Issue 8 of the National Minimum Dataset for Social Care (NMDS-SC) Briefing concentrates on pay across the adult social care sector.
Our data shows that by February 2009 the median hourly rate for care workers was £6.56, £7.00 for senior care workers and £7.08 for community support and outreach workers.
Skills for Care believes the beginning of a new financial year is a timely moment for this Briefing providing employers with an in-depth analysis of pay across the adult social care sector using the very latest data collected by NMDS-SC between December 2008 and February 2009.
This briefing contains trend information on pay data and detailed analysis on:
· Median pay rates for care workers, senior care workers and community support and outreach workers
· Regional pay rates
· Pay rates by sector
· Pay rates by service setting