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Skills for Care hosts local and national events and networks to support the adult social care sector with their workforce development needs.

Search for events in your local area by region and by topic. If you're looking for network event in your area and can't find it on the listing below, please contact your locality manager.

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21

Nov

Online event

Free

Virtual peer learning event for commissioners

Online

This is an interactive virtual event for commissioners, where you can work in small groups with other commissioners from across England. The focus of the event is commissioning support for working age adults, which we hear is a big area of focus for a lot of local authorities.

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21

Nov

Online event

£250

Evidencing CQC safe and effective staffing through workforce planning

Online

This seminar for CQC regulated services will help you meet multiple areas of CQC assessment focus around workforce planning.

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25

Nov

Online event

Free

Take a virtual tour of the Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set (ASC-WDS)

Online

Have you ever wondered what’s involved in using the Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set? Join us to see first-hand the tools and benefits that your organisation could be missing out on! This session is designed to give social care providers who do not yet have an ASC-WDS account a demonstration of how the service works. Care providers who already use ASC-WDS may wish to join to be reminded of how they can make the most of their account.  20,000 care providers already use ASC-WDS and can access a range of benefits including: Eligibility for funding opportunities. Record information about your staff. Manage your training records. Define mandatory training for each role. Receive alerts when training is expired or expiring soon. Benchmark your service against similar providers. Access discounts and offers from Skills for Care and endorsed training providers. Allow us to create vital intelligence which is used by sector stakeholders and decision makers. This webinar will be run on Zoom. 

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26

Nov

Online event

Free

Sharing individual employer and PA best practices with Commissioners

Online

Aimed at commissioners to learn, share good practice and to support increased options for self-directed support for people who employ personal assistants.

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27

Nov

Online event

Free

Eastern aspiring managers network

Online

Skills for Care's Aspiring Managers Networks provide a supportive and informative environment for deputies, team leaders, assistant managers and senior care staff, from all care settings and service types. These networks help aspiring managers to develop their role and discuss challenges and successes with those working in similar roles. This meeting will take place via Zoom on November 27 at 10:00 – 12:00 noon. This session will focus on Positive Workplace Culture and include exploring Skills for Care Positive Culture Toolkit and discussing why it is so important to ensure workplace culture is inclusive, compassionate and collaborative and how it can be achieved. Those managers who weren't able to attend previous meetings of the network are still very welcome to join us.

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27

Nov

Online event

Free

Nominated individuals: Annual national event 2024

Online

Join us at our fourth annual national event for nominated individuals, where we will be joined by colleagues from the Department of Health and Social Care. You will hear about the Fair Pay Agreement for adult social care workers, following the publication of the Employment Rights Bill.

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28

Nov

Online event

Free

How to access funding to support staff training

Online

Learn how to access funding through the Adult Social Care Learning and Development Support Scheme to support staff training.

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02

Dec

Online event

Free

Personalised workforce development to support people with learning disabilities and autistic people

Online

Personalised workforce development involves finding or commissioning tailored training and development that is specifically designed to meet the needs of the person supported. Attend one of these webinars to discover how personalised workforce development can improve outcomes, what the barriers are to doing this, and what would help.

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03

Dec

Online event

Free

Northern individual employer and personal assistant network

Online

This network is for anyone in the North East, North West or Yorkshire and Humber areas, who are individual employers or personal assistants (PAs) or who have an interest in supporting individual employers and personal assistants including user led organisations, direct payment support organisations, personal health budget teams, social workers, and local authority workforce development officers.

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05

Dec

Online event

Free

Midlands and Eastern individual employer and personal assistant framework network

Online

This network is intended for personal assistants, individual employers and those who support personal assistants and individual employers across the East and West Midlands and Eastern England. The network is a great opportunity to enhance peer to peer support, and sharing of best practice. Collaboration will be key to the network both in content and any actions that emerge from the meeting.

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