Pay and conditions in social care

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Pay and conditions in social care

Service and qualifications are the predominant factors affecting pay progression for staff in care homes, finds new research by Incomes Data Services.

The results of the 69-employer survey show that pay progression arrangements in care homes fall into three main categories:

• nearly a quarter of respondents said that pay progression was by service increments
• just over a fifth said that it was by the attainment of qualifications
• nearly a fifth by a combination of individual merit plus the attainment of service qualifications.

Pay structures

There are a variety of different types of pay structures among survey respondents:

• in the case of care assistants, around half of organisations, both private and non-profit, operate spot rates while the other half had some form of progression within a job level

• of the private sector organisations that have progression within a job level, nearly all also have higher pay ranges for qualified staff

• of the not-for-profit organisation that have progression within a job level, half employ all of their care assistants on the same pay range regardless of qualification.

What you will find in this report

The 90-page research report from IDS brings together details on pay rates and other conditions from 69 care homes employing more than 20,000 staff, ranging from Abbey Chase Residential & Nursing Homes to Worcester Lodge. The report includes organisation by named organisation details on hourly pay rates and premium payments for roles from cleaners/domestics to managers topics such as holiday and sick pay entitlements details on pay levels for care assistants and related jobs in dozens of local authorities pay and working hours of staff in the independent day nursery sector.

Want to know more?

Title: Pay and Conditions in Social Care, Incomes Data Services.

Availability: Copies of the report are available at £190. To order your copy contact customer services at Incomes Data Services in London, tel: 020 7324 2599. To view the contents page visit www.incomesdata.co.uk/report/socialcare.htm

IDS is a leading UK information and research service on employment issues, providing a range of publications for employers, unions, government departments and other agencies. To find out more visit www.incomesdata.co.uk