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How recognition and reward can help you retain staff

We talk about how to recognise and reward your staff to support you in #KeepingTheRightPoeple.

Considering the training needs of self-employed people who run a community enterprise

Self-employment accounted for 90 per cent of all jobs growth during the recessionary years of 2008-13. Should these rates continue, the Royal Society of Arts predict that the number of people in self-employment could outgrow the public sector workforce by 2018.

Interview: how we provide a flexible approach to inducting new staff

Julia Moor is the Quality and Compliance Manager for Harrogate Skills for Living. She talks to us about the organisation’s flexible approach to induction.

#CelebratingSocialCare: recognising real care talent

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 some incredible staff members who have gone above and beyond in their roles.

Delegated healthcare activities in action

We look at how delegated healthcare activities are being carried out across different regions.

How to create a workforce plan

A workforce plan is an important part of being prepared for the future. We’ve put together a simple template to help you create your own workforce plan.

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.

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.

How our ASC-WDS data is being used to support local decision making

We take a look at some of the organisations who are using our Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set (ASC-WDS) data to inform decisions on a local level.

How technology and artificial intelligence are shaping the future of social care

Caroline Green, Director of Research at the Institute for Ethics in AI at the University of Oxford, discusses technology and artificial intelligence (AI) in social care.