United Kingdom
Members of the Research On Workforce Mobility network Dr Shereen Hussein and Professor Jill Manthorpe have, together with colleagues at the Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King’s College London, undertaken a series of research projects in the field of migrant working in the United Kingdom care sector.
Research projects
Social work qualifications and regulation in the European Economic Area
A review of the migrant social care workforce
An audit of the impact of work permit restrictions
Social Care Workforce Periodical
The Social Care Workforce Periodical is a serial authored by Dr Hussein deriving, in the first instance, from an analysis of the National Minimum Data Set for Social Care for England, work funded by the UK Department of Health. To-date two issues have focused on migrant workers in the sector:
Hussein, S. (2011) ‘Migrant workers in long term care: evidence from England on trends, pay and profile. Social Care Workforce Periodical, Issue 12: March 2011’, London: Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King’s College London.
Hussein, S. (2011) ‘The contributions of migrants to the English care sector. Social Care Workforce Periodical, Issue 11: February 2011’, London: Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King’s College London.
See also:
Hussein, S. (2011) ‘As our population ages, demand for social care is growing. But the government’s immigration policies may well restrict the quality and quantity of social care professionals [invited blog post]’, British Politics and Policy at LSE, 31 October.
Bibliography of SCWRU work on migrant working in social care: January 2012 (pdf, 111 KB)