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Advanced stages of dementia

A case study-based manager's guide to good practice in learning and development for social care workers supporting people in the advanced stages of dementia.

How the Department of Health and Social Care is supporting learning and development

Gareth Young, Deputy Director for Adult Social Care Workforce Reform at the Department of Health and Social Care, shares how their current projects work together to support vital learning and development in adult social care.

Executive summary

This summary outlines the findings and recommendations from a recent study which set out to establish the support available to personal health budget (PHB) holders employing personal assistants (PAs) in England.

Five learning and development resources to support retention

Supporting learning and development opportunities for your team can play a vital role in helping with staff retention.

Being a personal assistant

A guide for people who want to or are already working as a personal assistant

Responses to questions asked during the webinar - Recruiting PAs during a pandemic Sep 2020

FAQs - Recruiting personal assistants during a pandemic21 September 2020

NCC- Learn from others

Notts CC did a project to test innovative approaches to recruiting PAs.

Barnet Council celebrates care sector with awards ceremony

Over the Christmas and New Year period we’re sharing some additional good news stories from the sector in 2023. This time we hear about a special celebration and awards event organised by Barnet Council.

Recruitment round-up: top 10 tools to help with your recruitment activity

Skills for Care provides a range of information to support social care employers with their recruitment activity. We’ve rounded up ten of our top tools and resources to support you with your recruitment processes. Have a look below at what we offer and how this can help you to find, hire, and on-board new staff.

Offering meaningful work experience guide

Work experience can bring lots of benefits to adult social careemployers, and give people who are interested in joining oursector the opportunity to experience what it's really like. This guide has practical information and templates to support adult social care employers to provide meaningful work experience.