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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
Workforce development
The Outstanding Diversity Forum’s London Pride march 2024
05 Jul 2024 Skills for Care
We hear the story of the Outstanding Diversity Forum’s Pride march, which included teams from care organisations across the sector. read more
Good news story
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
Integration
LDC Care celebrates Pride Month
28 Jun 2024 Skills for Care
This #GoodNewsFriday, we hear how LDC Care has been celebrating Pride Month with the support of a local drag artist! read more
The impact of learning and development in retaining support staff
26 Jun 2024 Aisling Duffy
In this article, we hear from Aisling Duffy, Chief Executive of Certitude Support, on how she believes learning and development is critical in enablin…read more
Learning and development
Retention
‘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 workplace culture supports equality, diversity and inclusion for staff
24 Jun 2024 Skills for Care
We hear from Dan Steadman, Group HR and Organisational Development Director, Agincare, about how their workplace culture supports equality, diversity …read more
Culture and diversity
Leadership
Management
Wellbeing
LGBTQ+ Care in Later Life learning framework: evaluation from year one
21 Jun 2024 Dr Trish Hafford-Letchfield
This #GoodNewsFriday and in recognition of Pride month, Dr Trish Hafford-Letchfield reflects upon the impact of the LGBTQI+ Care in Later Life learnin…read more
Improving retention as an individual employer
19 Jun 2024 Skills for Care
Hints and tips on retaining personal assistants as an inidivudal employer. read more
Individual employers
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