Blogs and articles

22 Dec 2021 Oonagh Smyth

Hear what Skills for Care CEO Oonagh Smyth has to say about the past year in the sector. read more

15 Dec 2021 Skills for Care

As part of our #2021Highlights campaign we're rounding up and sharing some of the good news stories that we've been sent. read more

28 Oct 2021 Skills for Care

Registered managers play a key role within social care organisations. But, the pandemic has brought new and unique challenges to the sector, so provid…read more

12 May 2021 Skills for Care

Mental Health Awareness Week is a key time for reflecting on the importance of mental wellbeing and encouraging conversations about mental health. At …read more

20 Apr 2021 Anushka Karmali

Anushka Karmali, Development Officer from 360 Degrees Healthcare shares how they’ve created ‘staff bubbles’ to provide peer-to-peer support across the…read more

20 Jan 2021 Vicky Jackson

Vicky Jackson was only days into her new role as Head of People Development at MHA when the organisation saw that COVID-19 was going to dramatically c…read more

19 Jan 2021 Vicky Jackson

In the second of her blogs Vicky Jackson of Methodist Homes reflects on how asking the organisation’s 7,000 colleagues and 4,000 volunteers about thei…read more

18 Jan 2021 Vicky Jackson

Vicky Jackson was only days into her new role as Head of People Development at MHA when the organisation saw that COVID-19 was going to dramatically c…read more

08 Dec 2020 Skills for Care

At Skills for Care, our aim is to provide as much dedicated support and information for all registered managers and front-line managers throughout the…read more

08 Dec 2020 Mark Topps

Mark Topps is a registered manager at Eastern County Care Ltd. Here he talks about how being a member of the Skills for Care Facebook group has allow…read more