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How Sussex Grange uses Care Friends to celebrate staff, strengthen values and support recruitment
13 Jul 2026 Skills for Care
We hear from Sussex Grange about how they’ve been using the Care Friends app to recognise staff achievements, and the impact it’s had. read more
Recruitment
Retention
Reflecting on our latest Size and Structure of the adult social care workforce report
29 Jun 2026 Oonagh Smyth CBE
As we launch our ‘Size and structure of the adult social care sector and workforce in England’ report, our CEO Oonagh Smyth reflects on what the lates…read more
Skills for Care
Community, trust and representation: recruitment in Shared Lives
30 Mar 2026 Carly Riley and Sanah Sheikh
Carly Riley, Strategic carer recruitment communications manager and Sanah Sheikh, Strategic Advice Consultant at Shared Lives Plus share their insight…read more
Culture and diversity
Knowing the neighbourhood: local knowledge, personalised support
23 Mar 2026 Skills for Care
In one of our newly-published Practical Approaches Toolkits, Be Caring shares their neighbourhood approach. We take a look at what this means. read more
How apprenticeships can kickstart careers in care
11 Feb 2026 Skills for Care
We hear from two apprentices at St Monica’s Trust about how their apprenticeship has helped get them started with a career in care. read more
Apprenticeships
Learning and development
Reflecting on our latest size and structure of social care data
30 Jul 2025 Oonagh Smyth CBE
As we launch our ‘Size and structure of the adult social care sector in England’ report, our CEO Oonagh Smyth reflects on what the latest figures tell…read more
ASC-WDS
Recruitment is like a box of chocolates
28 May 2025 Jacqui Darlington and Isaac Samuels
Jacqui Darlington and Isaac Samuels, both individual employers, talk to us in this jointly produced article about their experience recruiting personal…read more
Individual employers
Getting young people into care careers
19 May 2025 Jason Gosling
We hear about Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board’s (BLMKICB) recent work focused on recruiting younger people into health and…read more
How we’re recruiting younger people into social care
14 May 2025 Jackie Doe
In this article, we hear from Laura Turner, Recruitment Coordinator, and Jackie Doe, Senior Operations Manager, from Surrey Choices, on their approach…read more
Connecting communities to careers in health and social care
12 May 2025 Sharon Blaney
Sharon Blaney, Employment and Skills Project Officer (NHS and Health) at Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, discusses a recent recruitment even…read more
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