Social care managers committed yet undervalued, finds poll
Registered managers are highly committed to their roles but most do not feel valued, a National Skills Academy for Social Care survey has found.
04 May 2012
Care home managers 'must not be hidden behind office door'
Residential care managers must provide visible leadership for staff and residents, rather than be "hidden behind an office door", to ensure good practice, says a guide to the role published by the Social Care Association.
10 April 2012
How to check whether your services are good enough
Providers must ensure their internal compliance mechanisms go beyond checklists to avoid poor practice, says consultant and former Care Quality Commission inspector Sughra Nazir.
27 March 2012
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 providers challenged to stop bidding for low-fee tenders
Care providers should cease bidding for council contracts at prices they feel are too low to deliver the specified service, incoming Association of Directors of Adult Social Services president Sarah Pickup has said.
20 April 2012
Care managers polled on working lives and support needs
The National Skills Academy for Social Care wants to hear from registered managers about the issues they face and their support needs.
17 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
Personalisation central to social care management standards
Personalisation should be at the heart of good management in social care according to revised management induction standards launched today by Skills for Care.
07 March 2012
Deprivation of liberty safeguards guide for care homes
Care homes sometimes find it difficult to identify when they are depriving a resident of their liberty. Here deprivation of liberty safeguards expert John Leighton sets out what they need to look out for.
07 November 2011
Good leadership key to high-quality social care, says sector
Ninety four per cent of people working in adult social care link the quality of leadership to the quality of care, a National Skills Academy survey has found.
10 April 2012
Skills academy offers support to social care's top leaders
The National Skills Academy for Social Care has launched a programme to help social care's senior leaders succeed in meeting the many challenges that face them.
07 March 2012
Improving the skills of social care commissioners
The National Skills Academy for Social Care outlines its new programme to help commissioners of social care services, at all levels – Commissioning Now.
05 April 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
How care home staff can improve research into dementia
Care home staff and residents need to become more involved in research if the quality of life of people with dementia is to improve, and a new toolkit shows them how they can, says Jill Manthorpe.
13 February 2012
Safeguarding adults: The Scie view
The Social Care Institute for Excellence has made a short film about safeguarding on Social Care TV exploring what care home managers and their staff can do to safeguard residents from abuse.
22 November 2011
Helping care home managers navigate the Dols
What must care home managers bear in mind when residents might be deprived of their liberty? Manager Kathryn McGuirk discusses her experience of the deprivation of liberty safeguards.
22 November 2011
Techniques for retaining social work and social care staff
Our 2011 vacancy rates investigation highlights the challenge of recruiting and retaining social workers. Vern Pitt reports on some of the innovative approaches employers can take to tackle this problem
22 November 2011
Skills for Care launches guide for social care employers
Skills for Care has launched a practical guide to the Principles of Workforce Redesign to help adult social care employers manage the changes the sector is facing.
16 November 2011
Monitoring duplication blights care home managers' lives
Care home managers are finding their time increasingly taken up by multiple information requests as councils, primary care trusts and the Care Quality Commission each look to monitor standards. Jeremy Dunning reports
18 October 2011
Quality in practice: how to ensure you recruit the best professionals
Social work recruitment specialist Jonathan Coxon offers tips for social work managers and interviewers when recruiting
26 September 2011
