Progress
Since the launch of the Strategy in July 2024, the sector has continued to work together to take forward the recommendations and commitments.
We’ll continually update this page with our progress on implementation.
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Skills for Care has acted swiftly to meet the ‘Train’ recommendation to streamline statutory and mandatory training requirements. A guide for employers is now available. Skills for Care is working with CQC who will signpost to and share the new guidance.
New eLearning tailored to adult social care professionals focusing on health promotion and preventive practices has been launched by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities and the Royal Society of Public Health. The free eLearning module has ten adult social care public health tips and an underlying theme of prevention.
The Care Technologist Training Project is helping to create a new type of professional in adult social care. A Care Technologist is someone who works with people who draw on care and support to help them find and use technology that can improve their ability to make choices, stay independent, stay well, and connect with others. This role helps connect traditional models of care and support with new technology.
Partners in Care and Health have published a learning and development hub aimed at council employed adult social care middle leaders. Codesigned with sector partners, the hub is structured around eight key learning themes. It aims to complement regional and local learning and development offers with credible national learning options.
This report from the Alzheimer Society makes an evidence-based case for mandatory dementia training for the adult social care workforce, demonstrating the benefits it can bring to the lives of people living with dementia and their families, care staff, care providers, and our wider health and care system.The report supports the ‘Train’ recommendation that all workers should have dementia training aligned to the Dementia Training Standards Framework and roles within the Care Workforce Pathway.
This report from The Kings Fund looks at what social care can do to recruit and retain more younger workers, one of the ‘Attract’ recommendations in the Strategy.