Blogs and articles

23 Sep 2024 Professor John Unsworth

In this article, Professor John Unsworth, Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor for the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at Northumbria University Newcastle, …read more

22 Jul 2024 Skills for Care

Skills for Care has spoken to several ICSs since their inception to learn about what they are doing. Learn how many are working effectively together t…read more

22 Mar 2024 Skills for Care

LDC Care Co were delighted to receive a Chief Nurse Adult Social Care Award following a visit from Deborah Sturdy. read more

03 Jan 2024 Skills for Care

Over the Christmas and New Year period we’re sharing some additional good news stories from the sector in 2023. This time we hear from Azure about the…read more

28 Sep 2023 Barry O'Driscoll

Barry O'Driscoll, Registered Manager, Sycamore Lodge, shares how they drastically reduced turnover rates by focusing on a positive culture and values-…read more

27 Sep 2023 Skills for Care

Once you’ve recruited the right people, it’s important to keep them. We’ve rounded up some top tips to help you retain staff and lower turnover. read more

26 Sep 2023 Rob Hargreaves

Rob Hargreaves, Information Services Manager at Skills for Care explains what regulated providers will need to demonstrate and what support is availab…read more

25 Sep 2023 Skills for Care

Skills for Care launches values-based recruitment toolkit read more

21 Sep 2023 Skills for Care

It’s important that all your recruitment is conducted in a safe and fair way, especially when recruiting people from certain groups. We round up what …read more

20 Sep 2023 Skills for Care

Our latest data shows that 70,000 people were recruited from abroad into direct care giving roles in 2022/23. We look at what you need to know about e…read more