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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.

The PA workforce in social care and health

This report outlines findings from a recent study which set out to establish a picture of personal assistants (PAs) working across social care and health in England. It looks specifically at the supply and recruitment of PAs, models of PA employment and consistency between social care and health.

PAs continuing to support people during a hospital admission

When personal assistants (PAs) continue to support their employer during a hospital admission, this can have lots of benefits for the individual. This guide outlines the benefits and shares learning and top tips about what works well, to help individual employers, local authorities and Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) to work together to put the right processes in place to make it happen.

6 - Leading a person-centred service

This standard relates to providing person-centred support which brings about positive outcomes for people who need care and support.

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.

2015 Care Certificate standards

The Skills for Care, Care Certificate workbook is a free downloadable resource to support the training process and help you and your new workers cover parts of the Care Certificate. Explore the 2015 Care Certificate standards and supporting resources.

Care Certificate workbook for PAs

Employers can use this workbook to support PAs when they first start work, or as a refresh for existing staff.

Disclosure and Barring Service advice note PAs Feb 2021

Disclosure and Barring Service advice notes. This advice note explains more about DBS checks.

Disclosure and Barring Service advice note PAs Feb 2021

Disclosure and Barring Service advice notes. This advice note explains more about DBS checks.

Supporting workforce capability

Skills for Care works to ensure people working in care have the right skills, knowledge, competencies, values and behaviours to meet current and future needs in our communities. We do this by defining the knowledge, skills and capabilities needed now and in the future, developing and reviewing learning and development to fill the gaps, helping care providers and their staff to access training, and ensuring there's a vibrant learning market.