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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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Upcoming events

23Sep

Values-based recruitment and retention virtual workshops - Articulate and Attract

Zoom
07Oct

Values-based recruitment and retention virtual workshops - Articulate and Attract

Zoom
13Oct

Values-based recruitment and retention virtual workshops - Articulate and Attract

Zoom

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Latest blogs and articles

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Sector-based Work Academy Programme - the answer to your recruitment needs

Article posted on Thursday 17 September 2020

Julie Abbott, Senior National Account Manager, Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), explains why Sector-based Work Academy Programmes (SWAP) could be the answer to the recruitment needs of adult social care employers.

In celebration of registered managers

Blog posted on Tuesday 15 September 2020

Project Manager Oliver French has been working closely with our registered manager networks since lockdown began and reflects on their outstanding contribution as our sector fights the pandemic.

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

Latest news

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Our response to the Department of Health and Social Care's Winter Plan

Description: The Department of Health and Social Care's COVID-19 Winter Plan released on Friday sets out how they intend to support employers to fight the virus in the coming months.
Date:: Monday 21 September 2020

Upon – new programme launched to support new Directors of Children's Services

Description: Skills for Care form part of the 'upon' consortium, who have today launched a DfE-supported programme to support up to 20 new Directors of Children's Services
Date:: Monday 14 September 2020

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

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