The annual report published by Skills for Care found in the year to March 2022, there were a total of 1.79 million posts in adult social care. Of these 1.62 million were filled, leaving 165,000 posts unfilled.
The report also shows the number of filled posts fell by 50,000 compared with the previous year – the first drop ever and the average vacancy rates across the adult social care sector are at nearly 11 per cent, twice the national average.