Direct payments boost PA jobs

The number of jobs in the adult social care sector has surged due primarily to an increase in the number of personal assistants working for people in receipt of direct payments. 

Figures released by Skills for Care show jobs increased by 7% to 1.77 million between 2009 and 2010.

The data also shows approximately 154,000 adults and older people were receiving direct payments from council social services departments in 2010, and the total number of direct payment recipients increased by 35% between March 2009 and 2010.

Full findings can be found in the Skills for Care report The Size and Structure of the Adult Social Care Sector and Workforce in England 2011.

Analysis is based on data provided by employers to the National Minimum Dataset for Social Care, providing commissioners and employers with information needed to help them meet some of the key challenges set out in the government’s vision for social care.

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