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Skills for Care hosts local and national events and networks to support the adult social care sector with their workforce development needs.

Search for events in your local area by region and by topic. If you're looking for network event in your area and can't find it on the listing below, please contact your locality manager.

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22

Oct

Online event

£144

Improving your CQC rating seminar

Online

An interactive seminar for services who have fallen below CQC standards (rated either requires improvement or inadequate) and are looking for practical ways to recover and achieve a Good rating.

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22

Oct

Online event

Free

London and South East Nominated Individual network

Online

Welcome to the London and South East Nominated Individual Network, Chaired by Dan Gower-Smith, Director of Avenues and a three-time awardee of CQC Outstanding in all five key lines of enquiry for Avenues Services. The meeting will be supported by Rosemary Pavoni and Mike Derrick who have many years’ experience as Nominated Individuals, Directors, and Registered Managers within their own and other organisations. The London and Southeast Nominated Individual community of practice aims to support you in your role whether you are new or experienced in this position within your organisations by providing an opportunity to network, share good practice and ideas. Skills for Care will also provide supporting resources and signpost to materials that will promote development and learning.

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22

Oct

Online event

Free

London and South East Deputy manager network

Online

We hope you will join us to look at how the sector is embracing new technology and using systems to support more efficient ways of working. We will look at what is new, what is being funded from the government and how to support your staff to enhance their learning and skills. We will be welcoming a Registered Manager to talk about how they’ve adopted digital technology and we want to know your stories about how digital has helped you.

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22

Oct

Online event

Free

Midlands regional manager network

Online

If you're looking to take your skills and knowledge to the next level, this cross-region network is the perfect opportunity to do just that. This session will provide an overview of the adult social care workforce strategy and the next steps regionally and Digital Transformation Fund.

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23

Oct

Online event

Free

Virtual peer learning event for commissioners

Online

This is an interactive virtual event for commissioners, where you can work in small groups with other commissioners from across England. The focus of the event is on measuring impact, something which is becoming increasingly important in terms of being able to demonstrate the impact of commissioning practice, but also considering how best to build impact measurement into newly commissioned services.

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23

Oct

Online event

Free

Eastern aspiring managers network

Online

Skills for Care's Aspiring Managers Networks provide a supportive and informative environment for deputies, team leaders, assistant managers and senior care staff, from all care settings and service types. These networks help aspiring managers to develop their role and discuss challenges and successes with those working in similar roles. This meeting will take place via Zoom on October 23 at 10:30 – 12:00 noon. This session will focus on Positive Workplace Culture and include exploring Skills for Care Positive Culture Toolkit and discussing why it is so important to ensure workplace culture is inclusive, compassionate and collaborative and how it can be achieved. Those managers who weren't able to attend previous meetings of the network are still very welcome to join us.

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24

Oct

Online event

Free

The adult social care sector and workforce in the North of England 2024

Online

This event will share some of the headline findings from our latest local sector and workforce data and what they mean for services in the North of England.

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31

Oct

Free

London and South East Social Work Education and ASYE network

We'll run through the key themes of the newly launched “Workforce Strategy for Social Care” and hear from the new Social Work England representative for the region. We'll reflect on the highlights from the recent ASYE national event and discuss what good looks like in terms of ASYE presentations.

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05

Nov

Online event

Free

Sharing individual employer and PA best practices with social workers

Online

Aimed at social workers to learn, share good practice and identify more effective ways to enable self-directed support for people employing personal assistants.

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06

Nov

Online event

Free

The adult social care sector and the workforce in the South of England 2024

Online

This event will share some of the headline findings from our latest local sector and workforce data and what they mean for services in the South of England.

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