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Skills for Care is #CelebratingSocialCare for the fourth year running

01 Apr 2025

Skills for Care is once again #CelebratingSocialCare this April and is encouraging all social care organisations and people working in social care to join in.

Skills for Care undertakes the Social Care Workforce Race Equality Standard

04 Feb 2025

Hear how Skills for Care has undertaken its own Social Care Workforce Race Equality Standard (SC-WRES) analysis for the first time, how we're currently engaging with staff to hear their thoughts on the results and gather feedback on next steps.

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.

Latest findings from SC-WRES published in new Skills for Care report

06 Mar 2024

Skills for Care has published a report detailing the latest findings of the Social Care Workforce Race Equality Standard (SC-WRES).

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.

Skills for Care is supporting social care teams with developing a positive workplace culture

05 Jun 2023

Skills for Care, the strategic workforce development and planning body for social care in England, is supporting social care teams to develop a positive workplace culture.

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 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.

Skills for Care’s Moving Up programme supporting diverse leaders launches for 2022

01 Aug 2022

Skills for Care is pleased to announce that its Moving Up programme is now open for registrations for 2022. The programme is aimed at leaders from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds want to take the next step in their career.