Why do people leave jobs in adult social care?

Behind the decision to leave: understanding why people stop working in adult social care and social work

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN18383058

Enrollment

Registered

2026-04-01

Start date

2025-11-24

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-04-14

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Conditions

The potential participants are those who previously took part in a national survey in 2023 about the care work-related quality of life of the Adult Social Care (ASC) workforce in England, but have since left the social care sector. In 2025, Ipsos sent a follow-up survey to the circa 3,000 wave one participants who consented to be recontacted for future research. Only those still working in ASC will be eligible to complete the follow-up survey. Ipsos asked those who have left the sector for per

Interventions

This is a mixed-methods study with a primary qualitative data collection and secondary analysis of participants’ survey responses. Participants In August 2025, Ipsos sent the wave two survey to the c

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 80 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Individuals must have previously worked in a direct care role within ASC or social work in England and have since left the sector (as identified in the 2025 follow-up survey).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Still working in the sector

Countries

England, United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactWenjing Zhang

Wenjing.Zhang@kcl.ac.uk-

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Apr 17, 2026