A CARE provider has been condemned by Lancashire MPs and Councillors for shameful cuts to carers working conditions. Alternative Futures Group, which is commissioned to provide carers for elderly and vulnerable people by several local authorities including Lancashire County Council, says the changes are being made as part of a cost reduction programme dubbed a Chance for Change. However an open letter to the AFG s CEO Ian Pritchard, signed by Blackburn MP Kate Hollern and County Councillor Azhar Ali OBE amongst others, says politicians have noted with grave concern that this could impact carers pay. The letter reads: We can only infer that this means cuts to pay and terms and conditions of frontline social care staff, which is unacceptable.
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SPECIAL REPORT
Unpaid: Carers say they are owed thousands of pounds worth of pay for sleep-in shifts (Credit: PA Wire)
LAST week an investigation revealed that despite their long hours and hard work, hundreds of Lancashire care workers are paid under the real living wage.
In this special report we look at the crisis facing the care sector, with part one focusing on claims live-in carers are owed thousands of pounds in unpaid wages. CARE workers from across the county have protested over £30,000 worth of unpaid wages which they say has instead gone to a private provider. The carers, employed by Alternative Futures Group which is contracted by Lancashire County Council and has facilities in Blackburn, Burnley and Accrington, regularly work “sleep-in” shifts, which involve staying overnight at a vulnerable or elderly person s house in order to deliver care.