This is to find out how many of the social care workforce take breaks from paid working in social care.
Breaks include those in the employee's entire career in social care, not just their employment with your organisation. Understanding how many workers take time out of social care is important to employers and workforce planners, and if not currently held it is hoped that it will encourage employers to begin to record it.
All social care job roles should be included, including administrative, ancillary and other non-care providing staff. Training staff, for example, may originally have come from social care provision, but finance staff may have not spent all their time social care.
You should select one of the following:
· No breaks exceeding 12 months, i.e. the worker has worked (paid) continuously in social care and care-related work since the year first employed , with no breaks greater than 12 months’ duration.
· With breaks exceeding 12 months, i.e. the worker has had breaks from social care and care-related paid work of greater than 12 months’ duration since the year first employed
· Not known, i.e. it is unknown whether or not the worker has had breaks from social care and care-related paid work of greater than 12 months’ duration since year first employed.
· Not applicable, e.g. if the worker has had no paid work in social care or care-related work.