Blogs and articles

06 Apr 2020 Nicki Bones

Nicki Bones is CEO of SweetTree, a CQC rated outstanding domiciliary care company, offering services across London. Here she talks about her team as u…read more

27 Mar 2020 Jason Denny

Registered Manager Jason Denny and his team at Old Hastings House won a Skills for Care Accolade for their work. Here he reflects on how they are resp…read more

23 Mar 2020 Oonagh Smyth

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

24 Feb 2020 Skills for Care

Safe staffing levels ensure that your service has enough staff, who have the right values and skills, to deliver high-quality care and support. This a…read more

06 Feb 2020 Karolina Bialecka-Sokol, registered manager at Beaufort House in Burnham-on-Sea

Karolina, originally a social worker from Poland, has spent over five years as a registered manager in nursing, dementia and residential services. She…read more

21 Jan 2020 Edward Hopkins

As we continue the conversation around #Your2020Vision, Edward Hopkins, Membership Lead at Skills for Care brings wellbeing to the forefront of our th…read more

13 Jan 2020 Skills for Care

As the new year has just begun, now’s the ideal time to set your goals for the year ahead. This article uses learning from our ‘Guide to improvement’ …read more

07 Jan 2020 Rebecca Heyes

At the end of 2018 Rebecca Heyes became a registered manager at GS Social Care. After 12 months in post, she looks back on her achievements and shares…read more

09 Jul 2019 Skills for Care

Did you know that one of our most popular leadership programmes is the Well-led programme? It has been running for over three years and has been deli…read more

23 Apr 2019 Skills for Care

We share tips about how you can involve the people you support and staff in making improvements, and share examples from services that have done it su…read more