Skills for Care: Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set (ASC-WDS)
Measures describe a question asked to a participant during a survey or an item of information requested from a manager when they fill out a data return. For example, ‘Who do you live with?’ is a measure and the possible responses might be, mother, father, brother, sister etc.
| Need/provision/receipt | Description of measure | Start Year | Age range | Age from | Age to | Informant | Multiple rater | Reporting term | Sweep title | Standard instrument | Question/Data item | Response scale | Notes | Physical health measures | Dataset | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provision; | Has worker completed control & restraint training | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Has the worker completed training in category – Control and restraint |
Not recorded |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Date worker completed control & restraint training | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Most recent date the worker completed training in category – Control and restraint |
Date |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | No. instances training in control and restraint | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Number of instances of training completed in category – Control and restraint |
Number |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | No. instances training in control and restraint - accredited | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Number of accredited instances of training completed in category – Control and restraint |
Number |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | No. instances training in control and restraint - non-accredited | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Number of non-accredited instances of training completed in category – Control and restraint |
Number |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | No. instances training in control and restraint - unknown accreditation | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Number of unknown accreditation instances of training completed in category – Control and restraint |
Number |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Does worker get paid hourly or annual salary? | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Does the worker get paid an hourly rate or annual salary? |
Not known |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Worker's annual salary | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | The workers annual salary. Dependent on salaryint. |
Salary in £ |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Worker's hourly rate | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | The workers hourly rate. Dependent on salaryint. |
Rate in £ |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Date hourly rate changed. | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Date when hrlyrate was last changed. |
Date |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | FTE equivalent rate of worker - hourly rate | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | The full-time equivalent hourly rate of the worker. Dependent on salaryint and conthrs/averagehours. |
Rate in £ |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | FTE equivalent rate of worker - annual salary | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | The full-time equivalent annual salary of the worker. Dependent on salaryint and conthrs/averagehours. |
Salary in £ |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Is worker doing apprenticeship | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Is the worker doing training as part of an apprenticeship. |
Not recorded |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Date apprentice status last changed | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Date when apprentice was last changed. |
Date |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Social care qualifications of worker | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Does the worker hold a qualification relevant to adult social care? |
Not recorded |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Date qualifications last changed. | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Date when scqheld was last changed. |
Date |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Highest level adult social care qualification held | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Highest level of adult social care relevant qualification held. Dependent on scqheld. |
Missing |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Worker qualification not relevant to adult social care? | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Does the worker hold a qualification not relevant to adult social care? |
Not recorded |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Date non-ASC qualification last changed | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Date when nonscqheld was last changed. |
Date |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Highest non-relevant adult social care qualification held | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Highest level of non-relevant adult social care qualification held. Dependent on nonscqheld. |
Missing |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Does worker hold listed qualifications? | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Does the worker hold one or more of the listed qualifications? |
Health and Social Care NVQ |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Does worker hold Health and Social Care NVQ level 2 | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Does the worker hold the qualification – Health and Social Care NVQ at level 2 |
Not recorded |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Year worker achieved Health and Social Care NVQ level 2 | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Year the worker achieved – Health and Social Care NVQ at level 2 |
Year |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Source of the recruitment. | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | The source of the recruitment. |
Not recorded |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Sick days worker had in past year | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | The number of sickness days the worker had in the previous 12 months. |
Number |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Has worker completed listed training? | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Has the worker completed any of the listed training? |
Control and restraint |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Date nationality last changed. | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Date when nationality was last changed. |
Date |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Worker country of birth | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Data quality filter – Country of birth |
Afghanistan |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Reason excluding worker country of birth | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Reason for excluding worker from country of birth |
Included |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Was worker born in the UK? | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Was the worker born in the UK? |
ASC-WDS | ||||
| Provision; | Worker's country of birth. | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | The workers country of birth. |
Afghanistan |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Year worker arrived in the UK | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | If the worker was not born in the UK, the year the worker arrive in the UK? |
Not recorded |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Employment status of staff record. | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | The employment status of staff record. |
Not recorded |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Worker's main job role. | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | The workers main job role. |
Senior Management |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | If worker employed on zero-hours contract | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Is the worker employed on a zero-hours contract? |
Not recorded |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Average hours worked in previous week. | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | The average hours worked in the previous week. Dependent on employment status and zero-hours contract. |
Average hours |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Contracted weekly hours of worker. Dependent on employment status and zero-hours contract. | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | The contracted weekly hours of the worker. Dependent on employment status and zero-hours contract. |
Weekly hours |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Is worker Senior Management | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Is the worker employed in the role – Senior Management |
Not recorded |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Is worker employed as Approved Mental Health Professional | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Is the social worker employed as a Approved Mental Health Professional. Dependent on jr06flag. |
Not recorded |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Worker's start date in current role. | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | The workers start date in their current role. |
Date |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Year worker started current role. | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | The year the worker started in their current role. |
Year |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Year worker started working in adult social care. | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | The year the worker started working in adult social care. |
Year |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | LA area of workplace | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | The local authority area of the workplace. Based on local authority district, unitary authority, metropolitan district or London borough. |
Eastern |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Workplace CCG area | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | The clinical commissioning group area. |
NHS Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | LA district of workplace | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Local authority district – Unitary authority – Metropolitan district – London borough. Defined by ONS. |
Hartlepool |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Straight line distance workers home to workplace | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Straight line distance between workers home and workplace postcode in miles. |
Staight line distance between workers home and workplace postcode in miles. |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Sector of the workplace. | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | The sector of the workplace. |
Not allocated |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Total number staff at workplace. | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | The total number of staff at the workplace. |
Number |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | No. staff records for workplace. | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Number of staff records for the workplace. |
Number |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Main service provided by workplace. | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | The main service provided by the workplace. |
Care home services with nursing – CQC Regulated |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Date when service provided changed. | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Date when any service provided was last changed. |
Date |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Capacity of service at workplace. | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Capacity of the service at the workplace. |
Number |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Utilisation [assumed utlisation rate of service] | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Utilisation |
Don’t know |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Date when service user type last changed. | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Date when any service user type was last changed. |
Date |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Type of people cared for at service. | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Type of people cared for at the service. |
Older people with dementia |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Date staff record created. | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Date the staff record was created. |
Date |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Date staff record last changed. | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Date the staff record was last changed. |
Date |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Unique identifier for staff record. | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Unique identifier for a staff record. |
Identifier |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Unique identifier for individual (NI number of date of birth) | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Unique identifier for an individual. Based on NI number of date of birth. |
Identifier |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Worker's age | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | The workers age when the dataset was captured. |
Age |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Worker's gender | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | The workers gender. |
Not recorded |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Does worker identify as having disability? | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Does the worker identify as having a disability? |
Don’t know |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Worker's ethnicity. | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | The workers ethnicity. |
Not recorded |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Worker nationality | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Data quality filter – Nationality |
Afghan |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Reason excluding worker from nationality record | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Reason for excluding worker from nationality |
Included |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Does worker have British nationality? | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Does the worker have British nationality? |
Not recorded |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Date when workplace first created on dataset | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Date the workplace was created |
Year and month |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Unique identifier for individual workplace | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Unique identifier for a workplace. Only used within the dataset. |
Unique identifier |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | The postcode of the workplace. | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | The postcode of the workplace. |
Postcode |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Unique identifier for an organisation. | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Unique identifier for an organisation. The orgid is the establishment of the parent workplace. |
Organisation unique identifier |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Whether workplace has reliable starters or leavers data | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Flag to define if a workplace has reliable starters or leavers information. |
Include |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | No. of permanent/temporary staff started in previous year | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Total number of permanent and temporary staff that started in the previous 12 months. This shows ‘Don’t know’, not recorded and no starters. |
Number |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | No. of permanent/temporary staff left in previous year | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Total number of permanent and temporary staff that left in the previous 12 months. This shows ‘Don’t know’, not recorded and no leavers. |
Number |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | No. of permanent/temporary vacancies at workplace last update | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Total number of permanent and temporary vacancies at the time of the workplace last update. This shows ‘Don’t know’, not recorded and no vacancies. |
Number |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Whether workplace has staff records | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Does the workplace have staff records? |
Don’t know |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | No. permanent staff employed. | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Number of permanent staff employed. Based on staff records. |
Number |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | No. temporary staff employed. | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Number of temporary staff employed. Based on staff records. |
Number |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | No. pool/bank staff employed. | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Number of pool/bank staff employed. Based on staff records. |
Number |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | No. agency staff employed. | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Number of agency staff employed. Based on staff records. |
Number |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | No. other staff employed. | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Number of other staff employed. Based on staff records. |
Number |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | No. permanent & temporary staff employed. | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Number of permanent and temporary staff (employees). Based on staff records. |
Number |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | No. of staff records. | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Number of staff records. |
Number |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | No. permanent & temporary staff started in year. | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Number of permanent and temporary staff that started in the previous 12 months. If totalstarters is ‘not known’ or not recorded, value is zero. |
Number |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | No. permanent & temporary staff left in year. | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Number of permanent and temporary staff that left in the previous 12 months. If totalleavers is ‘not known’ or not recorded, value is zero. |
Number |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | No. permanent & temporary staff vacancies | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Number of permanent and temporary staff vacancies at the time of last update. If totalvacancies is ‘not known’ or not recorded, value is zero. |
Number |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Sum of total staff across organisation. | 2024 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS-User-Guides-September-2024 | No | Sum of totalstaff across the organisation. |
Number |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Number of control and restraint trainings | 2005 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASCWS Dec 2021 | No | Number of instances of training completed in category – Control and restraint both accredited and non-accredited |
Number of instances |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Date of control and restraint training | 2005 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS rolling | No | Most recent date the worker completed training in category – Control and restraint |
Date |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Completion of control and restraint training | 2005 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS rolling | No | Has the worker completed training in category – Control and restraint |
Yes
No
|
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Training worker has completed | 2005 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS rolling | No | Has the worker completed any of the listed training? |
Control and restraint
Dementia care
Emergency Aid awareness
Fire Safety
First Aid
Food safety and catering
Health and Safety
Infection Control
Leadership & Management
Learning disability
Medication safe handling and awareness
Mental capacity and deprivation of liberty
Moving and handling
Nutrition and hydration
Palliative or end of life care
Physical Disability
Positive Behaviour and support
Safeguarding Adults
Dignity, Respect, Person Centred care
Equality, Diversity and Human Rights training
Any other not in the above categories
Childrens / young people’s related training
Confidentiality/GDPR
Epilepsy
Communication Skills
Diabetes
COSHH
Mental Health
Autism
Continence Care
Duty of Care
Supervision / Performance management
Stroke
Complaints handling/conflict resolution
Personal Care
Activity provision/Well-being
Sensory disability
|
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Type of people cared for at the service | 2005 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS rolling | No | Type of people cared for at the service |
Type of people |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Average hours worked by each worker at provider | 2005 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Past week | ASC-WDS rolling | No | The average hours workers in the previous week. Dependent on employment status and zero-hours contract. |
No. of hours. |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Gender of each staff member at provider | 2005 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS rolling | No | The worker’s gender. |
Gender value |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Age of each staff member at provider | 2005 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS rolling | No | The workers age when the dataset was captured. |
Age value |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Number of utlisations of services provider provides | 2005 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS rolling | No | Utilisation (of service at provider) |
Number of utilisations |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Capacity of service provider | 2005 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS rolling | No | Capacity of the service at the workplace. |
Capacity value |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Main service provided by social care provider | 2005 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS rolling | No | The main service provided by the workplace. |
Service type |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Total employed staff in provider | 2005 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS rolling | No | Sum of total staff across the organisation. |
Number of staff. Also shows ‘Don’t know’, not recorded and no starters. |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Number of staff records | 2005 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS rolling | No | Number of staff records. |
Number of records. |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Number of permanent and temp staff provider employs | 2005 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS rolling | No | Number of permanent and temporary staff (employees). Based on staff records. |
Number of staff. Also shows ‘Don’t know’, not recorded and no starters. |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Number of other staff provider employs | 2005 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS rolling | No | Number of other staff employed. Based on staff records. |
Number of staff. Also shows ‘Don’t know’, not recorded and no starters. |
ASC-WDS | |||
| Provision; | Number of agency staff provider employs | 2005 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS rolling | No | Number of agency staff employed. Based on staff records. |
Number of staff. Also shows ‘Don’t know’, not recorded and no starters. |
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| Provision; | Number of pool/bank staff provider employs | 2005 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS rolling | No | Number of pool/bank staff employed. Based on staff records. |
Number of staff. Also shows ‘Don’t know’, not recorded and no starters. |
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| Provision; | Number of temporary staff provider employs | 2005 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS rolling | No | Number of temporary staff employed. Based on staff records. |
Number of staff. Also shows ‘Don’t know’, not recorded and no starters. |
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| Provision; | Number of permanent staff provider employs | 2005 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | ASC-WDS rolling | No | Number of permanent staff employed. Based on staff records. |
Number of staff. Also shows ‘Don’t know’, not recorded and no starters. |
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| Provision; | Number of vacancies in provider | 2005 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Current | ASC-WDS rolling | No | Total number of permanent and temporary vacancies at the time of the workplace last update. |
Number of vacancies. Also shows ‘Don’t know’, not recorded and no starters. |
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| Provision; | Number of leavers in provider (permanent and temporary) | 2005 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Past year | ASC-WDS rolling | No | Total number of permanent and temporary staff that left in the previous 12 months. |
Number of staff. Also shows ‘Don’t know’, not recorded and no starters. |
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| Provision; | Number of new starters in provider (permanent and temporary) | 2005 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Data manager | No | Past year | ASC-WDS rolling | No | Total number of permanent and temporary staff that started in the previous 12 months. |
Number of staff. Also shows ‘Don’t know’, not recorded and no starters. |
ASC-WDS |
Overview
Aims
Skills for Care's Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set (ASC-WDS) is recognised as the leading source of high quality data and workforce intelligence for adult social care in the UK. The ASC-WDS collects information online about providers offering a social care service and their employees. Social care providers register and then maintain information on the ASC-WDS website. Repots and visualisations cover topics such as recruitment and retention, sickness, pay rates, qualifications and demographics.
Institution
Skills for Care
Geographic coverage - Nations
England; National;
Start date
2005
Minimum age at recruitment
0
Sample Size
20,000
Sample
Study design
Data return
Sample details
Over 20,000 providers have signed up to the Skills of Care Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set and regularly contribute their workforce data. Approximately half of the workforce are recorded in the ASC-WDS. This coverage varies by care service, job role and geographical area. The Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set is the adult workforce data return for local authorities. In 2021, all 151 local authorities in England met the criteria of a full return for people working in their adult social services departments. This means Skills for Care receive data from every local authority with an adult social services department in England. Skills for Care estimates that there were 39,000 care establishments providing or organising adult social care in England in 2021/22, around 26,300 of these services were CQC regulated. In 2022, the ASC-WDS (NMDS-SC) had just under half coverage of all CQC regulated social care establishments.
Sex
All
Sample Characteristics
Occupational cohort
Sample size at most recent sweep
20,000 approx. care providers
Data
Data Access
Skills for Care data and publications
Complementary Data
Genetic Data Collected
Linked Data
HDR UK Innovation Gateway
Additional information
Website
Notes
Related Measures
Disability, Education and qualification, Ethnicity and race, Income/household income, Nationality and country of birth, Sickness at work, Transportation and commuting, Work and employment,
Study Code
ASC-WDS
Reference paper(s)
Skills for Care. (2021). Adult social care workforce estimates.
Funders
Department of Health and Social Care