Diaries from the front line—Formal supervision and job quality among social care workers during austerity

This article explores perceptions of job quality among social care workers (CW) in Scottish public, private and voluntary organisations during austerity. Specifically, it highlights the importance of formal supervision practice as an intrinsic element of job quality and how it may mitigate degradation in extrinsic elements as austerity dismantles aspects of the public service HRM offer.