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Take a look at through our blogs and articles where you'll find top tips, insights from others working in the sector, and round-ups of our key resources.

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

 


Support available for registered managers

07 Mar 2024 Skills for Care

Skills for Care has lots of support and information for registered managers. We round up what’s available to help you. read more

Manager speaking to her staff at her desk

07 Mar 2024 Skills for Care

Manager speaking to her staff at her desk

Skills for Care has lots of support and information for registered managers. We round up what’s available to help you. read more

Leadership

Management

Why we’re championing registered managers in March

05 Mar 2024 Georgina Turner

As we launch our Championing Registered Managers campaign, our Director of Engagement Georgina Turner discusses why this campaign is important in cele…read more

Georgina-Turner

05 Mar 2024 Georgina Turner

Georgina-Turner

As we launch our Championing Registered Managers campaign, our Director of Engagement Georgina Turner discusses why this campaign is important in cele…read more

Management

Skills for Care

Leadership

Skills for Care’s endorsed providers support leaders to keep learning

27 Feb 2024 Skills for Care

Find out more about how Skills for Care’s leadership programmes provided by our endorsed learning providers can support leaders to #KeepLearning in a …read more

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27 Feb 2024 Skills for Care

MicrosoftTeams-image (14)

Find out more about how Skills for Care’s leadership programmes provided by our endorsed learning providers can support leaders to #KeepLearning in a …read more

Leadership

Learning and development

Management

How I balance my learning and development as a registered nurse and registered manager

26 Feb 2024 Itai Nyamator

Itai Nyamatore, Registered Manager, GAIN Care Ltd - DERBY and registered nurse discusses how she balances her continuing professional development acro…read more

itai

26 Feb 2024 Itai Nyamator

itai

Itai Nyamatore, Registered Manager, GAIN Care Ltd - DERBY and registered nurse discusses how she balances her continuing professional development acro…read more

Leadership

Learning and development

Management

Nursing

Why learning and development matters to me

20 Feb 2024 Lisa Downs

Lisa Downs, Head of Care and Registered Manager for Caring Together Charity in Cambridgeshire, discusses why it’s important for her to #KeepLearning h…read more

Lisa Downs

20 Feb 2024 Lisa Downs

Lisa Downs

Lisa Downs, Head of Care and Registered Manager for Caring Together Charity in Cambridgeshire, discusses why it’s important for her to #KeepLearning h…read more

Leadership

Learning and development

Management

The benefits of learning and development for managers

14 Feb 2024 Skills for Care

We hear from managers about the learning and development they’ve undertaken and why they’ve found this beneficial. read more

Working through the Manager Induction Standards

14 Feb 2024 Skills for Care

Working through the Manager Induction Standards

We hear from managers about the learning and development they’ve undertaken and why they’ve found this beneficial. read more

Leadership

Learning and development

Management

Learning and development opportunities for social care managers

31 Jan 2024 Skills for Care

It’s vital to #KeepLearning at all stages of your career. We round-up some of the learning and development opportunities available for managers in soc…read more

Social work area meeting

31 Jan 2024 Skills for Care

Social work area meeting

It’s vital to #KeepLearning at all stages of your career. We round-up some of the learning and development opportunities available for managers in soc…read more

Learning and development

Leadership

Management

Why managers shouldn’t be afraid to develop their staff

22 Jan 2024 Skills for Care

Victoria Collier, Deputy Head of National Workforce Development, Capability and Skills at Skills for Care discusses why managers shouldn’t fear develo…read more

VC

22 Jan 2024 Skills for Care

VC

Victoria Collier, Deputy Head of National Workforce Development, Capability and Skills at Skills for Care discusses why managers shouldn’t fear develo…read more

Leadership

Learning and development

Management

Retention

Why it’s important to improve digital confidence for people working in social care

09 Nov 2023 Claire Smout

As we launch our ��Improving digital confidence’ campaign, our Head of Digital Skills, Claire Smout, discusses why digital confidence is so important f…read more

Claire Smout

09 Nov 2023 Claire Smout

Claire Smout

As we launch our ‘Improving digital confidence’ campaign, our Head of Digital Skills, Claire Smout, discusses why digital confidence is so important f…read more

Digital

Learning and development

Leadership

Skills for Care

Registered manager wins Inspirational Manager at Stars of Social Care Awards

03 Nov 2023 Skills for Care

This #GoodNewsFriday we say a big well done to Sue Ann Nnamani, Registered Manager of Priscilla Wakefield House Nursing Home on winning the Inspiratio…read more

sue ann receives award

03 Nov 2023 Skills for Care

sue ann receives award

This #GoodNewsFriday we say a big well done to Sue Ann Nnamani, Registered Manager of Priscilla Wakefield House Nursing Home on winning the Inspiratio…read more

Good news story

Leadership

Management