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Clifton Homecare wins leadership excellence award at Northwest Family Business Awards

30 Aug 2024 Skills for Care

This #GoodNewsFriday, we hear about Caroline Cosh and the team at Clifton Homecare, who’ve been given some impressive awards! read more

Caroline NFBA 2024 solo

30 Aug 2024 Skills for Care

Caroline NFBA 2024 solo

This #GoodNewsFriday, we hear about Caroline Cosh and the team at Clifton Homecare, who’ve been given some impressive awards! read more

Good news story

Top tips on how to retain your care team

28 Aug 2024 Stephen Forster

We hear from Stephen Forster, Managing Director of The Care Social Network, on how to retain your care team. read more

Man and women painting

28 Aug 2024 Stephen Forster

Man and women painting

We hear from Stephen Forster, Managing Director of The Care Social Network, on how to retain your care team. read more

Retention

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

27 Aug 2024 Skills for Care

The rapid rise of digital technology has transformed nearly every aspect of our lives, including how we manage our homes, communicate, work, and engag…read more

SfC_Knoll Care Partnership_180

27 Aug 2024 Skills for Care

SfC_Knoll Care Partnership_180

The rapid rise of digital technology has transformed nearly every aspect of our lives, including how we manage our homes, communicate, work, and engag…read more

Digital

Residents at The Lawn share their love for reading on National Book Lovers' Day 2024

23 Aug 2024 Skills for Care

Residents at The Lawn, a residential care home in Alton run by the charity Friends of the Elderly, celebrated this year's National Book Lovers' Day by…read more

Resident, Rita Rawling with her favourite book

23 Aug 2024 Skills for Care

Resident, Rita Rawling with her favourite book

Residents at The Lawn, a residential care home in Alton run by the charity Friends of the Elderly, celebrated this year's National Book Lovers' Day by…read more

Good news story

My journey to becoming an award-winning registered manager and co-chair of a Skills for Care local network for managers

20 Aug 2024 Kam Gill

Kam Gill, Registered Manager, Walfinch Oxfordshire, shares her story about becoming an award-winning registered manager and how she plans to fulfil he…read more

city care partnership

20 Aug 2024 Kam Gill

city care partnership

Kam Gill, Registered Manager, Walfinch Oxfordshire, shares her story about becoming an award-winning registered manager and how she plans to fulfil he…read more

Workforce development

Walfinch Chiswick, Hammersmith and Kensington named as top 20 home care provider

16 Aug 2024 Skills for Care

This #GoodNewsFriday, we hear about Walfinch Chiswick, Hammersmith and Kensington, who have been named as a top 20 home care provider. read more

Walfinch B&W

16 Aug 2024 Skills for Care

Walfinch B&W

This #GoodNewsFriday, we hear about Walfinch Chiswick, Hammersmith and Kensington, who have been named as a top 20 home care provider. read more

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A positive future

13 Aug 2024 Graham Woodham

Graham Woodham, former Head of Regulated Professional Workforce at Skills for Care, reflects on his work at Skills for Care and his hopes for the futu…read more

Graham Woodham blog picture

13 Aug 2024 Graham Woodham

Graham Woodham blog picture

Graham Woodham, former Head of Regulated Professional Workforce at Skills for Care, reflects on his work at Skills for Care and his hopes for the futu…read more

Workforce development

Project MEND is awarded national research funding to help more men be recruited into social care

09 Aug 2024 Skills for Care

In this week’s #GoodNewsFriday, we hear about a research project that has been awarded national funding to answer the question ‘how can more men be re…read more

MEND Image

09 Aug 2024 Skills for Care

MEND Image

In this week’s #GoodNewsFriday, we hear about a research project that has been awarded national funding to answer the question ‘how can more men be re…read more

Good news story

Skills for Care announces support for phase two of the Social Care Workforce Race Equality Standard (SC-WRES) Improvement Programme

08 Aug 2024 Oonagh Smyth

We hear from Oonagh Smyth, CEO of Skills for Care, on the much-anticipated launch of the second phase of the Social Care Workforce Race Equality Stand…read more

Photo of Oonagh Smyth

08 Aug 2024 Oonagh Smyth

Photo of Oonagh Smyth

We hear from Oonagh Smyth, CEO of Skills for Care, on the much-anticipated launch of the second phase of the Social Care Workforce Race Equality Stand…read more

Project Decaf – how Stow Healthcare used science to improve their care

02 Aug 2024 Skills for Care

We hear about Stow Healthcare’s Project Decaf, which has helped reduce falls by getting those it supports to switch to decaffeinated drinks! read more

Project decaf coffee

02 Aug 2024 Skills for Care

Project decaf coffee

We hear about Stow Healthcare’s Project Decaf, which has helped reduce falls by getting those it supports to switch to decaffeinated drinks! read more

Good news story