Implementation and progress updates
Resources showing how the strategy is being delivered:
- “Action in focus” – examples of local impact
- One year anniversary update
- Year one progress infographic (incl. easy read version)
- Progress videos to mark the progress one year on featuring sector leaders and champions
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: Sir David Pearson and Professor Oonagh Smyth, Co-Chairs, Dr Clenton Farquharson CBE, Think Local Act Personal, Sarah McClinton, Chief Social Worker, and Jess McGregor, President of ADASS.
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: Jo Finnerty, NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board, Kirstie Jones, Salutem Care and Education, Mark Topps, Essex Cares.
Practical tools and guidance
Useful, actionable resources for day-to-day use:
Strategy champions
How individuals/organisations can engage:
Downloadable resources (branding and materials)
Ready-to-use assets:
Are there other resources you would like or you have spotted an error? Email the Strategy team.
Overview of the Workforce Strategy
Core documents explaining what the strategy is and why it exists:
There are many distinct roles in adult social care
Adult social care is the care and support commissioned by local authorities or individuals who need support to be able to live their lives. This includes older people and working aged people with learning disabilities, mental ill health, physical disabilities, drug and alcohol problems, autistic people and unpaid carers.
Estimated number of adult social care filled posts by individual job roles
Source: 微微草视频 estimates from the State of the adult social care sector and workforce in England, 2023.
Local authorities lead the safeguarding of adults (under the Care Act), with others who share responsibility for identifying potential harm. Mental health and mental capacity laws (including the Mental Health Act) require assessments for hospital stays, community restrictions and capacity limitations.
Adult social care helps people in their homes, in care homes, through day services and with equipment and technology. It might be paid for by a local authority, by the individual or through a personal budget and direct payment (where the budget goes to the person who is drawing on social care to manage).
Over 20 years, the type of support has changed to include people choosing their own carers and the support they need (once they are assessed as eligible), and more people getting support to regain independence after illness (reablement). We are also seeing more emphasis on integrating health and social care to better meet the needs of individuals including through the development of integrated care systems (ICSs).
2024 Launch event
Supporting documents and other resourcesused to develop the strategy in 2024