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Leadership Qualities Framework

The Leadership Qualities Framework (LQF) provides a practical guide to the key qualities of effective leaders at all levels within the sector.

The growing adult social care sector and its skilled workforce contributes £50.3 billion to the English economy according to a new report published by Skills for Care

The growing adult social care sector and its skilled workforce contributes £50.3 billion to the English economy according to a new report published by Skills for Care.

Community, trust and representation: recruitment in Shared Lives

Carly Riley, Strategic carer recruitment communications manager and Sanah Sheikh, Strategic Advice Consultant at Shared Lives Plus share their insights on how to recruit Shared Lives carers from minoritised ethnic and cultural communities.

NHS status factsheet 2020.21 FINAL

Personal assistant employment status and pension fact sheet

A Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care in England

Discover England's first-ever Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care, led by Skills for Care—ensuring the sector has the right people, skills, and support to deliver high-quality care.

Workforce-Strategy-for-Adult-Social-Care-in-England-July-2025

The workforce strategy for adult social care in England. Published July 2024, refreshed July 2025.

Knowing the neighbourhood: local knowledge, personalised support

In one of our newly-published Practical Approaches Toolkits, Be Caring shares their neighbourhood approach. We take a look at what this means.

Offering meaningful work experience guide

Work experience can bring lots of benefits to adult social careemployers, and give people who are interested in joining oursector the opportunity to experience what it's really like. This guide has practical information and templates to support adult social care employers to provide meaningful work experience.

A celebration of innovation among the challenges of the pandemic

Sacha Wheatley, Registered Manager of Greenwich Shared Lives, and a Skills for Care Moving Up alumni, discusses how her team innovated during the pandemic and the achievements that were made among the most difficult times.

Recruitment and retention secrets of success report

This research report explores what recruitment and retention activities work well for adult social care employers with a turnover of less than 10%. It also includes a section about what recruitment activities work well for individual employers.