Research Reports
Skills for Care undertakes a large range of research activity that covers issues relevant to workforce development and service provision within the social care sector.
Using the menu on the right-hand side and via the list of links below you can find details on all Skills for Care's research reports.
Access our research updates section which contains details of completed, current and planned research undertaken by Skills for Care nationally and across the regions.
- The size and structure of the adult social care sector and workforce in England (2011)
- Worker Qualifications and Inspection Scores (2011)
- Direct employers workforce (2010)
- Social care workforce reports (2010, 2008, 2004, 2003)
- Men into care - A research-based contribution to a recruitment and retention issue (2010)
- Job Vacancy Data (2006-2011)
- Rewards & Incentives Research (2009)
- Briefing on employment agency practice - supply and demand for social care workers (2009)
- Employment Aspects and Workforce Implications of Direct Payments (2007)
- National survey of care workers (2007)
- Overseas Workers (2006-2010)
- Adult Placement Counts (2004)
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introduction- research updates
- The size and structure of the adult social care sector and workforce in England (2011)
- worker qualifications and inspection scores (2011)
- direct employers workforce (2010)
- social care workforce reports
- men into care (2010)
- job vacancy data (2006-11)
- rewards & incentives (2009)
- employment agency practice (2009)
- direct payments (2007)
- national survey of care workers (2007)
- overseas workers (2006-09)
- adult placement counts (2004)
