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AI and the future of social work summit Birmingham May 2026

AI and the future of social work one-day summit brochure Birmingham May 2026. Event hosted by Skills for Care, Social Work England and the Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care in England.

Skills for Care advisory groups

Meet the Skills for Care Expert Group on Learning Disability — bringing together leaders with lived experience, sector experts, and commissioners to shape good practice, influence policy and improve outcomes in care.

Employing disabled workers in adult social care and health: a guide for employers

This guide will help social care managers and policy makers attract, recruit and keep disabled workers in their organisation.

LQF self-assessment tool - first time manager

As a first-time manager, use this self‑assessment tool to reflect on your strengths, identify development needs, and plan your growth, linked to the Leadership Qualities Framework.

Disability Sheffield - innovative approaches to PA recruitment

Disability Sheffield did a project to test innovative approaches to recruiting PAs.

Guide to improvement

This 'Guide to improvement' helps adult social care employers to identify, plan and implement improvements across their service. It draws on 'good' and outstanding' practice to help your service to, not only meet CQC expectations but exceed them. It includes checklists and examples to help you to identify what your service needs to improve, and to develop an action plan to implement the required changes.

Local authorities support for individual employers

This report outlines the most recent findings from an ongoing study which sets out to understand the support available to people employing personal assistants (PAs) in England.

5 Working with partners

This standard relates to the importance of building relationships and partnerships as part of your role.

Short version - How to make change happen - The principles of workforce redesign (May 2023)

The principles of workforce redesign (May 2023). Short version.

Adult Social Care Workforce Strategy Event Transcript

Adult Social Care Workforce Strategy Event Transcript