Personal Assistants and Personal Budgets
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Personal Assistants and Personal Budgets: describing this emergent group and its relationship to the wider social care and health workforce.
IRAS ID
208501
Contact name
John Woolham
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
King's College London
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 3 months, 1 days
Research summary
The proposed study is intended to provide information about Personal Assistants, an emergent segment of the social care workforce. The introduction of Direct Payments enables people with eligible social care needs to employ Personal Assistants to help meet their needs for care or support. One study has estimated that there were at least 76,000 people working as Personal Assistants in 2008 (Adams & Godwin, 2008*). Their number can be expected to have risen since then as more people now receive Direct Payments. Very little is known about this group and the study aims to provide largely descriptive information about them.
* Adams, L., & Godwin, L., Employment Aspects and Workforce Implications of Direct Payments. IFF Research for Skills for Care IFF Research Ltd, London.REC name
Social Care REC
REC reference
16/IEC08/0028
Date of REC Opinion
23 Sep 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion