Social Care Workers provide the practical support to help people cope with the day-to-day business of living.

Social Care Workers may be home care assistants or work in residential care homes. There is a wide range of jobs working with older people, children and families and people with disabilities.

Currently Social Care Workers do not have to register with the General Social Care Council work but the Government intends, over time, to extend the benefits of registration to the entire social care workforce.

For further information on Social Care Workers, see the Social Care and Social Work Careers information website.

This supporting information is also known by these names:

Context	Alias
plural	Social Care Workers