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COVID-19: Support and guidance for the adult social care sector

COVID-19: essential training

Find guidance on essential training and how to access it.

Support for regulated professionals

Further support specifically for social workers or registered nurses.

Support for registered managers

Our Facebook group, virtual networks, webinars and advice line can support you during this time.

Support for individual employers

Guidance for people employing PAs (including PHB holders and direct payment recipients).

COVID-19 guidance from other agencies

Find key guidance from the government and other agencies in the fight against COVID-19.

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Latest blogs and articles

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The latest size and structure report offers much needed insight at a time of turbulence

Blog posted on Tuesday 4 August 2020

Professor Shereen Hussein, Professor of Care and Health and Policy Evaluation at the University of Kent talks about the importance of the findings in the recently released size and structure report

Three decades in the frontline

Article posted on Friday 31 July 2020

The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the central role registered managers have played in tackling the spread of the virus. Pam Packham has just celebrated three decades in adult social care, with the last 27 years spent as Registered Manager at David Gresham House in Surrey.

Using ASC-WDS data to inform the COVID-19 debate

Blog posted on Tuesday 7 July 2020

Programme Head for Analysis Dave Griffiths, looks at how our Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set has helped shape thinking during the pandemic and thanks everyone who has contributed their data.

Latest news

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Adult social care workforce grows again to meet increasing demand

Description: The number of people working in adult social care across has increased again to 1.52 million according to a new report by Skills for Care.
Date:: Friday 7 August 2020

Skills for Care response to We are the NHS: People Plan for 2020/21

Description: We've launched a new online guide to help adult social care employers to identify, plan and implement improvements across their service.
Date:: Thursday 30 July 2020

2020-21 Workforce Development Fund now open for applications

Description: The 2020-21 Workforce Development Fund is now open for applications. Read here to find about this years key priorities and the impact the fund has had on the sector to date.
Date:: Wednesday 29 July 2020

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