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Skills for Life & Employability

 

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'Skills for life' is the government strategy for improving adult literacy and numeracy in England. It covers:

  • Numeracy (understanding, calculating and using mathematical information.)
  • Literacy (reading, writing, listening and speaking in English.)
  • ESOL (English for speakers of other languages.)
  • Basic ICT skills (information and communications technology.)

Skills for life is also used as a general term to describe anything linked to language, literacy and numeracy, such as key skills, computer skills and the new functional skills.

Every different job role in adult social care involves using and understanding information, and communicating effectively. This means that everyone working in the sector needs to have good language and number skills to do their job well and to guarantee high quality care services.

Skills for life are the building blocks or foundations that support the development of all other skills and knowledge.

Skills for Care is promoting skills for life development across all parts of the adult social care sector in England. We have developed a strategy that outlines the skills for life needs of the adult social care sector, and the actions that Skills for Care will take to address them - skills for life strategy


skills for life - a practical guide for employers summarises everything you need to know to get started.