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Care work, skill and responsibility: different ways of ascribing value.

How skilled is care work, really? What is skill? Could it be more productive to define care work's value in terms of responsibility?

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Homecare: what does it mean? What does it involve?

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Something that is rarely brought to your attention as a homecare worker is the fact that some of the clients you visit have to pay, while...

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Unpaid travel time and overtime mean home care workers are at risk of being paid below the National Minimum Wage.

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Zero-hours contracts, unsociable hours, lack of career progression, poor standards for care plans, relations with 'the office'.

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How does the relationship between homecare workers and 'the office' impact quality of care for clients.

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How social care funding flows from the taxpayer through layers of governance all the way down to the payslips of homecare workers.

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Reform is necessary now to ensure the quality and availability of social care when you need it.

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