we are the expert voice on workforce development

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we are the expert voice on workforce development
Andrea Rowe Chief Executive, Skills for Care
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working to put people first

• Leadership and management.
• Workforce remodelling and better commissioning.
• Joint and integrated working.
• Recruitment and retention.
• Workforce development.

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creating a safe culture for workforce development

• What does safeguarding mean?
• A just culture.
• A reporting culture.
• A learning culture.

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a person who uses services perspective

• No witnesses.
• Who has the power?
• Need to know where to take issues.
• POVA and CRBs.
• Assertiveness.
• Risk taking.

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a carers perspective

• Access to support groups.
• Make a member of the team.
• Act on audit outcomes.
• Equal treatment.
• Information.

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the workforce

• 5,319 Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered
  Domiciliary care agencies in England.
• 2,885 registered on National Minimum Data Set
  Social Care (NMDS-SC).
• NMDS-SC registered employers employ 169,297
  workers.

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growth of the workforce

• 35,000 adult social care employers.
• Current workforce is 1.5 million.
• By 2025 we will need up to 2.5 million workers in
  the sector.

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recruitment and retention

• Recruitment and support of new staff through
  initial training costs 78 million.
• Turnover rates in this sector are 20.5.

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recruitment and retention toolkit

• Getting the right person in the right job at the
  right time.
• Ensuring to attract suitable candidates.
• Being fair and avoiding discrimination.
• Enhancing the organisations public image.

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benefits of tackling turnover rates and retaining
staff

• It ensures the consistency of care for homecare
  clients.
• Reduces the horrendous cost of recruiting an
  inducting new staff.
• Proves to potential clients your business can
  provide stable and consistent care.

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Qualifications and Credit Framework
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joint and integrated working

• Seamless service to end user.
• Pooled budgets, transparent costs and simple
  funding.
• Efficiencies.
• Not just health

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workforce remodelling and better commissioning

• New job roles and new ways of working.
• Telecare.
• Social enterprises.
• Commissioning for workforce and services.

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leadership and management

• Dignity.
• Safety.
• Innovation.

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www.skillsforcare.org.uk