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Skills for Care to be part of leading centre to implement evidence in adult social care

Skills for Care will be partnering with the University of Birmingham, as part of a broader consortium of key stakeholders from across the four nations of the UK, to develop a new Centre for adult social care, which will aim to put evidence into practice to promote and maintain people’s independence and wellbeing.

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.

The value of adult social care in England

This page look at the economic benefits of adult social care to individuals and society.

Service Assumptions Report

Service Assumptions Report. - Workforce strategy

Stakeholders expectations of the social care workforce

This short report summarises findings of an exercise that Skills for Care commissioned from The King's Fund in 2023 on what are key stakeholders' expectations of the social care workforce by 2038. The report feeds into 'A workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care in England'.

Guide to improvement

This 'Guide to improvement' helps adult social care employers to identify, plan and implement improvements across their service. It draws on 'good' and outstanding' practice to help your service to, not only meet CQC expectations but exceed them. It includes checklists and examples to help you to identify what your service needs to improve, and to develop an action plan to implement the required changes.

5 Working with partners

This standard relates to the importance of building relationships and partnerships as part of your role.

Local authorities support for individual employers

This report outlines the most recent findings from an ongoing study which sets out to understand the support available to people employing personal assistants (PAs) in England.

Short version - How to make change happen - The principles of workforce redesign (May 2023)

The principles of workforce redesign (May 2023). Short version.

Greater resilience better care

Helping the adult social care workforce become more resilient.