Discover the essential role of nursing in adult social care. See insights into the vital role nurses play in providing care to the sector and the need to offer employers appropriate support.
We’re the leading source of workforce intelligence for adult social care in England and our work includes providing statistics and reports about the contribution of nurses to the sector. This can help employers and strategic bodies make informed decisions about the nursing workforce.
We also provide a range of resources from guidance, webinars, and networking groups to support employers and nurses as well as newsletters to keep up to date with news and events from the sector.
Upcoming events
Preceptorship workshops
If you’re looking to support for newly registered nurses and nursing associates transition into their role, join our upcoming preceptorship workshops.
Preceptor role workshops: preceptor role in practice
- Designed to provide guidance and support to social care nursing staff on the role of the preceptor and its function in supporting preceptees within your organisation.
Preceptorship lead role workshops embedding and championing preceptorship in adult social care
- Designed to equip experienced social care nursing staff with the confidence and tools needed to provide preceptorship leadership within your organisation.
Forums and networks
Join our forums and networks to connect, collaborate and lead social care nursing developments. You’ll explore workforce innovation, education and career development, and celebrate diverse voices within an inclusive, supportive professional community.
Find out more
We Are Social Care Nursing
We Are Social Care Nurses main focus is to share and celebrate the exceptional work being done by nurses working in social care.
Registered nurses
Nursing is an ever-growing and innovative profession and nurses are working in multi-professional teams across health and care settings. Find out more about registered nurses.
Nursing associates
Providing care for people in health and social care settings. The role has been developed to bridge the skills gap between care assistants and registered nurses, find out more.
Pre-registration nursing
Explore ways to make the most of student nurse placements and develop a better understanding of the placements in social care settings.
Revalidation
Discover the three ways that you can return to practice. These are readmission, a return to practice course, and test of Competence (ToC).
Join the nursing community
Sign up for our newsletters to keep up to date with news from the sector and join our forums and networks to share learnings or get involved with our work for both employers and the social care nursing workforce.