Care workers in the UK face increasingly insecure employment: the number of zero-hours contracts has jumped to one in seven in the past year, and since the new £7.20 national living wage was announced some care workers have reported not being paid for travel, resulting in actual pay as low as £5.40 an hour.
Whether you’re a domiciliary carer, a hospital carer or work in the community – we want to hear your experiences of working in the sector.
How have these changes affected you? What do you feel about government plans to raise the national living wage to £7.50 an hour? Has the government’s national living wage affected your wages? If you’re on a zero-hour contract, how has this impacted working conditions in the sector? Are you managing on your current pay? Tell us your stories below.
You can submit your contributions anonymously using the online form below, from Monday 28 November until midnight on Tuesday 13 November. We will publish an edited selection on the Guardian Careers site, and contributions may also be shared across our social media channels.
