Social Services: Standards
(asked on 8th June 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to support local authorities to improve the capacity of community support in the social care sector.
This question was answered on 22nd June 2022
Local authorities have a responsibility to ensure there is sufficient workforce capacity to meet the care needs in the local area. We plan to launch the next national recruitment campaign in 2022/23. In addition, care workers are now eligible for the Health and Care Visa and are included in the Shortage Occupation List.