Home care in North Tyneside is "at a point of crisis", according to a council report.
The local authority's cabinet was told that while care work is skilled and challenging, it is “low paid and undervalued and lacks an obvious career path to higher level roles” making care roles unattractive in the job market.
An overview and scrutiny report said there were "significant concerns about the current situation" which appears to "be at a point of crisis".