We contract with Skills for Care and their regional links at

http://southwest.skillsforcare.org.uk/

Skills for Care Say about themselves:-

“Skills for Care is the employer led authority on the training standards and development needs of nearly one million social care staff in England providing over £25 million in funding to support improved training and qualifications for managers and staff.

Skills for Care is responsible for the strategic development of the adult social care workforces in England

Our vision

• · Put employers in the driving seat on social care workforce issues
• · Create a trained and qualified workforce providing high quality care
• · Provide an expert voice to the social care workforce

- We provide robust data about the social care workforce
Employers can use the National Minimum Data Set (NMDS-SC) Online, our Workforce and Qualification Research and reports about the workforce to improve training and qualifications of their staff to boost their business.

- We help develop new ways of working and delivering services
Our New Types of Working and Workforce Development Strategy will help employers and their staff be innovative and flexible to capitalise on future business development opportunities

- We create a flexible qualifications framework that underpins workforce development, learning and training for 1.3million social care workers
For employers to develop a highly trained workforce we produce Induction Standards, National Occupational Standards, Qualification Frameworks, Knowledge Sets and Leadership and Management tools to ensure they can make their business the best service provider in their area

- We help improve the image and status of the social care workforce
To help employers improve recruitment and retention we demonstrate social care is a long-term career, where 90% of staff are happy in their work. Our national Accolades awards celebrate the achievements of innovative social care employers every year.

- We are the employer voice on emerging Government policy
To make sure that employers have an effective voice in shaping government policy that is realistic and practical

Skills for Care Regional Committees

Skills for Care's nine supporting regional committees contribute to the improvement of social care through workforce development activities in each region of England.

Regional committees also develop partnerships with employers to help them to get the best out of resources available for social care workforce development in their region. They can help employers to plan their workforce development requirements.
 

We work with

Skills for Care is not responsible for the inspection of standards of care provision in social care settings. This is the responsibility of the Care Quality Commission. For more information visit www.cqc.org.uk.

Skills for Care is not responsible for the registering or regulation of care workers. This is the responsibility of the General Social Care Council (GSCC). For more details see www.gscc.org.uk.

The development of social care workers in the children's sector is handled by the Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC). Visit www.cwdcouncil.org.uk for more details.

Skills for Care works with social care employers and training providers to establish the necessary standards and qualifications that equip social care workers with the skills needed to deliver an improved standard of care.

to see this in full and gain more information please visit

www.skillsforcare.org.uk and regionally

http://southwest.skillsforcare.org.uk/