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Guide to improvement

This 'Guide to improvement' helps adult social care employers to identify, plan and implement improvements across their service. It draws on 'good' and outstanding' practice to help your service to, not only meet CQC expectations but exceed them. It includes checklists and examples to help you to identify what your service needs to improve, and to develop an action plan to implement the required changes.

Tools and resources - How to Make Change Happen - The principles of workforce redesign (May 2023)

The principles of workforce redesign (May 2023). Tools and resources version.

Recommendations for CQC providers

This guide explains what CQC expects to see around your managers and leaders, recruitment and retention, induction and ongoing learning and development. It highlights Skills for Care's products and resources that can help.

New starters' experience - phase 1 research report

Almost half of new starters leave within the first year. This research suggest the best ways to retain new starters and reduce the cost of recruitment.

Principles to Practice - good mental health

How to implement the Common Core Principles and what this might look like in practice.

L5 comms qual report_summary

Principles of Commissioning for Wellbeing level 5 qualification - Impact evaluation. Summary report.

A Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care in England

For the first time ever, the adult social care sector has come together, led by Skills for Care, to develop the Workforce Strategy it needs. Adult social care needs a workforce strategy to ensure we have enough of the right people with the right skills to provide the best possible care and support for the people who draw on it. Discover the Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care in England.

NHS status factsheet 2020.21 FINAL

Personal assistant employment status and pension fact sheet

Offering meaningful work experience guide

Work experience can bring lots of benefits to adult social careemployers, and give people who are interested in joining oursector the opportunity to experience what it's really like. This guide has practical information and templates to support adult social care employers to provide meaningful work experience.

Supporting the development of leadership skills

Skills for Care's leadership offer includes programmes, practical tools, and opportunities to make connections that will help leaders to develop their confidence and capability to move forward in their role.