The proposal to outlaw the employment of whole teams is one of several new measures put forward by ministers to reduce reliance on temporary staff, the amount councils are spending on agency workers and create greater parity in levels of pay between temporary and employed practitioners.
The measures – which also include a cap on agency workers’ pay rates, introduction of national agency pay scales and requiring a minimum of five years’ post qualifying experience before working as a freelance – are set out in a consultation document published today (2 February) alongside the government’s Care Review response.
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