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Personal assistants

Skills for Care Individual employers guidance and support. Being a personal assistant can be a very rewarding career, but don't take our word for it; hear from some people who work as personal assistants.

Care topics

Our registered manager webinars cover a range of topics to support managers and their services. These webinars focus on care topics including managing bereavement and medicines from the regulatory perspective.

Positive practice in supporting people with dementia

This #GoodNewsFriday and Dementia Action Week, we hear from Christopher Tansley, Managing Director, Right at Home Nottingham about how they support people living with dementia.

Affinity Homecare celebrates success of student placements programme

Affinity Homecare share the success of their first student placement programme, working alongside Shrewsbury College to provide students with the opportunity to experience what it means to be a support worker and the various ways to progress a career in social care.

Pathways to Employment workbook

Pathways to Employment workbook from My Life.

Victoria - Clinical Nurse Manager

Victoria - Registered Manager adult

New survey launched for BAME care workers

Skills for Care is launching a survey, and a series of webinar and peer coaching, to find out more about the experiences of social care workers from a BAME background during the pandemic. Our Programme Manager for Leadership and Management Symone Stuart wants as many workers as possible to complete the survey.

Continuing to learn and develop as a leader

We hear from Sarah Wildon, registered manager of Able Living Care Services in Poynton, Cheshire East, about her career journey and how she has always embedded continual learning and development into her role.

Making activity count

Tracey Nicholson, Project Manager for Standards, Learning, Qualifications and Apprenticeships, tells us why "Making activity count" is her favourite project to date.

ASYE templates

ASYE templates from 1 September 2022. The portfolio templates and guidance are applicable to NQSWs completing their ASYE programme across all sectors and all services. They should be used by NQSWs, assessors and employers.