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

26Jan

Deputy network: Greater Manchester 26 January 2022

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26Jan

Nominated individuals - Eastern

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27Jan

Webinar: CQC - medicines from the regulatory perspective (part 2)

Zoom
02Feb

Eastern Learning and Development Network

Zoom

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Latest blogs and articles

Blog List

Planning for the year ahead: tips for individual employers

Article posted on Thursday 20 January 2022

As the new year begins, we share information and advice to help individual employers plan for the year ahead.

Our CEO Oonagh Smyth reflects on the latest vacancy rates across adult social care and what we're doing to help employers recruit and retain staff.

Blog posted on Wednesday 19 January 2022

One of the things we use the data employers supply to our Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set (ASC-WDS) for is to track monthly trends across the sector. The latest figures for December 2021 reveal that vacancy rates across the sector are running at 9.4%, which is higher than they were pre-covid when we had 105,000 vacancies on any given day.

Key takeaways from our new compassionate leadership videos

Article posted on Monday 17 January 2022

Our wellbeing work includes a focus on the importance of compassionate leadership and culture to make a difference to workforce health and wellbeing and create a safe and supportive working environment.

Latest news

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Adult Social Care White Paper – People at the Heart of Care

Description: Skills for Care CEO Oonagh Smyth responds to the announcement of the 10-year vision for Adult Social Care white paper.
Date:: Wednesday 1 December 2021

Skills for Care appoint John Coughlan CBE as their new Chair of Trustees

Description: John is an experienced leader and has led both adult and children's social care. As Chief Executive of Hampshire County Council, he offered high-quality service delivery and financial stability and successfully led the council through the pandemic.
Date:: Thursday 18 November 2021

Skills for Care response to DHSC national recruitment campaign

Description: The Department of Health and Social Care has this week launched their national recruitment campaign 'Made with care' highlighting the rewards of working in social care. Hear what our CEO Oonagh Smyth has to say.
Date:: Friday 5 November 2021

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