Blogs and articles

In this blog, Karen Morse Skills for Care Head of Area and mental health lead, talks about how social care providers can ensure that they uphold the rights and decisions of people they support amid the COVID-19 emergency.

During February and March we've been focusing on workforce planning. In this blog, we hear from Registered Manager Member of Skills for Care, Dani Noquet, who tells us how Reach Learning Disability Care CIC's recent focus on succession planning is creating a greater awareness of career progression within their organisation.

To attract people with the right values and behaviours to your organisation you need to plan your recruitment. Values-based recruitment helps employers take on the right people, who know what it means to provide high-quality care and support who are more likely to stay.

Safe staffing levels ensure that your service has enough staff, who have the right values and skills, to deliver high-quality care and support. This article shares advice and recommendations from our 'Guide to safe staffing' and includes best practice examples from services rated 'good' and 'outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).