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Employing your own care and support tool kit

Awarding organisations

There are currently six qualifications for adult social care.

Empowering care through technology: The vital role of digital skills in adult social care

The rapid rise of digital technology has transformed nearly every aspect of our lives, including how we manage our homes, communicate, work, and engage in leisure activities.

Employing disabled workers in adult social care and health: a guide for employers

This guide will help social care managers and policy makers attract, recruit and keep disabled workers in their organisation.

Further information

Further information

What our latest data tells us about factors that affect CQC ratings

Following the release of our ‘State of the adult social care sector and workforce in England’ report, we look at what our latest data about Care Quality Commission (CQC) ratings tell us.

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.

Child and family ASYE

Information about child and family ASYE funding and certification

Young people and the ‘Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care’

Gemma Jewell, Associate Director of People and Business Support at Response, a charity that provides mental health services and housing support in Oxfordshire and the surrounding areas, talks to us about the impact she hopes the Workforce Strategy will have on young people.

#CelebratingSocialCare: going the extra mile

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 care staff who are going the extra mile to deliver the best care possible.