'Social care sector faces challenges'

THE number of jobs in adult social care in England filled by British nationals has fallen by 85,000 since the coronavirus pandemic - according to a report which warns of challenges ahead for recruitment in the long-stretched sector.

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Posts filled by people with a British nationality since 2020/2021 fell by 7%. The Government has previously pledged to “end the reliance on overseas recruitment”, but Skills for Care’s latest report has said there must be a focus on “how we attract and keep more people domestically”.

In the most recent year alone, the 12 months to March, the number of posts filled by British nationals fell by 30,000, the organisation, which is the strategic workforce development and planning body for adult social care in England, said.