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Here are some of the answers to your questions to assist you in completing the 'my workers' section of your NMDS-SC.

What information is needed on an Individual? Guidance in providing information about each individual worker in the establishment.	Which qualifications should I record? The NMDS-SC qualifications list contains a range of current qualifications recognised within the social care...
What is required for Induction? This refers only to the induction training prescribed by Topss England/Skills for Care or the...	What is Continuity of Worker's Employment in the Social Care Sector? This is to find out how many of the social care workforce take breaks from...
Why do you need my basic rate of pay? It is important for Skills for Care to obtain information on pay, so that it...	Why do you need my sickness absence? This is to gather information on days lost in social care due to absence from...
What are working arrangements? You should indicate the agreed working arrangements which apply to this worker.	What is meant by the number of additional paid or unpaid hours worked in the past 7 Days? This is the number of hours that the worker worked as either paid overtime or...
Are my staff classed as full time or part Time? There is no standard definition of full-time and part-time - different organisations take different views....	Why do you need contracted hours? Knowing the work patterns associated with the workforce including the number of hours worked is...
What is meant by "status in current main job"? You should state the worker’s employment status in his/her current main job role, using one...	Why do you need source of recruitment to current main job role? Knowing where social care workers were recruited from can help to inform future recruitment activity.
Date Started in Current Main Job? This is the date the worker started in the current role.	How do I determine the current main job role if they have more than one job? Select which of the 27 NMDS-SC job role categories best describes the main job this...
Disability? You should indicate whether or not the worker considers him/herself to have a disability under...	Why do you need the Ethnic Group of my workers? Ethnicity
Why do you need the date of birth of my workers? This is the date (day, month and year) on which the worker was born.	Why do you need the gender of my workforce? Record whether the worker is female or male. If you have no record of a...
Why Do We Need Workers’ Home Post Codes? Why do we need workers’ home post codes?	Why do you need the National Insurance Numbers? You are asked to provide the National Insurance Number (NINO) for each individual worker.
Why do you need the main destinations of employees leaving in the past 12 Months? Here we are trying to establish where people go when they leave you.	Other Job Role(s)? If the worker currently undertakes more than one job role for the care-providing operation at...
Why do you need the year first employed in Social Care? This is to capture the length of experience of the social care workforce.	What is the SSD001 Line Number? This is for local authorities only.
Why Do You Need Information About Pay? About your employees pay details.	Why do Skills for Care need to know if my workers are from overseas? Within the UK, demand for social care is projected to increase to meet the needs...

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