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Social care sector still faces recruitment crisis
Created: 26/07/2024Scotland’s social care sector still faces a recruitment crisis, despite charities increasing spending and resources.
Almost two-thirds of third sector social care organisations increased recruitment spending but vacancy rates remain unsustainably high, according to new research published today.
The 2023 Social Care Benchmarking Report reveals the scale of sector-wide sustainability issues, with serious recruitment, retention and staffing challenges persisting.
The report reveals that, across 2022-23, 95% of organisations found it either ‘very difficult’ or ‘quite difficult’ to recruit frontline staff.
The top three reasons for recruitment difficulties were
The study also found: just over one-third of respondents (33%) reported an increase in the number of agency workers used in the last 12 months.
Two-thirds of respondents reported they had overspent on recruitment in relation to their estimated budget. Reasons for this included:
Audit Scotland have published a new report about Scotland's Integration Joint Boards' (IJB) performance and finances which indicates that community health and social care face rising unmet need. Key highlights from the report include:
Click here to read the report in full.