Working for the Agency: The Role and Significance of Temporary Employment Agencies in the Adult Social Care Workforce: Summary

Michelle Cornes, Jo Moriarty, Saidah Blendi-Mahota, Tim Chittleburgh, Shereen Hussein, Jill Manthorpe

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Abstract

Commissioned as part of the Department of Health’s ‘Social Care Workforce Research Initiative’, this research explored what progress is being made toward achieving the policy goal that by 2020 social care employers will no longer need to rely on temporary agency staff to cover tasks that would be normally carried out by a permanent social worker (DfES/DH 2006). The study also explored safeguarding issues and why some social workers and other social care staff chose to leave permanent employment to become ‘agency workers’ and what, if anything, might tempt them back into permanent employment.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationLondon
PublisherSocial Care Workforce Research Unit, King's College London
Commissioning bodyDHSC Department of Health and Social Care
Number of pages2
Publication statusPublished - 1 Aug 2010

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