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How the Veteran Friendly Framework is supporting people in care homes

We hear how Welcome Care Home in Lewisham has achieved the Veteran Friendly Framework and what the framework means for people drawing on support.

What are CQC regulated services getting right about learning and development?

Rob Hargreaves, Skills for Care’s lead for CQC related guidance and advice, has been looking at how the CQC assessments celebrate learning and development.

#CelebratingSocialCare: shining a light on outstanding care

Throughout April we’re #CelebratingSocialCare and all the great work happening across the sector. We asked you to send in your good news stories and we’ll be sharing these throughout the month. Today we hear about more award winners and award events from adult social care.

How to use our new induction resources

With the launch of our new induction toolkit, we’ve put together a handy guide on how to use it.

Creating cultures that retain staff

Sue Collier, Director and Founder of BGS Healthcare, talks to us about how she creates a welcoming environment to help retain staff.

Settling international employees into your organisation

We spoke with care providers about how they help to settle staff recruited from abroad into their workplace and their new home, as part of supporting a #PositiveWorkplaceCulture.

Recruiting during the pandemic

Recruiting new workers can be challenging at any time, but during the COVID-19 pandemic this challenge has been even greater.

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.

How care provider New Directions Rugby uses the Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set

Paul Tolley, CEO, New Directions Rugby tells us how they use the Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set (ASC-WDS) to support their organisation.

Supporting learning and development during the pandemic

During the challenging times of the COVID-19 pandemic, learning and development continues to be integral in ensuring the workforce has the skills and knowledge needed to deliver high quality care. Here’s a reminder of some of the tools and resources we have to help.