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Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 8 Oct 2024 | Updated: 229 days ago

Domiciliary Social Care Worker (DSCW)

Dataset

Documentation

Description:
Domiciliary care workers provide care and support for individuals in their own homes. Workers provide a wide range of support from preventative services, reablement, support for independent living, support with social activities, education and employment, practical assistance with personal care and domestic tasks to end of life care. Workers may work in specialist services or with individuals with particular needs.

Coverage

Spatial:
United Kingdom,Wales
Typical Age Range:
17-100
Follow Up:
Other
Pathway:
All pathways about social care

Provenance

Origin

Sources:
Electronic survey
Collection Situations:
  • Community
  • Home
  • Other

Temporal

Accrual Periodicity:
Irregular
Start Date:
01 September 2004
End Date:
11 March 2022
Time Lag:
2-6 months

Accessibility

Access

Access Service:
The SAIL Databank is powered by the UK Secure e-Research Platform (UKSeRP). Following approval through safeguard processes, access to project-specific data within the secure environment is permitted using two-factor authentication.
Access Request Cost:
Data provision is free from SAIL. Overall project costing depends on the number of people that require access to the SAIL Gateway, the activities that SAIL needs to complete (e.g. loading non-standard datasets), data refreshes, analytical work required, disclosure control process, and special case technological requirements.
Delivery Lead Time:
Not applicable
Jurisdictions:
GB-WLS
Data Controller:
Social Care Wales
Data Processor:
SAIL Databank

Usage

Data Use Limitations:
Research-specific restrictions
Data Use Requirements:
Project-specific restrictions
Resource Creators:
Social Care Wales

Format and Standards

Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
LOCAL
Languages:
en
Formats:
SQL database table

Observations

Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Events
Approx 70-80% coverage of Welsh population through GP registrations.
3000000
Count
01 September 2021