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Developing your workforce - dementia

An overview of Skills for Care's resources and qualifications to support those who care for people with dementia.

International recruitment toolkit - March 2024

International recruitment toolkit for social care

Supporting your PA to gain the skills they need

Supporting your personal assistant to gain the skills they need, will help individual employers to develop their PAs.

Quality standards

Quality Assured Care Learning Service

Disclosure and Barring Service advice note PAs Feb 2021

Disclosure and Barring Service advice notes. This advice note explains more about DBS checks.

Disclosure and Barring Service advice note PAs Feb 2021

Disclosure and Barring Service advice notes. This advice note explains more about DBS checks.

In the know DEC 2025 (1)

In the know - December 2025

Recommendations for CQC providers

This guide explains what CQC expects to see around your managers and leaders, recruitment and retention, induction and ongoing learning and development. It highlights Skills for Care's products and resources that can help.

Quality framework for the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training

QACLS

Local authorities support for individual employers

This report outlines the most recent findings from an ongoing study which sets out to understand the support available to people employing personal assistants (PAs) in England.