The development of 'personalised' social care services can benefit individuals through greater choice, control and empowerment - but new research suggests that there are also significant implications for the workers who provide these services.

The research, commissioned by the Voluntary Sector Social Services Workforce Unit and conducted by the Scottish Centre for Employment Research at Strathclyde Business School, suggests implications for the workers who provide these services including changes to working hours and flexibility, the acquisition of new skills, the development of a more casualised workforce, and the potential fragmentation of pay and conditions away from collective terms.

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