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Skills for Care responds to CQC State Of Care report

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

Skills for Care is helping social care providers #RecruitRight this May

This May, Skills for Care is providing practical guidance, expert insights, tools and seminars to help social care providers recruit the right people.

Skills for Care’s ‘Making a difference with data’ campaign showcases the impact of data on social care

Dave Griffiths, Programme Head – Analysis at Skills for Care, introduces our latest campaign, which focuses on the importance of data to the adult social care sector.

Social Care Workforce Race Equality Standard (SC-WRES) Improvement Programme open for registrations

The Social Care Workforce Race Equality Standard (SC-WRES) Improvement Programme has officially opened its registration process for 2024, offering an important platform for addressing race inequality within the social care sector.

Vacancy rates in social care continue to rise, new Skills for Care data reports

Skills for Care’s latest workforce tracking data, released this week, shows that vacancy rates are continuing to rise across all settings in adult social care.

Skills for Care shines spotlight on how ‘Data drives change’

This October Skills for Care is showcasing how data drives change in social care.

Social care needs to fill more than 100,000 vacancies

The adult social care sector in England still needs to fill around 112,000 job vacancies on any given day according to a new report published by Skills for Care.

Skills for Care responds to the announcement of funding for a workforce retention and recruitment fund

In a statement to the Commons, the Vaccines Minister Maggie Throup MP said: "Today I can confirm to the house that we are making £162.5m available of additional funding for social care through a workforce retention and recruitment fund to help local authorities work with providers to boost staffing and support existing care workers through the winter".

Skills for Care launches its ‘Learning and development matters’ campaign

We celebrate the launch of our ‘Learning and development matters’ campaign, which will run throughout January and February.

Skills for Care response to DHSC national recruitment campaign

The Department of Health and Social Care has this week launched their national recruitment campaign, aimed to attract more people to a career in social care.