To support Essex County Council’s strategic vision:

Making a difference every day

We need a highly skilled, responsive and diverse workforce that can deliver safe and high-quality personalised care to residents of Essex. Supporting them to be independent for as long as they can.

1.The care market has access to a skilled and resilient workforce now and in the future. Providers meet the required skillsets and there is career progression available to all staff.

2.The care sector is a place people want and choose to work in. We will promote the sector through incentives and support providers to have preferred employment packages.

3.Adults who need support have plenty of choices to suit their needs, and this is available in every part of our county.

4.Carers, un-paid carers and personal assistants have easy access to training and upskilling, and there is a bank of additional Personal Assistants (PAs) for people to access.

5.The workforce will be competent, capable and confident to use new digital technology.

6.Essex County Council and care providers have a zero-tolerance mandate around discrimination and abuse towards staff and adults.

7.We work with health services and community enterprises to promote outcome-based approaches.

8.We work in collaboration with the ADASS regional group to lobby and contribute towards emerging agenda to central government.