Sheffield councillors call for better pay for carers and improved care services
Call for support for care workers
Councillors are calling for better pay and protection for care workers and properly funded services so residents and families can rely on the support they need.
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A motion to be debated at Sheffield Council will back the Government’s accelerated plans for a National Care Service and stronger pay and conditions for care staff, while pressing ministers to go further in protecting migrant care workers.
Labour councillors will seek to gain cross-party support in backing Unison’s campaign to end workers’ dependence on a single employer for visa sponsorship and protect the five-year route to permanent settlement for those already here.
Councillor Ruth Milsom, Labour‘s spokesperson for health on Sheffield Council, who is proposing the motion, said: “Families need to know that support will be there, and the people providing it deserve pay and conditions that recognise the skill and responsibility of their work.”