Children's Workforce Development Council

The Children's Workforce Development Council leads change so thousands of professionals and volunteers across England can do the best job they possibly can.

We want England's children and young people's workforce to be respected by peers and professionals and valued for the positive difference it makes to children, young people and their families. We advise and work in partnership with lots of different organisations and people who want the lives of all children and young people to be healthy, happy and fulfilling.

EDI

EDI works in partnership with Skills for Care to develop a comprehensive range of qualifications that meet the latest licensing requirements. Businesses and their employees can benefit from EDI's flexible approach which tailors and adapts learning and development solutions to meet specific requirements. This includes creating a bespoke package which covers all types of role within the Care sector, including those in support areas such as Transport and Administration.

For more information visit www.ediplc.com, tel:+44 (0)8707 202 909, or email: enquiries@ediplc.com 

Pavilion

Pavilion is a publishing, events and information services company that focuses on the social care and health markets for both consumers and professionals.

Our objective is to share best practice through the dissemination of high-quality events, training resources, magazines and online information services, covering the following areas: learning disability, mental health, vulnerable adults, drugs and alcohol, staff development, children and young people, older people.

Pavilion's online information service CareKnowledge is used by over 11,000 social care workers to develop their skills and knowledge. For further details on all our services please visit www.pavpub.com  

Boots

Boots Care Services provides services designed to help staff in Care Homes deliver the best possible care for their service users.

The system has been developed to give service providers a simple to use medication storage, handling and administration system. The system complies with all relevant legislation and good practice.

Support is also available via specific modules of training covering various topics including; the use of the system, detailed information regarding common medicines, side effects and dosages.

Further support is provided via our Care of Medicines range of training, which is fully accredited to the National Minimum Standards and meets the key learning requirements for both care regulators and the Skills For Care authority.

For more details on how we can help you with your individual care and training needs please email us at care@boots.co.uk, or call on 0115 949 4047 and ask for the Care Services team.

Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)

The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) supports the transformation of social care by identifying and transferring knowledge about good practice across adults, children's and families' services. SCIE is committed to supporting over 1.5 million talented and dedicated people who make up the social care workforce. We produce training resources including the innovative Social Care TV - an online service highlighting lives and work of people involved in all aspects of social care, through a series of films on current social care issues covering adults, children and families.

www.scie.org.uk

email: info@scie.org.uk

National Skills Academy for Social Care

The National Skills Academy for Social Care is an employer-driven organisation with a clear remit to promote and encourage excellence in learning and training practice in adult social care in England.

We have a clear role to address the strategic skills gaps around leadership, management and commissioning; skills that are critical to the future development of the workforce in responding successfully to the fast-changing landscape of care provision.

Learn more about the training and learning products we are delivering in these areas and how we are working to promote excellence across all aspects of care training provision.

For further information about the Skills Academy please email us at contactus@nsasocialcare.co.uk

CareShield has established itself as the biggest single provider of learning into the Care sector with over 100,000 learners currently going through our e-learning programmes supporting the care industry adhere to the growing amount of regulations quickly and cost effectively.

CareShield also provides blended learning solutions combing e-learning and face to face training and its courses, developed to accredited standards; cover the mandatory requirements whilst its unique Learner Management System manages all your learning requirements - saving you time and money.

Careshield' serves both small and large companies including Four Seasons Healthcare, Spire Healthcare, Nuffield, NHS, CareTech, Turning Point and Boots.

For all enquiries please call: 0845 880 1818 or email us at info@accessacademy.co.uk; www.careshield.co.uk