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Key findings, 2023/24

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This summary of the adult social care workforce in Devon includes data from the whole adult social care sector: local authorities, the independent sector, posts working for direct payment recipients, and those working in the NHS.

Headline Statistics:

  • 30,000 total posts
  • 28,000 filled posts
  • 1,900 vacant posts
  • 3,500 direct payment recipients employing their own staff

Filled posts by selected services:

  • 4,200 CQC Care home with nursing
  • 7,200 CQC Care only home
  • 6,600 CQC Non-residential
  • CQC-regulated establishments:
  • 479 CQC-regulated establishments

Filled posts by sector:

  • 1,200 Local authority
  • 20,000 Independent & Self-employed Shared Lives
  • 3,500 Direct payment recipients
  • 3,000 NHS

Filled posts by job group:

  • 2,100 Managers
  • 1,400 Regulated professions
  • 21,000 Direct care
  • 3,500 Other