Skills for Care

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, podcasts, 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

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

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Wellbeing

Heart in hands Supporting the good health and wellbeing of yourself and the social care workforce is so important. Access a range of supporting resources from trusted partners on the new workforce wellbeing resource finder.

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Upcoming events

22Jun

Managing complaints – practical tips in effectively responding to feedback

GoToWebinar
01Jul

Embracing apprenticeships 1 July

Zoom
07Jul

Medicines from the regulatory perspective

GoToWebinar
08Jul

Embracing apprenticeships 8 July

Zoom

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Latest blogs and articles

Blog List

How our new Care Certificate resources support care workers across different settings and specialisms

Blog posted on Friday 18 June 2021

The Care Certificate is an agreed set of standards that define the knowledge, skills, and behaviours expected of specific job roles in social care. It's standard practice for new workers in social care to complete the Care Certificate as part of their induction.

Sharing their stories of care on Learning Disability Week

Blog posted on Tuesday 15 June 2021

It's just over 10 years since Winterbourne View and the families of some of the people who were there recently wrote to the Prime Minster in a letter with the subject line 'Tea, Smiles and Empty Promises'. Thousands of children and adults are still in inpatient units, and hundreds of them have been there since before that scandal.

Former Skills for Care Director of Operations Andy Tilden awarded an OBE

Article posted on Monday 14 June 2021

Hear what our CEO Oonagh Smyth had to say on former Skills for Care Director of Operations Andy Tilden awarded an OBE

Latest news

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Vaccination as a condition of deployment for any individual working in a CQC-regulated care home

Description: The government have announced that they intend to bring forward regulations making vaccination a condition of deployment for any individual working in a CQC-regulated care home.
Date:: Friday 18 June 2021

Skills for Care response to Health and Social Care select committee's report into Workforce burnout

Description: Hear what our CEO Oonagh Smyth has to say about the Health and Social Care select committee's report into Workforce burnout and resilience in the NHS and social care.
Date:: Tuesday 8 June 2021

Digital technology and capabilities in adult social care

Description: Reviews on the adoption and scalability of technology innovation in the sector and digital capabilities of the adult social care workforce are currently underway.
Date:: Thursday 6 May 2021

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