Skills for Care are refreshing the Common Induction Standards (CIS) to ensure they reflect current policy and practice. The refreshed standards will be avaliable on the website from end of June
Knowledge sets are designed to be used separately or alongside the Common Induction Standards and as part of a worker's continuing professional development. Their aim is to provide specific standardised knowledge and
The social care management induction standards have been developed by Skills for Care to meet an identified gap in the overall range of products that support the national strategy for leadership an
Meeting social care's changing expectations is much more demanding in SMEs than in larger organisations. So Skills for Care has published a guide specifically for SMEs. It gives a checklist of what smaller social c
The NMDS-SC provides a single source of basic information about services and workers that will enable employers to plan their business activity and determine the skills base needed by the workforce now and in the f
A workforce development tool, including a unit of competence and supporting guidance. We know from our research that the key to building this workforce is providing up to date, accessible and
Most of you must now be aware that the way that qualifications are organised and structured is changing. This includes all vocational qualifications in all sectors - not just social care. The current National Qualific
Skills for Care have launched a new guide for workforce planners: ‘ taking steps’ is designed to be an easy to use guide to support workforce planning for providers of adult social c
Skills for Care has developed a toolkit to support small and medium sized employers with their recruitment. The toolkit gives you an overall view of the recruitment and selection process, from the
