Its Professional Care Workers’ Week 2025!

The Care Workers’ Charity is proudly marking its eighth annual Professional Care Workers’ Week (PCWW), running from Friday 12 to Friday 19 September 2025, a week dedicated to celebrating the skilled and essential work of care professionals across the UK.

In a sector confronted by low pay, funding issues and high vacancy rates, PCWW aims to shift the narrative by affirming that care work is indeed professional work and should be recognised as such. Co-produced with the Care Worker Advisory Board, this year’s week-long programme brings frontline voices to the forefront, featuring free, online, and in-person panels, information sessions, and collaborative discussions with care workers, managers and sector leaders.

Why “Professional” Matters 

The term “Professional” is central to PCWW, as it highlights the skilled and essential nature of care work. Despite their critical roles, care workers often face challenges such as low pay, inconsistent training, and high turnover, with 152,000 vacancies in the sector each day. It’s time to change this narrative.

Professionalisation is about: 

• Acknowledging the diverse skills and expertise of care workers.
• Offering fair wages and pay progression in line with training and responsibilities
• Providing clear career pathways and professional development.
• Recognising the immense societal value of care workers.

For those receiving care, professionalisation brings trust, safety, accountability, and transparency. Professional Care Workers’ Week is not just a celebration; it’s a movement to elevate the status of care workers, showcase their achievements, and foster best practice sharing across the UK.

What to Expect During PCWW 2025? 

This year’s event will feature sessions on: 

• The future of adult social care
• The role of AI and technology in the sector
• Why ESG matters
• Wellbeing (emotional, financial and physical)
• Workforce safety
• Care worker and migrant care workers rights

Alongside these discussions, PCWW is a celebration of care workers who support those in need every day, regardless of circumstances. The week promises rich opportunities for collaboration, learning, and planning the future of social care.

PCWW is encouraging care providers to show appreciation for their teams with small tokens of thanks like cards, cakes, parties, or certificates. For more ideas, download a Afternoon Tea for the CWC Fundraising Pack, the PCWW Information Pack and a Wear It Orange Day Information and Fundraising Pack.

The ‘professional’ framing underscores a pressing need: care workers deserve recognition for their skill, fair wages, clearer career progression and respect. Professionalisation promises to boost trust, accountability and safety for those receiving care.

This initiative comes amid a broader push for greater recognition of social care’s societal value. Ahead of the 2024 General Election, key voices across the sector emphasised how adult social care underpins health outcomes, local economies, community cohesion, unpaid carers and rights; arguing the sector deserves to be viewed not merely as “broken,” but as the key to transforming health and social care.

By combining celebration with advocacy, PCWW 2025 contributes to the ongoing effort to shift social care from the background into the mainstream. It’s not just a week of events: it’s a statement that care is a profession, and society must recognise and respect it accordingly.

Check out The Care Workers’ Charity page for more information on how to get involved: https://www.thecareworkerscharity.org.uk/professional-care-workers-week-2025/