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Right Skills, Right Practice

This document outlines the findings from a Skills for Care funded pilot project that aimed to address workforce development requirements for the transformation of adult social care in line with Putting People First.
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Care Skillsbase launched

Free online communication and number skills website Care Skillsbase was launched this week at the Skills for Care national conference.

Care Skillsbase is a partnership between Skills for Care and the Social Care Institute for Excellence and is designed to help 38,000 social care employers assess and improve the communication and number skills of 1.5 million care workers.

At the click of a button managers can identify what skills their workers need to be able to effectively support people who use services and carers.

The online resource includes a comprehensive Skills Check, a Manage Skills section and a Compare Standards facility allowing managers to check their understanding of safety and quality including the Common Induction Standards, NVQs and GSCC Codes of Practice.

"Care Skillsbase has been piloted with employers who told us that they wanted support to develop the communication and numbers skills of their workers so they can communicate more effectively with the people they work with," says Skills for Care CEO Andrea Rowe.

"Our own research suggests that there are significant communication and number skills gaps right across our sector and this easy to use website will go some way to helping us address them in a sensitive and practical way.

"This online resource helps managers to discuss skill issues constructively with staff in a non-threatening way and also provides evidence for use in inspection in relation to staff development."

Care Skillsbase can be accessed free of charge at
www.scie-careskillsbase.org.uk

For more information on addressing skills for life needs visit the
skills for life section of the Skills for Care website.

Mentoring Project Resources

Following the successful Pilot Mentor Project a resource pack has been developed as a guide for managers, mentors and mentees to support you through the process.

This pilot was run by St Monica Trust from Skills for Care South West LRN funding. It was aimed at supporting health and social care staff through induction, NVQs and Continuing Professional Development.

Attachments:
Mentor_Resource_Pack.pdf	[ ]	364 Kb

Workforce Links

- HRBird
  HRBird is a free signposting website for the voluntary sector which takes the pick of people and volunteer management resources from across the web to help you navigate HR information, templates and tools easily.
- Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)
- ACAS
  Acas stands for Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service. We aim to improve organisations and working life through better employment relations.
- Business Link South West
  Business Link provides the information, advice and support you need to start, run and grow a business.
- Skills for Care
  Skills for Care is the employer led authority on the training standards and development needs of nearly one million social care staff in England.
- Local Government Improvement and Development
  LG Improvement and Development supports improvement and innovation in local government
- National Minimum Data Set for Social Care
  NMDS-SC can provide you with a tailored report on your workforce profile - as well as regional and other reports to provide comparisons.
- Healthcare Workforce Portal
  The healthcare workforce portal covers a range of workforce planning themes and information, giving you access to many e-learning resources and information.
- SCIE People Management
  The website is based on the premise that good people management will improve recruitment and retention, which will in turn lead to improved services for service users.