Wandworth Local Health and Care Plan - October 2019

12 Our local challenges Ensuring a sustainable market National information provided by Skills for Care forecasts show that if the adult social care workforce grows proportionally to the projected number of people aged 65 and over in the population between 2017 and 2035, an increase of 40% (650,000 jobs) would be required by 2035 and many of these roles will be as paid carers. As the needs of our residents change and increase, the social care market and workforce needs to adapt. One of our biggest challenges to ensuring quality and market stability is having a sustainable workforce . In Wandsworth there was an estimated turnover rate for social care staff of 38% which is higher than the regional (24%) and national (28%) average. In Wandsworth certain type of home care packages have been particularly difficult to source, this includes support to people with complex support needs. The demand for this has increased as we have moved towards supporting increasing numbers of people with high and complex support needs to remain in their own home.