Migration Advisory Committee Call for evidence - impact of ending freedom of movement on the adult social care sector: Scottish Government response
The Scottish Government has highlighted in previous responses to the MAC the challenges of recruitment and retention in the social care sector. This response builds upon and updates those previous representations with a particular focus on the adult social care sector.
Footnotes
1. www.myjobscotland.gov.uk is the national jobs-portal for all Scotland's 32 councils and some other public sector bodies.
2. "EU workers in Scotland's social care workforce: contribution assessment"; July 2019; EU workers in Scotland's social care workforce: contribution assessment - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
3. https://scottishcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Care-Home-Workforce-Data-2018.pdf
4. https://scottishcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Nursing-Data-2018-final.pdf
5. Staff_vacancies_in_care_services_2019.pdf (sssc.uk.com)
7. scotland-future-opportunities-challenges-scotlands-changing-population.pdf
8. UK Immigration Policy After Leaving the EU: Impacts on Scotland's (www.gov.scot)
9. EAG, UK immigration policy after leaving the EU: impacts on Scotland's economy, population and society www.gov.scot/publications/uk-immigration-policy-leaving-eu-impacts-scotlands-economy-population-society
11. Population by country of Birth and Nationality, 2020, Report (nrscotland.gov.uk)
13. Mid-year Population Estimates, 2020: Report (nrscotland.gov.uk)
14. https://www.gov.scot/publications/migration-helping-scotland-prosper/
15. Scottish Social Service Sector: Report on 2020 Workforce Data - WDR/WDR2020.pdf">https://data.sssc.uk.com/images/WDR/WDR2020.pdf
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21. independent-review-adult-care-scotland (2).pdf
22. scotland-future-opportunities-challenges-scotlands-changing-population.pdf
23. Mid-year Population Estimates, 2020: Report (nrscotland.gov.uk)
24. The Scottish Government is currently commissioning a study of the full impact which we will seek to submit to the MAC at the earliest stage possible.
25. It is important to note that the number of job adverts does not fully describe the demand on services because 1 job advert may be for more than one post. Similarly, even if at least one person was hired for that job, not all posts may have been filled. Further details of this study including tabulated data and its limitations of this data can be found at annex 1
Contact
Email: migration@gov.scot
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