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Strategy to enable social care placements for student nurses and nursing associates

Strategy to enable social care placements for student nurses and nursing associates July 2025

Supporting resources

Access additional information used in the development of the Workforce Strategy for adult social care in England. Resources to share the progress of the strategy.

#CelebratingSocialCare: diversity and dedication in care

Throughout April we’re #CelebratingSocialCare and all the great work happening across the sector. Today we have two brilliant and positive stories from a diverse workplace and an inspirational carer.

Developing skills to provide great community support for autistic people and people with learning disabilities

Understand the proposed Mental Health Act reforms and explore best practice when supporting autistic people and/or people with a learning disability.

Understanding your responsibilities as an employer of PAs - Slides

Skills for Care Individual Employer Webinar Resources

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.

Think Care Careers

Think Care Careers has everything you need to know about working in social care. Including the different roles you can, what values and skills you need and how you can progress.

Welfare rights officer

You'll advise people around matters relating to legislation such as housing benefits, disability living allowances, employment benefits and rent support.

#WeAreSocialCareNursing: why I work as a nurse in complex care

Joanna Grant is a homecare nurse and Chair of the Kent and Medway Social Care Nursing Advisory Council. On International Nurses Day we asked Joanna to tell us why she’s passionate about her role.

Finding time for training in home care — and the learning that makes the biggest difference

We hear from Alice Weatherley, Learning and Development Manager at Walnut Care about how she ensures her team has time for training and what learning they’ve found most beneficial recently.