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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

 


The importance of providing training to support people with their personal and sexual relationships

27 Mar 2023 Tracy Girling

As Skills for Care prepares to launch its new training materials for care workers to support people with their personal and sexual relationships, Trac…read more

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27 Mar 2023 Tracy Girling

tracy sense

As Skills for Care prepares to launch its new training materials for care workers to support people with their personal and sexual relationships, Trac…read more

Culture and diversity

Learning and development

Learning disabilities and autism

Skills for Care

HC-One shares success of their Aspiring Home Managers Programme

24 Mar 2023 Skills for Care

This #GoodNewsFriday care provider HC-One shares the positive impact of their Aspiring Home Managers Programme and the importance of learning and deve…read more

hc one

24 Mar 2023 Skills for Care

hc one

This #GoodNewsFriday care provider HC-One shares the positive impact of their Aspiring Home Managers Programme and the importance of learning and deve…read more

Learning and development

Good news story

Recruitment

Retention

Why environmental sustainability is important for care providers

22 Mar 2023 James Rycroft

James Rycroft, Executive Director at The Outstanding Society and Managing Director of Vida Healthcare, an ‘Outstanding’ rated care provider shares the…read more

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22 Mar 2023 James Rycroft

James R

James Rycroft, Executive Director at The Outstanding Society and Managing Director of Vida Healthcare, an ‘Outstanding’ rated care provider shares the…read more

CQC

Leadership

Learning and development

Our approach to equality, diversity and inclusion and how we evidence this

20 Mar 2023 Claire Callaghan

As the Care Quality Commission (CQC) highlights the importance of valuing diversity in the workplace, Claire Callaghan, Registered Manager, Bowfell Ho…read more

Claire Callaghan

20 Mar 2023 Claire Callaghan

Claire Callaghan

As the Care Quality Commission (CQC) highlights the importance of valuing diversity in the workplace, Claire Callaghan, Registered Manager, Bowfell Ho…read more

CQC

Culture and diversity

Leadership

Learning and development

Social care workers celebrated in awards ceremony

17 Mar 2023 Skills for Care

Frontline care workers were celebrated in an awards ceremony which was held to highlight the importance of social care, its workforce and the high lev…read more

aintree training

17 Mar 2023 Skills for Care

aintree training

Frontline care workers were celebrated in an awards ceremony which was held to highlight the importance of social care, its workforce and the high lev…read more

Good news story

Learning and development

How to co-produce learning and development with people who draw on care and support

15 Mar 2023 Skills for Care

Two training organisations told us how they work with people who draw on care and support to co-produce learning and development for care workers. read more

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15 Mar 2023 Skills for Care

think-digital

Two training organisations told us how they work with people who draw on care and support to co-produce learning and development for care workers. read more

Learning and development

Culture and diversity

Learning disabilities and autism

Developing a VIP training service for individual employers and personal assistants

14 Mar 2023 Caroline Coleman

Caroline Coleman, CEO of Coleman Training, tells us how, they responded to a demand for more tailored training for individual employers (IEs) and thei…read more

Grads-(8)

14 Mar 2023 Caroline Coleman

Grads-(8)

Caroline Coleman, CEO of Coleman Training, tells us how, they responded to a demand for more tailored training for individual employers (IEs) and thei…read more

Individual employers

Learning and development

Interview: how I keep learning as a nurse

13 Mar 2023 Skills for Care

We spoke with our project manager for nursing Lucy Gillespie about how she keeps learning as a regulated professional and registered nurse. read more

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13 Mar 2023 Skills for Care

Lucy-G-SfC

We spoke with our project manager for nursing Lucy Gillespie about how she keeps learning as a regulated professional and registered nurse. read more

Learning and development

Nursing

Skills for Care

Care provider shares how staff have grown into new roles with them

10 Mar 2023 Skills for Care

Care provider David Lewis told us how their learning and development opportunities have encouraged staff to stay with them long-term. We spoke to two …read more

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10 Mar 2023 Skills for Care

GNF-thumbnail-v1

Care provider David Lewis told us how their learning and development opportunities have encouraged staff to stay with them long-term. We spoke to two …read more

Good news story

Learning and development

Retention

Interview: how we provide learning and development to support person-centred care

08 Mar 2023 Skills for Care

We spoke to Manjinder Boo Dhiman (‘Boo’), Registered Manager at Lee Mount Care Home about how they provide staff training to ensure a focus on person-…read more

Lee Mount Care Home

08 Mar 2023 Skills for Care

Lee Mount Care Home

We spoke to Manjinder Boo Dhiman (‘Boo’), Registered Manager at Lee Mount Care Home about how they provide staff training to ensure a focus on person-…read more

Learning and development

Management

Leadership