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Why we need more leaders from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds in social care

Munira Thobani one of Skills for Care’s board members shares her insights on the importance of encouraging diversity at senior levels in social care.

A year in care

We share a roundup of some of the most important and promising projects we’ve been working on in 2024.

How 21,000+ care providers are helping to shape the social care sector

As we prepare to launch our ‘Size and structure of the adult social care sector and workforce in England’ report, we look at how 21,000+ care providers are making a difference by using the Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set (ASC-WDS).

Skills for Care launches ASC-WDS data service and new Benefits Bundle

Skills for Care is celebrating the launch of the Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set (ASC-WDS), funded by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), as the leading source of workforce intelligence for the adult social care sector in England.

Skills for Care’s pledge to supporting equality, diversity, and inclusion in social care

As Race Equality Week 2023 begins Oonagh Smyth, CEO and John Coughlan, Chair of Skills for Care discuss the organisation’s work to support equality, diversity and inclusion in social care and their vision for the future.

Reception for International Nurses and Midwives held at Buckingham Palace

Over the Christmas and New Year period we’re sharing some additional good news stories from the sector in 2023. This time we hear from Paula du Rand, Registered Manager, Kineton Manor Nursing Home about attending the Reception for International Nurses and Midwives working in the United Kingdom at Buckingham Palace.

Social care workers celebrated in awards ceremony

Frontline care workers were celebrated in an awards ceremony which was held to highlight the importance of social care, its workforce and the high level of training needed to work in social care.

Valuing social care nursing in education

We reflect on a recent collaboration with the University of Salford which looked to promote the value of social care nursing in education.

Clifton Homecare wins leadership excellence award at Northwest Family Business Awards

This #GoodNewsFriday, we hear about Caroline Cosh and the team at Clifton Homecare, who’ve been given some impressive awards!

Reflecting on our latest size and structure of social care data

As we launch our ‘Size and structure of the adult social care sector in England’ report, our CEO Oonagh Smyth reflects on what the latest figures tell us and what this means for social care.