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The latest blog posts and articles from Skills for Care.
Reflecting on the fact that we're learning all the time, Andy Tilden, Director of sector development – skills at Skills for Care, talks to us about why it's so important that the adult social care workforce have the opportunity learn and develop.
Recent reports suggest employers need to do more to improve health and wellbeing in the workplace. Read our round up of this months #happyworkplace campaign, with one important message - when it comes to wellbeing, take some time for yourself.
Registered Manager, Julie, says that starting with a 'healthy self' enables her to better support the health and wellbeing of people who live and work in her service.
Dave Griffiths leads our workforce intelligence analysis team at Skills for Care. In his latest blog he talks about a new tool called Tableau which is now on our website and allows visitors an opportunity to easily and intuitively explore our workforce data using maps and graphs.
Lorna Weedon, tells us why she's so passionate about her role as an activity and lifestyle facilitator.
Meaningful activities and getting outdoors is a great way to improve health and wellbeing. Read how one care provider's gardening projects bring lots of benefits for people who use their service.
Tracey Nicholson, Project Manager for Standards, Learning, Qualifications and Apprenticeships, tells us why "Making activity count" is her favourite project to date.
Kim Corsinie, Head of Resourcing at Dimensions shares how important it is for us all to take a step back, reflect and be recognised for the things we do on a daily basis in social care. Dimensions were a finalist for the 'best recruitment initiative' in the 2018 Accolades Awards.
We want to help you improve health and wellbeing in your service for the people who live and work there. Project Manager, Diane Buddery explains what this means and how we can help.
Lee Stribling, Project Manager for NMDS-SC Implementation, looks at how registered managers can use their NMDS-SC account to monitor the performance of their service.