Who works in social care?
1 in 25 of the national working population works in the
social care sector.
People who work in social care are not always social workers,
although they can be.
They can also be the people who:
- work as staff in care homes
- visit older people throughout the day to see to their personal
needs
- bring the meals on wheels
Carers
Then, just as importantly, there are carers. Carers look after
family or friends who are ill and the care they provide is
unpaid.
In Britain, there are around six million unpaid carers. The
service they provide saves the country £57 billion a year.
It is thought that three out of five people in the UK will
become carers at some time in the lives.
