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My journey to becoming an award-winning registered manager and co-chair of a Skills for Care local network for managers
20 Aug 2024 Kam Gill
Kam Gill, Registered Manager, Walfinch Oxfordshire, shares her story about becoming an award-winning registered manager and how she plans to fulfil he…read more
Workforce development
A positive future
13 Aug 2024 Graham Woodham
Graham Woodham, former Head of Regulated Professional Workforce at Skills for Care, reflects on his work at Skills for Care and his hopes for the futu…read more
How the ‘Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care’ will support integrated care systems
30 Jul 2024 Jane Brightman
Continuing our #IntegratedCare campaign, Jane Brightman explores how the recently launched ‘Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care’ will help integr…read more
How our workforce data is informing decisions for #IntegratedCare
10 Jul 2024 Skills for Care
We discuss the vital nature of workforce data in supporting the health and social care integration agenda. read more
Integration
Skills for Care supports health and social care integration meetings – a reflective case study
08 Jul 2024 Skills for Care
To support making integration happen, Skills for Care works closely with adult social care providers and integrated care systems (ICS) to help achieve…read more
Insights from the Social Care HR Leaders Network’s ‘Workforce strategy for adult social care’ event
04 Jul 2024 Skills for Care
We take a look at the main insights from a recent roundtable event which was hosted to discuss the ‘Workforce strategy for adult social care’. The eve…read more
How the ‘Workforce strategy for adult social care’ will support integrated care
03 Jul 2024 Kate Sims
We hear from Kate Sims, Director of People at NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board, on how the ‘Workforce strategy for adult social care’ will sup…read more
‘Workforce strategy for adult social care’ – reflections on our recent roundtable events
25 Jun 2024 Skills for Care
We recently held a series of collaborative roundtable events to gather input on the upcoming ‘Workforce strategy for adult social care’. The events in…read more
How the new ‘Workforce strategy for adult social care’ will help social care providers keep the right people
23 May 2024 Kirstie Jones
As part of our #KeepTheRightPeople campaign, we hear from Kirstie Jones, Chief People Officer at Salutem Care & Education, on how the new ‘Workforce s…read more
Key issues that sector stakeholders hope the ‘Workforce strategy for adult social care’ will address
22 Apr 2024 Jane Brightman
Jane Brightman, Director of Workforce Strategy, Skills for Care discusses some of the social care workforce expectations around the workforce strategy…read more
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