Skills for care

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. 

 www.skillsforcare.org.uk

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Learning, development and research

 e-Learning for Healthcare – free courses on variety of topics, provided by NHS Health Education England

https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/

NHS Improvement Academy – find out about training opportunities and quality improvement projects

https://www.improvementacademy.org/

 Social Care Institute for Excellence – care home resources and services

https://www.scie.org.uk/atoz/?f_az_subject_thesaurus_terms_s=care+homes&st=atoz

Enabling Research in Care Homes (ENRICH) via the National Institute for Health Research – find out what’s happening locally and get involved with research

https://enrich.nihr.ac.uk/

Royal College of Nursing – learning resources on variety of topics

https://www.rcn.org.uk/professional-development/learning-zone

Royal College of Nursing – Care Home Journey (learning resource)

https://www.rcn.org.uk/clinical-topics/older-people/professional-resources/care-home-journey

 Sheffield City Council – social care learning and development hub

https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/home/social-care/learning-development

Care England – learning resources

http://www.careengland.org.uk/resources

My Home Life

https://myhomelife.org.uk/

Yorkshire and Humber Academic Health Science Network

https://www.yhahsn.org.uk/

 Nursing and Midwifery Council – The Code

https://www.nmc.org.uk/standards/code/read-the-code-online/

Training Resources for Care Homes

The following online training courses can be accessed via http://www.reactto.co.uk/

React to Red

React to Moisture

React to Falls

React to Feet

React to Infection

React to Malnutrition & Dehydration

React to Dementia