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Dive into our collection of blogs and articles where you'll find top tips, insights from others working in the sector, and round-ups of our key resources.
Whether you're looking for practical advice, industry trends, or expert opinions, our content is designed to support and inspire you in your role.
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What makes compassionate leadership a game-changer?
11 Jun 2025 Sarah-Jane Dale
Sarah-Jane Dale, Chief Operating Officer of Affina Organisation Development (AOD), part of the Skills for Care Group, explores the principles of compa…read more
Leadership
Management
Resources to support leadership development
04 Jun 2025 Skills for Care
We’ve rounded up some of our most popular resources which can be used to support leadership at all levels. read more
What is everyday leadership?
02 Jun 2025 Rob Newby
Rob Newby, Senior Responsible Owner - L&D Proposition at Skills for Care, discusses the concept of everyday leadership within adult social care. read more
What you can do as a nominated individual to ensure your service has a positive workplace culture
28 Mar 2025 Eve Macey-Norris
Eve Macey-Norris, Operations Manager and Nominated Individual at Home Instead Oxford, Home Instead Swindon and Vale of White Horse, talks to us about …read more
Creating great leaders
19 Mar 2025 Marta Sulkowska
Marta Sulkowska, Learning and Development Business Partner at Cera Care, talks about her experience with the ‘Well led’ and ‘Lead to Succeed’ programm…read more
Learning and development
How I lead my service
17 Mar 2025 Joanna Grudzinska-Dmowska
Joanna Grudzinska-Dmowska, Support Services Manager at The Grange, talks to us about how she leads her service to get the best results. read more
Developing future leaders
11 Mar 2025 Jane McCabe
Jayne McCabe, our National Leadership and Management Lead, discusses the importance of succession planning in adult social care. read more
Moving Up: supporting diversity in leaders and managers
07 Feb 2025 Lisa Govier
We hear from Lisa Govier, Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at Dimensions, along with her colleagues Sharon Ngwenya, Locality Manager, and Ife…read more
What do registered managers think about a professional body and workforce registration?
25 Sep 2024 Skills for Care
We caught up with our registered manager reference group to discuss their thoughts on suggestions in the Workforce Strategy around workforce registrat…read more
Workforce development
Policy
How integration can prevent hospital admissions and support higher quality care
15 Jul 2024 Skills for Care
We hear from Chloe Wynn, Registered Manager at Belong Morris Feinmann, on how she believes integration and collaboration between health and social car…read more
Integration
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