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Celebrations and awards held for social care sector across the country

This month we're #CelebratingSocialCare and we're delighted to hear of lots of other celebrations and award events having taking place across the sector in recent months.

How working together can improve end of life care

‘Working together-improving end of life care’ is a training pack produced in partnership with unpaid carers and practitioners across the social care, health, voluntary and private sectors to look at how working together can improve end of life care.

There's always something new to learn

Reflecting on the fact that we're learning all the time, Andy Tilden, Director of sector development – skills at Skills for Care, talks to us about why it's so important that the adult social care workforce have the opportunity learn and develop.

Skills for Care’s ‘Making a difference with data’ campaign showcases the impact of data on social care

Dave Griffiths, Programme Head – Analysis at Skills for Care, introduces our latest campaign, which focuses on the importance of data to the adult social care sector.

Social Care Workforce Race Equality Standard (SC-WRES) Improvement Programme open for registrations

The Social Care Workforce Race Equality Standard (SC-WRES) Improvement Programme has officially opened its registration process for 2024, offering an important platform for addressing race inequality within the social care sector.

The Outstanding Diversity Forum’s London Pride march 2024

We hear the story of the Outstanding Diversity Forum’s Pride march, which included teams from care organisations across the sector.

Moving Up: supporting diversity in leaders and managers

We hear from Lisa Govier, Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at Dimensions, along with her colleagues Sharon Ngwenya, Locality Manager, and Ifeoma Igwe, Assistant Manager, about their experiences with the Moving Up programme.

Be Caring celebrates end of year with award wins and Christmas bonus

This #GoodNewsFriday we hear from Be Caring about their recent awards wins and the Christmas bonus they’ve given staff this year.

What data tells us about how learning and development supports retention

We round-up what our latest data tells us about how learning and development supports retention.

Vacancy rates in social care continue to rise, new Skills for Care data reports

Skills for Care’s latest workforce tracking data, released this week, shows that vacancy rates are continuing to rise across all settings in adult social care.