Neighbourhood Workforce Planning and Community Skills Development on-line learning community


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Welcome to the Neighbourhood Workforce Planning and Community Skills Development on-line learning community.

Skills for Care is working with a range of neighbourhood and community groups to develop evidence-based practice to influence and support workforce re-modelling that challenges and supports the social care workforce into working differently.

Only a footstep away outlines the benefits to social care of developing skills within communities. It also highlights the potential benefits of 'neighbourhood workforce planning', a way of assessing and measuring the skills present within a community. The report sets out the research that supports a local approach to increasing social capital through enabling skilled communities.

'Neighbourhood workforce planning' and 'community skills development' are models that can empower local people to understand how the skills they have can be enhanced and shared to ensure that those who need care and support in their neighbourhood can continue to be active and empowered local citizens.

Skills for Care, in partnership with local residents associations, neighbourhood groups, local communities, employers and commissioners, is leading the development of practical tools that support the implementation of neighbourhood workforce planning and community skills development through a number of 'early adopters'. These sites are helping us learn how to make sure that a neighbourhood approach to skills development has a meaningful impact on people's lives.

Site contact information and location is available below:


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We hope you find this on-line community useful and take full advantage of the learning from this work as it progresses.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions

Best wishes

Neighbourhood Workforce Planning and Community Skills Development Team 

Write your own case study

Skills for Care has produced a neighbourhood workforce planning and community skills development case study template with guidance, for you to provide and share useful learning between neighbourhoods and communities.

Case study template (.doc)

To submit your case study for consideration to be published by Skills for Care, please email the completed template to communityskills@skillsforcare.org.uk

Document library

To submit a document to share on the forum please email the document to communityskills@skillsforcare.org.uk