Training managers to deliver more for less in social care
A new training programme will help social care managers improve services and deliver more for less, says National Skills Academy for Social Care head of membershp and engagement Debbie Sorkin.
04 May 2012
Care workers facing pay cuts stage protest outside council
Care workers at a charity that supports adults with learning difficulties in Lancashire are holding a demonstration outside the council today after being told they could face pay cuts.
20 April 2012
Concerns for social care as council job cuts accelerate
Concerns have been raised over the future of the adult social care system after it was revealed that councils in England and Wales sliced £1.4 billion from their annual pay bill in 2011-12, largely by reducing staff numbers.
24 April 2012
Social care staff gain professional body to represent them
Social care workers in Wales will have a professional body to represent them with the announcement today of the launch of the Academy of Care Practitioners.
20 April 2012
Complex care training key to good-quality home care
Home care providers must train up their workforces to support the rising number of clients with complex care needs, says Rebekah Newton, clinical director at Ark Complex Care.
09 March 2012
Recognising excellence in social care training
National Skills Academy for Social Care is relaunching the Endorsement Framework for adult social care training providers to recognise and badge excellent learning and development.
05 April 2012
Skills for Care develops careers e-tool
Skills for Care has created an interactive career pathways e-tool for people considering starting in social care and those already working in the sector who are keen to see what their career development opportunities might be.
23 November 2011
The jargon and reality of flexible social care
Anyone who works in a care setting will be used to those higher up the pecking order talking in 'jargonese.'
22 November 2011
Training good care workers for the future
Training standards of home care workers is under the microscope.
22 November 2011
How to... manage your manager
Developing a strong working relationship with your line manager can improve your practice and make for an easier life all round, but it's a two-way process. Here, Jonathan Coxon, managing director of social work recruitment agency Liquid Personnel, explains how to manage your manager
06 April 2011
Care home workers take part in the WorldSkills competition
Two care assistants are representing the UK at this year's WorldSkills competition. Kirsty McGregor finds out about their ambitions and the training involved
12 September 2011
Unison: Why social care professionals need time for CPD
Community Care and Unison's campaign calls for 10% of working time to be available for continuing professional development. Gordon Carson investigates how this can be achieved
08 December 2010
Alarm over lack of union membership among care workers
Only one in four unqualified care workers is a trade union member, a survey has shown, leading to concerns over the lack of protection for staff outsourced to the private sector. The finding prompted Unison's Helga Pile (pictured) to warn of a "race to the bottom" in pay and conditions
28 April 2011
