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Supporting LGBTQ+ inclusivity: Essential resources for support and awareness
10 Feb 2025 Skills for Care
As we continue to support LGBT History Month throughout February, we’ve rounded-up some of the resources available to support you with improving LGBTQ…read more
Culture and diversity
Learning and development
Moving Up: supporting diversity in leaders and managers
07 Feb 2025 Lisa Govier
We hear from Lisa Govier, Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at Dimensions, along with her colleagues Sharon Ngwenya, Locality Manager, and Ife…read more
Leadership
My experience with the nurse leadership programme
06 Feb 2025 Arun Varghese
During Race Equality Week 2025 we hear from Arun Varghese, Registered Manager and Registered Nurse at Peacock House Nursing Home, as he shares his exp…read more
Creating change and driving race equality through the SC-WRES improvement programme action plans
05 Feb 2025 Skills for Care
We explore how the Social Care Workforce Race Equality Standard (SC-WRES) is helping local authorities push for race equality through tailored action …read more
Championing diversity in nursing leadership
03 Feb 2025 Lucy Gillespie
Lucy Gillespie, National Professional Lead for Nursing at Skills for Care, discusses how we can push for more equitable nursing leadership. read more
Nursing
How we supported a reluctant learner to progress in her career
31 Jan 2025 Sam Cox
Sam Cox, Facilitations Director at Changing Lives Building Dreams (CLBD), talks about how they supported a staff member who was reluctant to learn and…read more
Good news story
Closing the skills gap in adult social care
29 Jan 2025 Dara de Burca
Dara de Burca, Executive Director of Dementia Support and Partnerships at Alzheimer’s Society, talks to us about the importance of dementia training. read more
How to support a reluctant learner
27 Jan 2025 Laura Stones
Laura Stones, Learning and Development Officer at Aspire Personalised Care, discusses how their organisation supports people who are reluctant to take…read more
How the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment is helping retain newly qualified social workers
24 Jan 2025 Debz Morgan
This #GoodNewsFriday, Debz Morgan, Advanced Practitioner at Herefordshire Council, shares with us her experience of supporting newly qualified social …read more
How the new statutory and mandatory training guidance helped PLUS improve their workforce development planning
22 Jan 2025 Jody McGill
Jody McGill, Training Manager at PLUS, a social care provider for adults with a learning disability, talks to us about the updated statutory and manda…read more
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