Research: Why staff leave adult social care

Launch of Why Staff Leave / Churn within Adult Social Care Research

Earlier this summer Skills for Care commissioned research looking at the reasons behind staff turnover and churn within the sector. They want to hear directly from front line staff about their motivations for working in social care, future intentions, and their perceptions on what makes a good employer. They also want to hear from those exiting their role about the reasons why, their future work plans and what needs to be done to retain them within adult social care.

Getting this widely completed will give Skills for Care rich intelligence around why staff leave and churn and will help be a basis to inform retention strategies. Skills for Care have been disseminating this out to employers in the Northwest and East Midlands but have had little take up in the East Midlands. We have therefore extended the date to the end of September in order to get engagement from a sufficient number of providers.

Skills for Care are looking for care providers to sign up to this research, which has two elements

1. Survey link to share with existing staff – talking about their motivations for working in care, future intentions, what makes a good employer, any reasons for leaving previous care roles (if applicable)
2. Survey link to share with staff exiting the organisation over a 6 month period (this does not replace any leavers survey or exit interview that you do), this talks about reason for leaving, future work plans and what would need to change for them to be retained in adult social care.

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We would really appreciate your help and request providers to sign up for this research by 26 September.

If you have any questions, contact Matt Errington at Skills for Care - matthew.errington@skillsforcare.org.uk.