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A Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care in England

Discover England's first-ever Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care, led by Skills for Care—ensuring the sector has the right people, skills, and support to deliver high-quality care.

Workforce-Strategy-for-Adult-Social-Care-in-England-July-2025

The workforce strategy for adult social care in England. Published July 2024, refreshed July 2025.

Common core principles for dementia

A guide to training the social care and health workforce.

Better domiciliary care for people with dementia

Best practice case studies from domiciliary care employers developing their workforces to support people with dementia.

Research into social care workers undertaking healthcare interventions

A 2022 research report commissioned by Skills for Care exploring current practice in social care workers undertaking delegated healthcare tasks.

Dementia and other conditions

A case study-based guide to support the social care workforce working with people with dementia who have other conditions.

Individual Service Funds guide Aug2020

Individual service fund guide

Workforce productivity in social care

This model will help adult social care employers and commissioners to think about some of the ways that they can increase workforce productivity.

Relationships and sexuality awareness raising training programme_facilitators guide

Relationships and sexuality awareness raising for social care staff training programme facilitators guide

Commissioning services for people with a learning disability framework

Commissioning services for people with a learning disability. A cross-system framework for commissioning social care, health and children's services for people with a learning disability. June 2021.