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2015 Care Certificate standards

The Skills for Care, Care Certificate workbook is a free downloadable resource to support the training process and help you and your new workers cover parts of the Care Certificate. Explore the 2015 Care Certificate standards and supporting resources.

Care Certificate workbook for PAs

Employers can use this workbook to support PAs when they first start work, or as a refresh for existing staff.

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.

Supporting workforce capability

Skills for Care works to ensure people working in care have the right skills, knowledge, competencies, values and behaviours to meet current and future needs in our communities. We do this by defining the knowledge, skills and capabilities needed now and in the future, developing and reviewing learning and development to fill the gaps, helping care providers and their staff to access training, and ensuring there's a vibrant learning market.

A practical guide to learning and development for PAs

This guide has lots of advice to help PAs develop and progress in their role.

A practical guide to learning and development for personal assistants

This guide helps personal assistants to think about their own learning and development and what support they need from their employer.

A practical guide to learning and development for personal assistants

Skills for Care individual employers practical guide to learning and development for personal assistants - This guide helps personal assistants to think about their own learning and development and what support they need from their employer.

The care exchange - Series 2

The Skills for Care podcast series 'The care exchange' celebrates the role of managers in social care. Hear from other managers in social care and provide a place where managers can listen to other managers and pick up some good ideas to support you in your own role.

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.