Subject: Invitation to take part in the GSCC’s survey of people who use domiciliary care services
All ‘domiciliary care workers’ – those paid to come into people’s homes to help with things like washing or dressing - will soon need to register with a government body, the General Social Care Council (GSCC).
To help make sure that registration works as well as possible for people who have care services in their home, the GSCC wants to find out their views about what aspects of registration are important and valuable to them.
If you are:
• a person who uses domiciliary care services; or
• a family member or friend who represents someone who uses domiciliary care services…
… we would like to invite you to take part in the GSCC’s survey.
What will the survey involve?
• An interviewer will arrange to meet you in your home or other suitable place
• They will ask you about your views of registration of those working in homecare
• It will last about 15-20 minutes
• You will be able to have a friend or family member with you, if you would like to do so
• You will receive a £10 gift voucher to thank you for your contribution
All participation will be strictly confidential. Your name will not be linked with any of the information you give, and your details will not be passed on to anyone else.
If you would like to take part in this survey, please let Stephen Hodgkins at the GSCC know on
Email: stephen.hodgkins@gscc.org.uk Tel: 07951050153
The GSCC will place your details on a list and participants will be selected at random and called by a researcher working for the GSCC to find a suitable time for you to take part in the survey.
The GSCC would hope to speak to everybody who agrees to take part but due to the timescales it may not be possible to interview everybody.
Thank you in advance for taking part in this research.
Yours sincerely
Lisa Watch
Head of External Affairs
General Social Care Council
Goldings House
2 Hay's Lane
London SE1 2HB
www.gscc.org.uk