The NHS Leadership Academy and its partners from across health, social care, education, local government, children’s and emergency services is going to take the 40 most impressive leaders – from
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Skills for Health, Health Education England, Skills for Care, and NHS Employers are today jointly launching documentation for the new Care Certificate that will pilot across England. Taking place across
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The National Skills Academy for Social Care will shortly be opening applications to a fifth cohort of its Graduate Management Training Scheme. Following some uncertainty around funding, the Skills Academy
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New guidance about the skills and competencies expected of foster carers and short break carers has been launched by the Care Council for Wales. The Induction Framework for Foster Care
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Leaders from health and social care pledged to improve quality of life in care homes at a summit opened yesterday by The Princess Royal, Patron of the College of Occupational
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A free phone app to help social workers in England plan and evidence their professional development via their tablets and smart phones is now available to download for Apple and
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Following discussions, Skills for Care and the National Skills Academy for Social Care have agreed, in principle and subject to contract, to merge their organisations. Both parties anticipate that the
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An academy to recruit and train social workers has been launched by Medway Council. The Medway academy will specialise in social worker training, working with the University of Kent and
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The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) have produced a new set of learning tools to support services and organisations to embed the Standards of Care for Dementia in Scotland (2011).
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New Common core principles to support good mental health and wellbeing in adult social care were launched Skills for Care’s national conference in Birmingham. Also launched was a worker’s implementation
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