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Chief Executive, Skills for Care
Email oonagh.smyth@skillsforcare.org.uk
Oonagh Smyth is CEO of Skills for Care. For seven years she was Executive Director of Strategy and Influence at Mencap leading a directorate of around 500 people across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Oonagh has held roles at the Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action and the Northern Ireland Equality Commission, senior roles in Westminster Equalities Partnership and the National Council for Voluntary Organisations. She is a former Co-Chair of the Care and Support Alliance, which is a cross-sector alliance of 80 social care organisations influencing at the highest government levels.
Our new strategy is a milestone for Skills for Care
04 Aug 2021
As Skills for Care launches a new three-year strategy our CEO Oonagh Smyth looks at what it means for our organisation and the wider adult social care…read more
Skills for Care
Our pledge supporting full and equal contribution at events from people who draw on social care
22 Feb 2021
Our CEO Oonagh Smyth pledges that when speaking at a public event she will ask organisers to ensure full and equal contribution from people who draw o…read more
Coaching works
04 Jan 2021
Our CEO Oonagh Smyth reflects on the benefits of coaching and shares insights from her own experience on the impact the coaching can have. read more
Workforce development
Leadership
Thank you for everything you have done
07 Dec 2020
Our CEO Oonagh Smyth reflects on a challenging year and expresses thanks to everyone working in adult social care. read more
Looking to the future
14 May 2020
At Skills for Care we have been thinking about the future, while supporting the sector in the here and now. Our CEO Oonagh Smyth looks at what the fu…read more
Our CEO Oonagh Smyth reflects on how the sector has stepped up to meet the COVID-19 crisis
23 Mar 2020
Oonagh Smyth discusses how the social care workforce has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic and praises the hard work of the sector. read more