Employees who work in a care home should be considered skilled and professionals

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Employees who work in care homes (especially care assistants) should be titled as skilled professionals just like NHS employees. They should also get increased wages for the work they do. Additionally, they should be required for more training.

Personally working as a care assistant in an elderly care home, it takes an incredible amount of training, responsibility and a constant positive mindset to work in these environments. Most of these skills cannot be taught. It can be physically and mentally draining for an employee in a care home; they have people's lives in their hands just as much as NHS employees do. They seem to be forgotten about. Where is our recognition for the work we do? Where is our respect?

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

The Government is not responsible for designating workers as skilled, except in reference to certain immigration matters, and is also not responsible for the pay of privately employed workers.

We have published a petition calling on the Government to consider social care as equally important to NHS, which you might like to sign: We would like the government to consider social care as equally important to NHS

Timeline

28 Mar 2020	Petition opened for signatures
12 May 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 12 May 2020

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