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Dive into our collection of blogs and articles where you'll find top tips, insights from others working in the sector, and round-ups of our key resources.

Whether you're looking for practical advice, industry trends, or expert opinions, our content is designed to support and inspire you in your role.

Stay informed and discover valuable information to help you navigate the challenges and opportunities in the social care sector.

If you’d be interested in writing a blog or being interviewed for one our pieces please email alexander.haswell@skillsforcare.org.uk

 


What you can do as a nominated individual to ensure your service has a positive workplace culture

28 Mar 2025 Eve Macey-Norris

Eve Macey-Norris, Operations Manager and Nominated Individual at Home Instead Oxford, Home Instead Swindon and Vale of White Horse, talks to us about …read more

Eve Macey-Norris

28 Mar 2025 Eve Macey-Norris

Eve Macey-Norris

Eve Macey-Norris, Operations Manager and Nominated Individual at Home Instead Oxford, Home Instead Swindon and Vale of White Horse, talks to us about …read more

Leadership

Creating great leaders

19 Mar 2025 Marta Sulkowska

Marta Sulkowska, Learning and Development Business Partner at Cera Care, talks about her experience with the ‘Well led’ and ‘Lead to Succeed’ programm…read more

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19 Mar 2025 Marta Sulkowska

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Marta Sulkowska, Learning and Development Business Partner at Cera Care, talks about her experience with the ‘Well led’ and ‘Lead to Succeed’ programm…read more

Learning and development

Leadership

How I lead my service

17 Mar 2025 Joanna Grudzinska-Dmowska

Joanna Grudzinska-Dmowska, Support Services Manager at The Grange, talks to us about how she leads her service to get the best results. read more

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17 Mar 2025 Joanna Grudzinska-Dmowska

Joanna GD

Joanna Grudzinska-Dmowska, Support Services Manager at The Grange, talks to us about how she leads her service to get the best results. read more

Management

Leadership

Developing future leaders

11 Mar 2025 Jane McCabe

Jayne McCabe, our National Leadership and Management Lead, discusses the importance of succession planning in adult social care. read more

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11 Mar 2025 Jane McCabe

JMC headshot

Jayne McCabe, our National Leadership and Management Lead, discusses the importance of succession planning in adult social care. read more

Leadership

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

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07 Feb 2025 Lisa Govier

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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

Learning and development

What do registered managers think about a professional body and workforce registration?

25 Sep 2024 Skills for Care

We caught up with our registered manager reference group to discuss their thoughts on suggestions in the Workforce Strategy around workforce registrat…read more

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25 Sep 2024 Skills for Care

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We caught up with our registered manager reference group to discuss their thoughts on suggestions in the Workforce Strategy around workforce registrat…read more

Workforce development

Leadership

Policy

How integration can prevent hospital admissions and support higher quality care

15 Jul 2024 Skills for Care

We hear from Chloe Wynn, Registered Manager at Belong Morris Feinmann, on how she believes integration and collaboration between health and social car…read more

15 Jul 2024 Skills for Care

We hear from Chloe Wynn, Registered Manager at Belong Morris Feinmann, on how she believes integration and collaboration between health and social car…read more

Integration

Leadership

How workplace culture supports equality, diversity and inclusion for staff

24 Jun 2024 Skills for Care

We hear from Dan Steadman, Group HR and Organisational Development Director, Agincare, about how their workplace culture supports equality, diversity …read more

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24 Jun 2024 Skills for Care

Group learning session

We hear from Dan Steadman, Group HR and Organisational Development Director, Agincare, about how their workplace culture supports equality, diversity …read more

Culture and diversity

Leadership

Management

Wellbeing

How leaders create workplace cultures that retain social care staff

10 Jun 2024 Skills for Care

We discuss how leadership impacts culture and how this can create an environment that leads to better staff retention. read more

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10 Jun 2024 Skills for Care

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We discuss how leadership impacts culture and how this can create an environment that leads to better staff retention. read more

Culture and diversity

Leadership

Retention

What is it like being a registered manager?

28 Mar 2024 Lynn James-Wellings,

Lynn James-Wellings, Registered Manager, Care First 24 shares insights about the different complexities her role includes. read more

Lynn James-Wellings

28 Mar 2024 Lynn James-Wellings,

Lynn James-Wellings

Lynn James-Wellings, Registered Manager, Care First 24 shares insights about the different complexities her role includes. read more

Leadership

Management