Latest news

• CQC's participation platform
  22/05/19

  This digital participation platform is a new way for the CQC to involve stakeholders in developing its work and listening to views.

• Nominations for the National Care Awards are now open
  22/05/19

  The National Care Awards celebrate their 21st year in 2019!

• Mini Donkey Derby, Pelham House Care Home, Folkestone
  22/05/19

  Come and join the fun - Saturday 29th June, 1 - 3pm

• Learning disability and autism workforce
  21/05/19

  Skills for Care has updated this research report about the adult social care workforce supporting people with learning disabilities and/or autism.

• Sepsis information for family and carers of People with a Learning Disability
  21/05/19

  This video is aimed at people who care for people with a Learning Disability who may not be able to communicate or verbalise how they are feeling.

• Skills for Care Accolades Awards
  21/05/19

  The Skills for Care Accolades awards celebrate adult social care providers and individual employers committed to delivering high quality care. 

• NAPA Awards
  21/05/19

  Do you have an amazing Activity Coordinator? If so, you should be nominating them for an award to publicly say how much you appreciate what they do. 

• Mind launches free training for organisations to promote wellbeing in the workplace
  21/05/19

  New free training aimed at organisations of less than 250 people. 

• Population Wellbeing Portal
  21/05/19

  A central location for e-Learning to deliver improvements in public health, prevention and wellbeing.

• How can you use people's views to improve your service?
  21/05/19

  Tips from Skills for Care about how you can involve the people you support and staff in making improvements and examples from services that have done it successfully

• Staffordshire Dignity in Care Awards 2019
  07/05/19

  Do you know someone who makes a difference? Do you know someone who stands out and acts
  as an example to others?

• Mental health trust cuts falls and saves time with patient monitoring technology
  04/04/19

• How brand new Bury housing and care scheme is helping older people beat isolation
  04/04/19

  Residents of Bury Council’s flagship housing and extra care scheme have spoken of their delight with their new homes, and how living close to other likeminded people is helping them beat isolation and loneliness.  

• Update for Social Care Organisations Registered for the Data Security and Protection Toolkit
  04/04/19

  (DSPT) is a free online self-assessment tool that supports social care providers to assess and prove that they have the right processes and practices in place to manage and hold data safely and securely. 

• New Guide from The Care Provider Alliance
  04/04/19

  The Care Provider Alliance has produced a new guide drawing together new ideas and approaches from across the sector.

• Guide to how social care staff can recognise and manage pain in people with learning disabilities
  04/04/19

• Advanced Care planning
  04/04/19

  SCIE has launched a new guide to advanced care planning.

• Care home action plan
  04/04/19

  Improving personalisation in care homes.

• ‘Guide to improvement’ from Skills for Care
  04/04/19

  Skills for Care’s ‘Guide to improvement’ explains how to identify, plan and implement improvement across your service.

• eLearning for the MIS
  04/04/19

  Skills for Care eLearning for the MIS Developed for deputies, aspiring managers and new managers the Manager Induction Standards (MIS) set out what every good manager needs to know and understand.