care system

We work to ensure the adult social care system is well funded, supports people to live the lives that they choose, and attracts the right people to the workforce. We do this by gathering and analysing workforce intelligence data through our Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set (ASC-WDS), using our intelligence and insight from the sector to support local and national partners in strategy and policy development, and supporting social care within Integrated Care Systems (ICSs).

Context

Learn more about why it's so important for the adult social care sector to have a Workforce Strategy. With the Strategy we can ensure we have enough of the right people with the right skills to provide the best care and support for the people who draw on it.