Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of career development for senior care workers; and what steps he is taking to provide a meaningful career structure in adult social care that enables career development.
No specific assessment has been made. As announced in the White Paper ‘People at the Heart of Care’, the Department has committed £500 million to develop and support the adult social care workforce over the next three years. This will include additional training places and the development of a Knowledge and Skills Framework to set out the knowledge, skills, learning and development which staff need to deliver high quality care and develop and progress their career in social care. The Framework will also complement the existing skills offer delivered by colleges and training providers in England, including the Department for Education’s skills offer and apprenticeships.