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

We’re kicking off the new year with our ‘Keep learning for success’ campaign.

Our campaign will support you and your teams to #KeepLearning by highlighting training and funding opportunities available for social care workers in 2023, and focusing on the real benefits which continual professional development has for people working in social care and the people who they support.

It will run across our website, social media and other communications channels and will include resources to support with training, articles highlighting learning and development opportunities available in 2023, and real life insights from people working in social care.

You can follow the campaign and join in on discussions on social media using #KeepLearning.

The campaign launches as the deadline for social care employers to apply for this year’s Workforce Development Fund (WDF), which provides funding for staff training, nears. Employers who wish to use the WDF must sign up by 28 February 2023, with claims due by 31 May.

Skills for Care will be providing information about WDF, how to claim, and what it can be used for as part of this campaign.

Skills for Care data shows that investing in learning and development for your team can support with keeping staff. Average turnover rates decreased from 41.2% among staff who had no training, to 31.7% among those that received some form of training. Additionally, turnover was reduced by 9.1% for care workers who received more than 30 instances of training when compared to care workers with one instance of training.

Oonagh Smyth, CEO of Skills for Care says:

More information on the campaign and how to get involved can be found on our spotlight page.

Follow the campaign on social media using #KeepLearning

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