What a good induction as personal assistant looks like to me
08 Aug 2022
Andrew Meadows
Personal Assistant Andrew Meadows discusses the effective induction he was given for his role and his tips for onboarding new personal assistants. read more
08 Aug 2022
Andrew Meadows
Personal Assistant Andrew Meadows discusses the effective induction he was given for his role and his tips for onboarding new personal assistants. read more
Recruitment
Retention
Workforce development
Individual employers
Please don’t go! Why the first 90 days of employment are so important
02 Aug 2022
Neil Eastwood
Neil Eastwood, CEO of Care Friends and author of ‘Saving social care’, gives his perspective on why efforts to reduce staff turnover in the first 12 w…read more
02 Aug 2022
Neil Eastwood
Neil Eastwood, CEO of Care Friends and author of ‘Saving social care’, gives his perspective on why efforts to reduce staff turnover in the first 12 w…read more
Involving people who draw on care and support in recruitment
28 Jul 2022
Marie Lovell, Hazel Griffiths and Gary Stark
What does it mean to include people with lived experience in the recruitment process and why is it important? Marie Lovell, Hazel Griffiths and Gary S…read more
28 Jul 2022
Marie Lovell, Hazel Griffiths and Gary Stark
What does it mean to include people with lived experience in the recruitment process and why is it important? Marie Lovell, Hazel Griffiths and Gary S…read more
Recruitment
Learning disabilities and autism
Culture and diversity
How international recruitment can support the social care sector
27 Jul 2022
Jeanine Willoughby
Jeanine Willoughby and Amanda Ashworth, project managers for workforce capacity and transformation at Skills for Care, look at how recruiting from ove…read more
27 Jul 2022
Jeanine Willoughby
Jeanine Willoughby and Amanda Ashworth, project managers for workforce capacity and transformation at Skills for Care, look at how recruiting from ove…read more
Creating the workforce of the future through work placements
19 Jul 2022
Skills for Care
Kirsty Armstrong, Registered Manager of Kelly Park Caring Agency, discusses how she has worked with local education providers to offer work placements…read more
19 Jul 2022
Skills for Care
Kirsty Armstrong, Registered Manager of Kelly Park Caring Agency, discusses how she has worked with local education providers to offer work placements…read more
Leadership
Recruitment
Workforce planning
Culture and diversity
How data can help you think about your staff’s health and happiness
20 Jun 2022
Skills for Care
Evaluating staff wellbeing can be difficult, but there are certain data metrics than can help with this such as turnover rates and staff surveys. Find…read more
20 Jun 2022
Skills for Care
Evaluating staff wellbeing can be difficult, but there are certain data metrics than can help with this such as turnover rates and staff surveys. Find…read more
ASC-WDS
Leadership
Wellbeing
Retention
My 30-year career working in social care
30 May 2022
Skills for Care
Liz Seymour, Registered Manager at Melrose Care talks to us about the achievements of her team during the pandemic, and her long career in care. read more
30 May 2022
Skills for Care
Liz Seymour, Registered Manager at Melrose Care talks to us about the achievements of her team during the pandemic, and her long career in care. read more
Leadership
Wellbeing
Retention
My journey to becoming the youngest CQC registered manager
10 Mar 2022
Skills for Care
In a recent podcast, we spoke to Becky Coles who in 2020 became the youngest Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered manager in England. Becky discus…read more
10 Mar 2022
Skills for Care
In a recent podcast, we spoke to Becky Coles who in 2020 became the youngest Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered manager in England. Becky discus…read more
Apprenticeships
Leadership
Recruitment