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Personal Budgets and the Workforce Implications for Social Care Providers: Expectations and Early Experiences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 December 2010

Kate Baxter ,
Mark Wilberforce  and
Caroline Glendinning
Kate Baxter
Affiliation:
Research Fellow, Social Policy Research Unit, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD E-mail: kb515@york.ac.uk
Mark Wilberforce
Affiliation:
Research Fellow, PSSRU at Manchester, University of Manchester, First Floor, Dover Street Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL
Caroline Glendinning
Affiliation:
Research Director, Social Policy Research Unit, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD
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Abstract

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.

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Social Policy and Society , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , January 2011 , pp. 55 - 65
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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