Residential and day care (social care) job profile consultation
The NHS Staff Council’s Job Evaluation Group (JEG) is consulting on proposed revisions to the national job matching profiles for residential and day care services. Employers have until 30 September to provide feedback.
JEG has reviewed and amended these profiles at the request of stakeholders in Northern Ireland, where they are most commonly used. All amendments have been driven by changes to the way in which staff are deployed and the additional caring duties required of some assistant roles.
The table below summarises the changes made:
| Current Profile Title | Band | Proposed title | Comment |
| Care Assistant | 2 | 2 | Amendments to profile to reflect current deployment models |
| Driver with Caring Duties | 2 | 3a | Changes to factor levels informed by evidence from the service mean that this profile increases to band 3 |
| Residential Carer | 3 | 3b | Changed to incorporate day centre roles |
| Day Centre Carer | 3 | - | Archive – roles can match to the profile above |
| Social Work Assistant Practitioner (Residential) | 5 | 5a | Amendments to profile to reflect current deployment models |
| Day Centre Carer (Higher Level/Team Leader) | 5 | 5b | Changed to incorporate residential roles |
| Residential Carer Team Leader | 5 | - | Archive – roles can match to the profile above |
| Social Work Residential | 6 | 6a | Amendments to profile to reflect current deployment models |
| Day Centre Manager | 6 | 6b | Amendments to profile to reflect current deployment models |
| Social Care Team Manager (Adult Residential) | 7 | 7 | Amendments to profile to reflect current deployment models |
This comparison document details all the changes being proposed.
JEG is now consulting on these changes and is particularly interested to hear from organisations providing residential and day care services about whether the revisions will be helpful for job matching their roles.
Provide your feedback
Please email your comments to the job evaluation team by 5pm on Monday 30 September 2024.
Please use the following subject title in your email social care consultation, and make sure to tell us your job title and the capacity you are responding in (eg HR, trade union etc).
