The National Skills Academy for Social Care, working in partnership with Skills for Care and MacIntyre, has just launched a new values-based recruitment toolkit for employers. At present, employers in social care face two key challenges: how to find and …
...a set of principles for how councils can provide high quality information and advice. The principles set out the main issues that councils need to consider when developing a comprehensive...
The Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt announced on 5 July that he is seeking views on a set of proposals to radically improve care for vulnerable older people. The proposals set out improvements in primary care and urgent …
The Department of Health’s response to the Confidential Inquiry into premature deaths of people with learning disabilities and the Six Lives Progress Report on Healthcare for People with Learning Disabilities...
...Office to co-ordinate and implement the learning from recent inquiries into historic sexual abuse and current sexual violence prevention issues. The national group will work to improve cross Government delivery,...
The Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt has said that there needs to be a revolution in the health and social care sector by using technology to integrate services. In his recent speech to the Local Government Association (LGA) …
The Department of Health is leading a cross-government review of the 2010 adult autism strategy, ‘Fulfilling and Rewarding Lives’, and is looking for people to give their views about how they think the strategy is working so far. This work …
...and support through pages on the Skills Academy website dedicated to Registered Managers. The aim of the programme is to build practice and leadership confidence amongst Registered Managers, to strengthen...
The Department of Health’s dedicated site for news, information and conversations for anyone working in - or receiving support from - the care and support or social care sector. Alongside Director General for Social Care Jon Rouse’s blog on the …