Pay and Conditions in Housing and Social Care 2008– contents

Contents summary

Analysis of pay and conditions

• The workforce
• Pay reviews
• Rates of pay
• Pay progression
• Hours of work
• Holidays
• Premiums for unsocial hours
• Location payments
• Staff recruitment, retention and turnover
• Training
• Benefits
• National minimum wage

Jobs directory

Non-supervisory staff

• Care assistants
• Cleaners
• Cooks
• Drivers
• Gardeners
• Support workers
• Wardens

Supervisory staff

• Head cooks
• Housekeepers
• Team leader care assistants

Managerial staff

• Assistant care home manager
• Deputy care home manager
• Care home managers

Office staff/Administration

• Administrative assistant
• Administrative officer/administrator
• Receptionist
• Secretary/PA

Finance

• Finance officer
• Accountant
• Finance manager

HR/personnel

• HR advisor
• HR/personnel officer
• HR/personnel manager

IT

• PC/network support analyst
• Systems analyst
• IT manager

Housing

• Housing officer
• Area housing manager

Benchmark pay structures

• These include:
• Age Concern
• Cambridge Housing Society
• Extracare Charitable Trust
• Genesis Housing Group
• Hyde Housing Association
• Jewish Care
• Leonard Cheshire
• MCCH Society
• MHS Care Group
• Oxfam
• Stonham

Appendix 1 – Pay in local government

• Summary of 2007/08 survey
• Care assistants
• Caretakers
• Catering assistants
• Cleaners
• Accountants
• Administrative officers
• Finance officers
• Housing officers
• Housing managers
• Social workers

Appendix 2 – Pay in the NHS

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