Blogs and articles

24 Nov 2021 Dave Griffiths

Skills for Care’s Programme Head of Workforce Intelligence, Dave Griffiths, shares his experience of developing Skills for Care’s data collection serv…read more

22 Nov 2021 Skills for Care

Skills for Care is celebrating the launch of the Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set (ASC-WDS), funded by the Department of Health and Social Care (D…read more

14 Oct 2021 Oonagh Smyth

Our CEO Oonagh Smyth extends her thank you to all our ASC-WDS users who contribute vital sector insights which help to shape policies and decision mak…read more

19 Jul 2021 Skills for Care

We spoke with managers from across the sector about how they use our Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set to help manage their teams and service. read more

08 Jul 2021 Skills for Care

As we release our annual 'Size and structure of the adult social care sector and workforce in England' report, find out some of the key insights from …read more

30 Nov 2020 Nadra Ahmed

Nadra Ahmed OBE has been Chairman of the National Care Association (NCA) since 2001 representing small and medium sized employers. In this blog she lo…read more

16 Nov 2020 Kathy Roberts

Kathy Roberts is the Chief Executive of the Association of Mental Health Providers, the national representative organisation for VCSE mental health se…read more

04 Aug 2020 Shereen Hussein

Professor Shereen Hussein, Professor of Care and Health and Policy Evaluation at the University of Kent talks about the importance of the findings in …read more

07 Jul 2020 Dave Griffiths

Programme Head for Analysis Dave Griffiths, looks at how our Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set has helped shape thinking during the pandemic and th…read more

17 Feb 2020 Dave Griffiths

As we focus on the importance of workforce planning, Dave Griffiths, Skills for Care Programme Head talks about the ASC-WDS service and how it helps o…read more