The UK social care industry is warning of a staffing crisis as shortages in care homes, exacerbated by vaccine mandates, continue to grow. Compounded by November’s “no jab no job” requirement for care home staff, the industry is warning of a staffing crisis in social care as the staff vacancy rate “continued to steadily increase” throughout last year to reach 11.5 percent at the end of December, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) said. This is almost double the 6 percent vacancy rate from April 2021. According to the new figures, more than 1 in 10 care home staff positions in England were unfilled at the end of 2021. The data are based on responses to the regulator between April 1 to Dec. 31, concerning 8,260 services, which is around 54 percent of all residential adult social care services. The CQC warned last year of a “serious and deteriorating” situation in …