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

TY - BOOK

T1 - Working for the Agency: The Role and Significance of Temporary Employment Agencies in the Social Care Workforce

T2 - Interim Report

AU - Cornes, Michelle

AU - Moriarty, Jo

AU - Blendi-Mahota, Saidah

AU - Chittleburgh, Tim

AU - Hussein, Shereen

AU - Manthorpe, Jill

PY - 2008/8/1

Y1 - 2008/8/1

N2 - In some parts of England where staff shortages are particularly acute, temporary agency workers account for 30% of the total social care workforce (IDeA Knowledge, 2005/6). ‘Options for Excellence – Building the Social Care Workforce of the Future’ (DfES/DH 2006) sets out an ambitious programme to reduce over reliance on temporary staff supplied through private employment agencies. By 2020 it is expected that 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 and that as a result those receiving support will be able to count on continuity in the person providing their care. In order to reduce costs, it is expected that local commissioners will support the development of non-profit employment agencies and that these will increasingly provide local councils and other employers with a flexible staff supply.

AB - In some parts of England where staff shortages are particularly acute, temporary agency workers account for 30% of the total social care workforce (IDeA Knowledge, 2005/6). ‘Options for Excellence – Building the Social Care Workforce of the Future’ (DfES/DH 2006) sets out an ambitious programme to reduce over reliance on temporary staff supplied through private employment agencies. By 2020 it is expected that 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 and that as a result those receiving support will be able to count on continuity in the person providing their care. In order to reduce costs, it is expected that local commissioners will support the development of non-profit employment agencies and that these will increasingly provide local councils and other employers with a flexible staff supply.

M3 - Commissioned report

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

PB - Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King's College London

CY - London

ER -