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Social Care Workforce Race Equality Standard (SC-WRES) Improvement Programme open for registrations

14 May 2024

The Social Care Workforce Race Equality Standard (SC-WRES) Improvement Programme has officially opened its registration process for 2024, offering an important platform for addressing race inequality within the social care sector.

Skills for Care is supporting providers to #KeepTheRightPeople throughout May and June

07 May 2024

Throughout May and June Skills for Care is focusing on helping social care providers to keep the right people working for them.

Skills for Care to develop workforce strategy for adult social care – as new report shows a year of ‘green shoots’ and ongoing challenges

12 Oct 2023

Skills for Care has published its annual State of the Adult Social Care Sector and Workforce in England report - and announced plans to develop a new and comprehensive workforce strategy for adult social care.

New survey launched to capture the experiences of those working in adult social care

17 Aug 2023

People working across adult social care are being encouraged to complete a new national Government survey which aims to capture the experiences of those working in adult social care to support improvements over time.

Skills for Care is inviting local authorities to become involved with the Social Care Workforce Race Equality Standard

05 Jul 2023

The SC-WRES was developed by Skills for Care as a tool to identify issues and measure improvements in the workforce with respect to the experiences of people from a Black, Asian and minority ethnic background.

Vacancies in social care increase by 52% to their highest rates and the workforce shrinks for the first time

10 Oct 2022

Skills for Care's annual ‘The state of the adult social care sector and workforce in England report’ has been published for 2022, finding vacancy rates in social care at highest on record.

Skills for Care response to Health and Social Care Select Committee’s report on Workforce: recruitment, training, and retention in Health and Social Care

25 Jul 2022

Skills for Care CEO Oonagh Smyth says this report which we gave oral and written evidence to lays bare the ongoing recruitment and retention challenges facing adult social care.

New report from Skills for Care finds filled posts in social care are down for first time on record, highlighting recruitment challenges for sector

19 Jul 2022

A new report from Skills for Care shows the number of filled posts in adult social care is down for the first time on record.

Skills for Care launches spotlight on building and growing teams

04 Jul 2022

Skills for Care has launched a spotlight focused on building and growing teams. The #BuildingYourWorkforce campaign will run throughout July and August and will provide social care employers with recruitment and retention support.

Vacancy rates in social care continue to rise, new Skills for Care data reports

10 Jun 2022

Skills for Care’s latest workforce tracking data, released this week, shows that vacancy rates are continuing to rise across all settings in adult social care.