Blogs and articles

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

18 May 2022 Skills for Care

We know that one thing that can really support a happy and healthy workplace, is peer support. At Skills for Care, we facilitate a number of groups an…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

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

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

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

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

21 Mar 2022 Helena Hitchcox

Things are always changing in social care, but that’s been truer than ever during the past two years with the COVID-19 pandemic. Helena Hitchcox, Dire…read more

18 Mar 2022 Skills for Care

Skills for Care runs local networks for registered managers across the country. Find out more about how they can support you to manage change. 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