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Vacancies in social care increase by 52% to their highest rates and the workforce shrinks for the first time

10 Oct 2022

Skills for Care's annual ‘The state of the adult social care sector and workforce in England report’ has been published for 2022, finding vacancy rates in social care at highest on record.

Former ADASS President James Bullion joins Skills for Care’s Board

06 Oct 2022

Former Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) President James Bullion has joined the Board of Skills for Care.

Skills for Care is supporting Black History Month in October

03 Oct 2022

Skills for Care is supporting Black History Month by sharing resources, blogs and articles focused on how to foster equality, diversity and inclusion in social care, and updates on actions Skills for Care is taking to support the sector.

Impact evaluation of Skills for Care

17 Aug 2022

Skills for Care is committed to being transparent, evaluating and capturing the outcomes and impacts of our work. An independent impact evaluation has found that we’re economical, efficient and effective, delivering good value for money for the adult social care sector.

Skills for Care comments on government’s plans to support social care training

10 Aug 2022

Skills for Care comments on the Government's plans to support social care training, including the workforce development fund.

Skills for Care’s Moving Up programme supporting diverse leaders launches for 2022

01 Aug 2022

Skills for Care is pleased to announce that its Moving Up programme is now open for registrations for 2022. The programme is aimed at leaders from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds want to take the next step in their career.

Skills for Care response to Health and Social Care Select Committee’s report on Workforce: recruitment, training, and retention in Health and Social Care

25 Jul 2022

Skills for Care CEO Oonagh Smyth says this report which we gave oral and written evidence to lays bare the ongoing recruitment and retention challenges facing adult social care.

New report from Skills for Care finds filled posts in social care are down for first time on record, highlighting recruitment challenges for sector

19 Jul 2022

A new report from Skills for Care shows the number of filled posts in adult social care is down for the first time on record.

The DHSC has contacted Skills for Care to cascade information about the heatwave

18 Jul 2022

The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) has contacted Skills for Care to cascade the following information about the heatwave.

Skills for Care launches spotlight on building and growing teams

04 Jul 2022

Skills for Care has launched a spotlight focused on building and growing teams. The #BuildingYourWorkforce campaign will run throughout July and August and will provide social care employers with recruitment and retention support.