Understand the adult social care workforce in England

Whether you’re a care provider, local authority, integrated care board or researcher, find the facts, figures and analysis you need with Workforce Intelligence from Skills for Care. Our free reports and data visualisations will help you with workforce planning and decision making in the adult social care sector. 

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How we support you

Reports and visualisations 

From pay rates to staff turnover, our reports and data visualisations cover a range of workforce characteristics and trends at a local, regional and national level. They’re free to use and download now.  

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Methodology  

We use the information collected in the Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set (ASC-WDS) to create robust estimates for the size of the whole adult social care sector and characteristics of the workforce.  

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We can produce bespoke reports and analysis for your organisation or area, or custom data for your product or service. If you’re bidding for a project, we can partner with you.  

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The state of the adult social care sector and workforce in England

Annual report and data, providing a national picture of the adult social care workforce in England, including trends in recruitment, diversity and pay.

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Latest data trackers

In addition to our annual reports, we produce monthly and quarterly trackers that provide the latest data on recruitment and retention, filled posts and international recruitment.

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Reports by topic  

Nurses in social care, individual employers and personal assistants, registered managers, apprenticeships - we track trends in the adult social care workforce across a range of topics.  

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