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For press office enquiries contact our PR and Content Officer.

Email: alexander.haswell@skillsforcare.org.uk 

 

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Skills for Care response to Government reform package announcement

10 Jan 2024

Skills for Care responds to Government reform package announcement.

Skills for Care responds to CQC State Of Care report

20 Oct 2023

Skills for Care CEO, Oonagh Smyth, responds to the CQC State Of Care report.

New survey launched to capture the experiences of those working in adult social care

17 Aug 2023

People working across adult social care are being encouraged to complete a new national Government survey which aims to capture the experiences of those working in adult social care to support improvements over time.

Guiding principles developed to support person-centred delegation of healthcare activities to care workers

25 May 2023

Skills for Care, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and sector partners have co-developed voluntary guiding principles to support person-centred, safe and effective delegation of healthcare activities to care workers, including personal assistants.

Skills for Care is supporting social care teams with #UnderstandingIntegration

02 May 2023

Skills for Care, the strategic workforce development and planning body for social care in England, is supporting adult social care teams with understanding integration.

Skills for Care's response to Hewitt Review

05 Apr 2023

Skills for care responds to the Hewitt Review.

Skills for Care’s response to Government setting out next steps to support people who receive social care

04 Apr 2023

Skills for Care responds to Government's next steps to put People at the Heart of Care.

Skills for Care response to The Homecare Association’s Autumn Workforce Survey

20 Dec 2022

Skills for Care issues a response to The Homecare Association’s Autumn Workforce Survey.

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.

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.

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