   With an estimated workforce of 1.52 million, the adult social care sector plays a significant role in the UK labour market. Over the years ahead it will need to rapidly expand further to meet growing demand. 

But the sector faces long-standing challenges which have been made more acute by the Covid-19 pandemic and recent changes to immigration policy, with care providers struggling to build and sustain their workforce.

What Matters Now: Developing a Thriving Social Care Workforce is the latest in a series of public webinars from Lancaster University Management School (LUMS) addressing the big issues facing society and business today and tomorrow.  

   Experts from the Work Foundation, LUMS and the public sector will be among those discussing current workforce challenges in adult social care, and wider ramifications for the sector.

Members of the Work Foundation, the leading think tank for improving work in the UK and part of Lancaster University, will present evidence from their recent report Social care: a guide to attracting and retaining a thriving workforce, produced in collaboration with Totaljobs.

They will be joined for discussion of the report’s findings and wider issues by, among others, Dr Carolyn Downs, from LUMS, and Ian Crabtree, Director of Adults Disability & Care Services at Lancashire County Council.

The event is open to all, and there will be the opportunity for questions throughout.

Where: Zoom: Registration is required and you be sent the Zoom Link 48hrs before the event.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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What Matters Now: Developing a Thriving Social Care Workforce