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Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set - Increased sickness rates

18 Jan 2021

CEO Oonagh Smyth reflects on the Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set Increased sickness rates

Â鶹ԭ´´ appoint Tricia Pereira as Director of Operations

11 Jan 2021

Â鶹ԭ´´ appoint Tricia Pereira as Director of Operations

Learning from events – new online learning module to support your response to COVID-19

26 Oct 2020

Â鶹ԭ´´ has launched a digital learning module to support adult social care managers in carrying out holistic learning reviews following any incidents or near misses within the care setting, such as a COVID-19 outbreak.

Social care needs to fill more than 100,000 vacancies

21 Oct 2020

The adult social care sector in England still needs to fill around 112,000 job vacancies on any given day according to a new report published by Â鶹ԭ´´.

Graduate Management learners putting learning into practice during the pandemic

02 Oct 2020

The ninth cohort of health and social care Graduate Management learners have now completed their demanding one-year programme and have been putting their learning into practice during the pandemic.

Our response to the Department of Health and Social Care's Winter Plan

21 Sep 2020

The Department of Health and Social Care's COVID-19 Winter Plan released on Friday sets out how they intend to support employers to fight the virus in the coming months.

Upon – new programme launched to support new Directors of Children's Services

14 Sep 2020

Today sees the launch of a new programme aimed at increasing the pool of future Directors of Children’s Services (DCS), supported by the Department for Education (DfE).

Adult social care workforce grows again to meet increasing demand

07 Aug 2020

The number of people working in adult social care across has increased again to 1.52 million according to a new report by Â鶹ԭ´´.

Â鶹ԭ´´ response to We are the NHS: People Plan for 2020/21

30 Jul 2020

Hear what Skills for CEO Oonagh Smyth has to say about the We are the NHS: People Plan for 2020/21.

Andy Tilden to leave Â鶹ԭ´´ after 20 years

13 Jul 2020

Andy Tilden will leave Â鶹ԭ´´ early in 2021 to take on new challenges after 20 years supporting learning and development opportunities for the adult social care workforce in England.