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Professional Carers win at Northwest Family Business Awards 2024

In today’s #GoodNewsFriday, we hear from Professional Carers Wirral, a Northwest-based care organisation who recent took home the gold at the Northwest Family Business Awards 2024.

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.

Celebrating Black History Month in October

Skills for Care CEO Oonagh Smyth launches our Black History Month activity with a blog discussing the work Skills for Care is doing internally and externally to support culture and diversity.

How the care workforce pathway is creating better social care leaders

Natalie Spinks, Programme Head - Care Workforce Pathway, at Skills for Care talks about the Care Workforce Pathway and how it’s helping us develop better leaders.

How to create a workforce plan

A workforce plan is an important part of being prepared for the future. We’ve put together a simple template to help you create your own workforce plan.

97% of registered managers would recommend Skills for Care membership

Skills for Care is the membership body for registered managers in England. In a recent survey of our members, 97% said they’d recommend membership. Find out more about the benefits of being a member, according to registered managers.

Using data to understand and support culture and diversity

Using data to analyse your workforce and organisation is an important part of workforce planning. We look at what data can tell you about equality, diversity, and inclusion to support a positive workplace culture.

Spotlight on men working in social care

In honour of International Men’s Day, we’re discussing the importance of encouraging men into a career in social care.

Quality data helps quality employers

Nadra Ahmed OBE has been Chairman of the National Care Association (NCA) since 2001 representing small and medium sized employers. In this blog she looks at the importance of having quality data for her members.

How does the Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set (ASC-WDS) help with workforce planning?

As we focus on the importance of workforce planning, Dave Griffiths, Skills for Care Programme Head talks about the ASC-WDS service and how it helps our sector with workforce planning.