Skills for Care helps create a better-led, more skilled and valued adult social care workforce.

We provide practical tools and support to help adult social care organisations and indiviudal employers in England recruit, develop and lead their workforce. Our experts are available now to provide bespoke support to your organisation.

The Care Certificate

Download our free resources on the Care Certificate, the standards that should be covered as part of induction.

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Endorsement

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Apprenticeships

We have practical tools to help you develop an Apprenticeship programme for your organisation.

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Individual employer hub

Our hub brings together useful information and resources for individual employers and personal assistants.

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Latest news

Taking a values-based approach to the sector's recruitment challenges

Description: We're proud to be working with Oxfordshire County Council and South East ADASS to reduced turnover and improved staff performance in the sector by introducing a values based approach to recruitment. This new approach has proved successful with employers who have tried it instead of traditional recruitment methods.

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Latest blog

The social care sector is bigger than you think

Lee Stribling, our Project Manager for NMDS-SC implementation, discusses the size and structure of the adult social care sector.

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Upcoming events

Finding the right people for your organisation
Date: 28 September
Location: Horsham
Delegates will explore practical ways to find and attract candidates as well as practice shortlisting and designing interviewing and selection days to help recruit people with the right values and behaviours for their organisation.
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