Who are Skills for Care?
Skills for Care is the only national charity focussed on building a stronger workforce for the quality adult social care we all need. We work with employers, Government and partners to ensure social care has the right people, skills and support required to deliver the highest quality care and support now and in the future.
Our role is to work across the whole system to understand the key drivers of workforce change using insight, data and evidence. We provide managers and those involved in the delivery of social care with guidance on best practice, tools, resources and intelligence to support workforce recruitment, capabilities, and culture. This combination of strategic and operational activity is the cornerstone of our reach and insight into the sector.
Why work with us?
Skills for Care is a great place to work. Without our employees, we’d be unable to support the adult social care sector to deliver high quality care.
Our employees say they love the constant challenges of working for Skills for Care, developing resources that really make a difference to people working in our sector. Our employees are guided by the Skills for Care values
We ensure our staff are supported, motivated and feel part of our organisation and provide them with opportunities to develop and grow.
Skills for Care are a Remote First organisation in England, where our staff are required to live and work. Remote First defines how we work, collaborate, and stay connected as an organisation. It goes beyond simply working from home – it is a whole-system approach that shapes our culture, our digital tools, our processes, and the way we communicate, collaborate, and make decisions.
At Skills for Care we embrace the gift of Agile & Flexible working. Working in an agile and or flexible way in a remote environment supports positive health and wellbeing through improved work life balance, inclusive working and can increase productivity and adaptability.
While we are a home-working organisation, in-person attendance (at external meetings, learning and development events, or team meetings) are an important part of how we work.
We are committed to a positive approach towards employing people with a disability and will seek to make reasonable adjustments to its working arrangements wherever possible to accommodate the needs of a disabled job applicant or employee.
Skills for Care is a Disability Confident Employer and we commit to interviewing all people with a disability that meet the minimum essential criteria for the position.
What we do
Skills for Care supports adult social care employers to deliver what the people they support need and what commissioners and regulators expect. We do this by helping employers get the best from their most valuable resource - their people.
Our practical support helps leaders and managers recruit, develop and lead their staff, retaining them from entry level right through to senior leadership and management roles.
We're the organisation for registered managers, supporting them to develop best practice, keep up-to-date and share ideas with like-minded managers.
