Personal budgets and the workforce implications for social care providers: expectations and early experiences

TY - JOUR

T1 - Personal budgets and the workforce implications for social care providers

T2 - expectations and early experiences

AU - Baxter, K

AU - Wilberforce, M

AU - Glendinning, C

PY - 2011

Y1 - 2011

N2 - Drawing on two studies in England, this paper explores the workforce-related impacts that social care providers envisage, and have so far experienced, from an increase in the number of people using personal budgets. It presents findings in relation to financial and workforce planning, recruitment and retention, workforce training and service user/provider relations. The discussion considers the implications not only for providers but also care workers, service users and local authorities.

AB - Drawing on two studies in England, this paper explores the workforce-related impacts that social care providers envisage, and have so far experienced, from an increase in the number of people using personal budgets. It presents findings in relation to financial and workforce planning, recruitment and retention, workforce training and service user/provider relations. The discussion considers the implications not only for providers but also care workers, service users and local authorities.

KW - social care services issues

KW - funding issues

KW - employment/benefits

KW - ill/disabled adults

KW - older people

U2 - 10.1017/S1474746410000382

DO - 10.1017/S1474746410000382

M3 - Article

SN - 1475-3073

VL - 10

SP - 55

EP - 65

JO - Social Policy and Society

JF - Social Policy and Society

IS - 1

ER -