Resources to support with integrated working in social care

These handy resources can help support your understanding and involvement with integrated ways of working.

Delegated healthcare activities

Delegated healthcare activities allow care workers to take on tasks that, with consent and support, have been delegated by a regulated healthcare professional. This can include activities such as catheter care or insulin administration. Safe, effective and appropriate delegation gives people more choice and control over their care and supporting better overall health and wellbeing. We offer a range of support to help with this, including our guiding principles, best practice materials, and practical tools.

View our support.

Principles of workforce redesign

Integrated ways of working require organisations to change the way they deliver services. Our Principles of Workforce Redesign guidance can help you to adapt and transform effectively. They provide seven key principles to help organisations and systems navigate restructure or transformation, ensuring the workforce can continue delivering care that is safe, effective, and person-centred.

Discover the principles.

Support with workforce planning

Care delivery is changing, so services need to plan for a workforce with the right skills and abilities to meet people’s needs. We offer guidance, tools, and workshops to help providers and commissioners shape, plan, and develop their workforce using the Analyse, Plan, Do, Review model.

Discover workforce planning support.

Building trust between organisations

This guide helps social care and health organisations to improve people’s experience of hospital admission and discharge back into the community. It offers useful tips for better collaboration, each explained in practice so you can easily get started.

Read the guide.

Creating a positive workplace culture

A positive culture is vital for integrated working, fostering trust, communication and teamwork across organisations to deliver seamless, person-centred care. Our toolkit and seminar provide practical guidance to build an inclusive, supportive, and collaborative workplace where people feel valued, supported and empowered.

Explore the toolkit.

Adult social care workforce data

Skills for Care’s workforce data shows the size, structure, demographics, pay, qualifications, and more of England’s adult social care workforce. The data is available nationally or locally and can help plan and design more integrated ways of working.

Find out more about our data.

Support in your area

Skills for Care’s locality teams can help you navigate the latest in integrated working and adult social care, share your insights to shape its future, and connect you with local initiatives that drive effective collaboration.

Contact your local team.

Learn more about integrated working with our ‘Integrated working and social care’ spotlight.

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