Our Adult Social Care Workforce Strategy. was developed with the intention of empowering the adult social care workforce in York, as well as to understand and respond to the opportunities and challenges it faces.
This strategy aligns with our social care vision, which embraces a strengths-based approach, enabling people with care and support needs to maximise their control and choices about how they live their lives.
Scope of the Adult Social Care Strategy
This strategy applies to our entire adult social care workforce namely:
- local authority adult social care
- the independent and private sector
- health staff working in jointly funded roles within the local authority
- staff in the voluntary and community sector supporting those with social care needs
- social care staff in health care settings
- personal assistants, unpaid carers and families
- volunteers working within adult social care settings
The strategy recognises a broad range of social care staff including personal assistants, social workers and assistants, occupational therapists and assistants in both residential and community settings.
We're aware that we need to consider how we can attract and keep people who are at various stages of their working lives, from young people just starting out in careers to older people who move into social care after working in other fields.