Today we hear from Rob Martin, MD of Care Services at Anchor, England’s largest not-for-profit provider of care and housing for people in later life on how digital technology is
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Skills for Care CEO, Oonagh Smyth, speaks to us about their ‘Building digital confidence’ campaign and how they’re supporting the future of digitally capable care. Throughout November and December, we’re
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More than 32,000 student nurses could drop out of their courses in the next few years because of financial pressures, struggling services and worsening pay prospects, a leading health union
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We hear from Oonagh Smyth, CEO of Skills for Care, on how their ‘Driving change in social care’ campaign hopes to promote the Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care. The
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Young adult carers are more likely than their peers to choose university and college courses which have a caring component, a report has found. Young adult carers are 59% more
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The Government’s decision not to go ahead with a fund dedicated to training the social care workforce is “desperately shortsighted”, according to a leading health charity. In a written statement
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As a part of their #KeepTheRightPeople campaign, Jayne McCabe, Skills for Care Project Manager, discusses how a good induction supports social care providers to retain staff and the launch of
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Women-only professional networks have become a familiar feature of the corporate world. Set up to organise and channel female voices and experiences, some have even become big businesses themselves. Organisations
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The Deputy Minister for Social Services Julie Morgan has announced that new social work students, who start their studies from September onwards, will receive significantly higher bursaries. An extra £3.5
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Engaging leadership describes a range of behaviours, values, and attitudes that, when adopted by a leader, maximise the performance potential of their team. Published research shows that individuals led by
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