This April Skills for Care are Celebrating Social Care and recognising the dedication, compassion and hard work of the sector. The #CelebratingSocialCare campaign is now in its fourth year, after being launched for the first time by Skills for Care in April 2022. The workforce development charity says the annual campaign celebrates the amazing...
New Skills for Care campaign supports managers in care
Skills for Care have launched their new campaign to support managers in care. The national care workforce development charity will be running the ‘Managing your service’ campaign throughout March to support registered managers, nominated individuals and care organisation directors to manage their services effectively. The campaign has been devised to empower leaders and managers...
Every action counts this Race Equality Week
Next week, 3rd – 9th February 2025, is Race Equality Week 2025, and this year the theme is #EveryActionCounts. The annual UK-wide initiative was established by community interest company, Race Equality Matters (REM), following the seismic and devastating events of 2020. It aims to address the barriers to race equality in the workplace and...
New year brings new reforms to transform social care
The government started off the New Year by announcing immediate investment and new reforms to help transform adult social care in England. Alongside additional funds and reforms to improve outcomes, support the workforce and relieve pressures on the NHS, the government also announced the creation of a new independent commission into adult social care,...
Learning and development matters in social care
Skills for Care has launched its ‘Learning and development matters’ campaign to promote the benefits of training for those working in social care. Every January and February, the national workforce development charity repeats its campaign to urge adult social care managers and their teams to #KeepLearning. The annual campaign receives positive feedback from across...
New Skills for Care campaign aims to boost digital confidence
The latest campaign from Skills for Care is focused on boosting digital confidence across the adult social care workforce. Running throughout November and December, the ‘Building digital confidence’ campaign aims to help people working in the adult social care sector to understand how enhanced digital skills can support the delivery of higher quality care....
Skills for Care warns “clock is ticking” on social care recruitment
The latest report from Skills for Care highlights ongoing social care recruitment and retention challenges, with any workforce improvements driven by international recruitment. The State of the Adult Social Care Sector and Workforce in England report reveals that the adult social care workforce grew, and vacancies fell, for the second successive year during 2023-24....
Skills for Care is driving change with their new workforce strategy campaign
Skills for Care’s latest campaign focuses on encouraging the care sector to implement its new workforce strategy. The new ‘Driving change in social care’ campaign is running throughout September to promote the ‘Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care’, which was launched in July 2024 to improve working conditions in care and help create a...
Care workforce supply and demand remains ‘key issue’
Skills for Care published their latest data on The size and structure of the adult social care workforce in England in July. The annual report forms a key chapter in ‘The state of the adult social care sector and workforce in England’ report, which is published in October each year, and demonstrates workforce supply...
Statutory and Mandatory Training: Skills for Care’s new guide
Skills for Care have published a new guide on statutory and mandatory training, which are both key aspects of any care worker induction. Statutory training is training that is required by law or by a statutory body, such as the Care Quality Commission (CQC) or Ofsted, in order to ensure care providers and their...
New Workforce Strategy for adult social care a ‘call to action’
The new national Workforce Strategy for adult social care in England has been described as a “call to action” which provides a “long-term vision” for the sector. The sector-led Workforce Strategy has been developed by Skills for Care in collaboration with other social care bodies and stakeholders, including the Care Quality Commission (CQC), care...
Skills for Care campaigns for integrated care
Skills for Care’s latest campaign focuses on making integrated care happen. The workforce development charity says that integration between our health and social care systems is vital if people are to receive seamless services that offer higher-quality, person-centred care. That’s why their ‘Making integration happen’ campaign aims to support social care providers to understand,...
Registrations open for ‘powerful tool’ for race equality in care
The 2024 registration process for the Social Care Workforce Race Equality Standard (SC-WRES) Improvement Programme has officially opened. Heralded as a “powerful tool” for helping to achieve race equality in care, the SC-WRES Improvement Programme supports local authorities to address race inequalities in the care workforce by requiring them to record and submit annual...
Staff retention in care focus of Skills for Care campaign
Skills for Care’s latest campaign is focused on supporting staff retention in care. Throughout May and June, the workforce development charity is helping social care providers to keep the right people working in their services, providing them with information and resources all about retaining staff, as well as practical tips, insights and stories from...
CQC publishes first local authority care assessments
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published the first of its formal local authority care assessments. Britain’s care watchdog is now required to formally assess how all local authorities in England are meeting their adult social care duties under Part 1 of the Care Act 2014. This covers the general duties of local authorities,...