People across the country celebrate milestone birthdays in style
29 Apr 2022
Skills for Care
While we may not have been able to celebrate birthdays in the usual way over the past two years, care workers have been pulling out the stops to make …read more
29 Apr 2022
Skills for Care
While we may not have been able to celebrate birthdays in the usual way over the past two years, care workers have been pulling out the stops to make …read more
Continuing to provide meaningful activity during the pandemic
27 Apr 2022
Skills for Care
Tony Crowther of activity-led provider City Care Partnership talks to us about how the organisation adapted to continue to provide meaningful activiti…read more
27 Apr 2022
Skills for Care
Tony Crowther of activity-led provider City Care Partnership talks to us about how the organisation adapted to continue to provide meaningful activiti…read more
Leadership
Learning disabilities and autism
Workforce development
Supporting people to use everyday technology during the pandemic
26 Apr 2022
Skills for Care
The pandemic has brought many challenges for the social care sector, but there has also been innovations and achievements. We look at how providers su…read more
26 Apr 2022
Skills for Care
The pandemic has brought many challenges for the social care sector, but there has also been innovations and achievements. We look at how providers su…read more
Digital
Learning disabilities and autism
Celebrations and awards held for social care sector across the country
22 Apr 2022
Skills for Care
This month we're #CelebratingSocialCare and we're delighted to hear of lots of other celebrations and award events having taking place across the sect…read more
22 Apr 2022
Skills for Care
This month we're #CelebratingSocialCare and we're delighted to hear of lots of other celebrations and award events having taking place across the sect…read more
Leadership
Skills for Care
Wellbeing
Good news story
A celebration of innovation among the challenges of the pandemic
19 Apr 2022
Sacha Wheatley
Sacha Wheatley, Registered Manager of Greenwich Shared Lives, and a Skills for Care Moving Up alumni, discusses how her team innovated during the pand…read more
19 Apr 2022
Sacha Wheatley
Sacha Wheatley, Registered Manager of Greenwich Shared Lives, and a Skills for Care Moving Up alumni, discusses how her team innovated during the pand…read more
Leadership
Culture and diversity
Wellbeing
Oonagh Smyth: celebrating the social care workforce
13 Apr 2022
Oonagh Smyth
Our CEO Oonagh Smyth reflects on what we’ve learnt about people working in adult social care during the pandemic and what’s next for the sector as we …read more
Our CEO Oonagh Smyth reflects on what we’ve learnt about people working in adult social care during the pandemic and what’s next for the sector as we …read more
97% of registered managers would recommend Skills for Care membership
11 Apr 2022
Skills for Care
Skills for Care is the membership body for registered managers in England. In a recent survey of our members, 97% said they’d recommend membership. Fi…read more
11 Apr 2022
Skills for Care
Skills for Care is the membership body for registered managers in England. In a recent survey of our members, 97% said they’d recommend membership. Fi…read more
Leadership
Skills for Care
Workforce development
Mentoring: a way for social care leaders to support each other
07 Apr 2022
Skills for Care
One of the greatest things people tell us about working in social care is the peer support among colleagues and within the sector. This is particularl…read more
07 Apr 2022
Skills for Care
One of the greatest things people tell us about working in social care is the peer support among colleagues and within the sector. This is particularl…read more
Leadership
Mentoring
Wellbeing
Workforce development