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A year in care
17 Dec 2024 Â鶹ÉäÇø
We share a roundup of some of the most important and promising projects we’ve been working on in 2024. read more
Learning and development
Digital
Workforce development
What do registered managers think about a professional body and workforce registration?
25 Sep 2024 Â鶹ÉäÇø
We caught up with our registered manager reference group to discuss their thoughts on suggestions in the Workforce Strategy around workforce registrat…read more
Leadership
Policy
How the Workforce Strategy can help us attract more regulated professionals
23 Sep 2024 Professor John Unsworth
In this article, Professor John Unsworth, Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor for the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at Northumbria University Newcastle, …read more
Recruitment
How Leeds City Council’s Community Health and Well-being Service is making lives better
19 Sep 2024 Cath Roff
In this article, we hear from Cath Roff MBE, Project Director: Social Care Transformation, on the launch of the ‘Workforce Strategy for Adult Social C…read more
Wellbeing
How the 'Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care' will improve wellbeing, career development, and recognition in the care sector
16 Sep 2024 Karolina Gerlich
We catch up with Karolina Gerlich, CEO of the Care Workers’ Charity, to hear how she believes the ‘Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care’ will supp…read more
Young people and the ‘Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care’
12 Sep 2024 Gemma Jewel
Gemma Jewell, Associate Director of People and Business Support at Response, a charity that provides mental health services and housing support in Oxf…read more
The Social Care Workforce Race Equality Standard - how representation supports retention
11 Sep 2024 Fiona Murphy
We catch up with Fiona Murphy, our Head of Culture and Diversity, to hear how we’re helping our sector become more equitable and attract and retain st…read more
My journey to becoming an award-winning registered manager and co-chair of a Â鶹ÉäÇø local network for managers
20 Aug 2024 Kam Gill
Kam Gill, Registered Manager, Walfinch Oxfordshire, shares her story about becoming an award-winning registered manager and how she plans to fulfil he…read more
A positive future
13 Aug 2024 Graham Woodham
Graham Woodham, former Head of Regulated Professional Workforce at Â鶹ÉäÇø, reflects on his work at Â鶹ÉäÇø and his hopes for the futu…read more
How the ‘Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care’ will support integrated care systems
30 Jul 2024 Jane Brightman
Continuing our #IntegratedCare campaign, Jane Brightman explores how the recently launched ‘Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care’ will help integr…read more
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