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New guidance released to support care workers in providing care to LGBTQ+ people in later life

23 Feb 2023

Skills for Care has published a new framework to support social care workers in providing care to older lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer (LGBTQ+) people.

Skills for Care response to Government’s announcement of up to £250 million to speed up hospital discharge

10 Jan 2023

Skills for care has issued a response to the Government’s announcement of up to £250 million to speed up hospital discharge

Skills for Care is supporting social care teams to #KeepLearning this year

09 Jan 2023

Skills for Care launches its 'Keep learning for success' campaign, supporting social care managers with learning and development for social care staff.

Skills for Care response to The Homecare Association’s Autumn Workforce Survey

20 Dec 2022

Skills for Care issues a response to The Homecare Association’s Autumn Workforce Survey.

Skills for Care response to the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) annual report 2022

15 Dec 2022

Skills for Care’s has issued a response to the Migration Advisory Committee’s Annual report.

Skills for Care appoints three new trustees to its Board of Directors

21 Nov 2022

Skills for Care appoints three new trustees to its Board of Directors. Naser Turabi, Penny Fell, and Bill Mumford will be joining the Skills for Care Board at its next meeting on 14 December.

Skills for Care is helping social care providers with #PlanningForSuccess

01 Nov 2022

Skills for Care, has launched a campaign to support social care providers with #PlanningForSuccess by providing information and resources all about effective workforce planning.

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.

Former ADASS President James Bullion joins Skills for Care’s Board

06 Oct 2022

Former Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) President James Bullion has joined the Board of Skills for Care.

Skills for Care is supporting Black History Month in October

03 Oct 2022

Skills for Care is supporting Black History Month by sharing resources, blogs and articles focused on how to foster equality, diversity and inclusion in social care, and updates on actions Skills for Care is taking to support the sector.