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Fire safety notice

David Coleman of Arden Fire Health and Safety, who is a Skills for Care Endorsed Provider, gives us a few timely reminders and helpful tips on fire safety in social care.

Individual Service Funds guide Aug2020

Individual service fund guide

Workforce productivity in social care

This model will help adult social care employers and commissioners to think about some of the ways that they can increase workforce productivity.

Funding available to support learning and development for social care workers in 2023

Learning and development is important for everyone working across social care. We look at funding options which can help to cover the costs.

Supporting workforce capability

Skills for Care works to ensure people working in care have the right skills, knowledge, competencies, values and behaviours to meet current and future needs in our communities. We do this by defining the knowledge, skills and capabilities needed now and in the future, developing and reviewing learning and development to fill the gaps, helping care providers and their staff to access training, and ensuring there's a vibrant learning market.

Person-centred approaches in health and care

Discover how the Skills for Care supports person-centred approaches in health and care: guidance, frameworks and resources to help the workforce put individual values, preferences and strengths at the heart of planning and practice.

Relationships and sexuality awareness raising training programme_facilitators guide

Relationships and sexuality awareness raising for social care staff training programme facilitators guide

Commissioning services for people with a learning disability framework

Commissioning services for people with a learning disability. A cross-system framework for commissioning social care, health and children's services for people with a learning disability. June 2021.

Managing and developing your PA

Every individual employer has unique support needs and goals for their personal assistant. It's essential for employers to provide appropriate training and employment support to ensure their personal assistant can work effectively and meet their specific requirements.

The PA workforce in social care and health

This report outlines findings from a recent study which set out to establish a picture of personal assistants (PAs) working across social care and health in England. It looks specifically at the supply and recruitment of PAs, models of PA employment and consistency between social care and health.