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The State of the Adult Social Care Sector and Workforce 2023

The state of the adult social care sector and workforce in England report 2023.

Why learning and development matters and how you can #KeepLearning in 2024

As we launch our #KeepLearning campaign our CEO Oonagh Smyth discusses why it’s important to #KeepLearning and how Skills for Care can support you in 2024.

A guide to being a personal assistant

This guide explains more about the PA role and has useful information for people already in the PA role.

Skills for Care statement on Ministerial learning and development announcement

Oonagh Smyth, Skills for Care CEO responds to the Minister for Care's announcement about learning and development support.

#CelebratingSocialCare: celebrations and milestones from adult social care providers

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 the story of some celebrations and award ceremonies from social care providers.

New learning and development opportunities for 2022

As the new year begins it's the perfect time to start planning learning and development opportunities for your team to make use of this year.

Why learning and development matters

As we launch our ‘Learning and development matters’ campaign, our CEO Oonagh Smyth reflects on why learning and development is more important than ever and how Skills for Care can support you in 2025.

Celebrating apprenticeships during National Apprenticeship Week

It’s Good News Friday and this week we’re celebrating apprenticeships in honour of National Apprenticeship Week.

A year in the life of ASC-WDS

Dave Griffiths, Head of Workforce Intelligence & Product Owner for ASC-WDS, talks about the developments we’ve made in improving ASC-WDS across the last 12 months.

My Life - Pathways to Employment

My Life did a project to test innovative approaches to recruiting PAs.