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Agincare appoints Skills for Care executive to boost workforce training

Appointments Business People Strategy Training by Sarah Clarke on April 1, 2021

Andy Tilden has joined Agincare to support its Training Now team, which delivers courses in-house and for learners from other organisations.

Workforce Development Fund 2021-22 open for grant applications

Business Finance Funding by Sarah Clarke on March 8, 2021

The funding allows adult social care employers to claim back money towards the costs of workers completing social care qualifications and learning.

Career progression a major challenge for BAME care staff, MPs told

Human Resources Leaders People by Sarah Clarke on January 13, 2021

A committee heard that support for care staff from ethnic minority backgrounds needs to “vastly improve” so they are able to progress with their careers.

Skills for Care appoints new director of operations

Appointments People by Sarah Clarke on January 12, 2021

The current head of operations for Adult Social Care in the London Borough of Merton will take up the new role in March, replacing Andy Tilden.

EXPERT COLUMN: Where can registered managers go for COVID-19 support?

Leaders Opinion People by Sarah Clarke on November 5, 2020

Skills for Care CEO Oonagh Smyth offers her guidance on where registered and frontline managers can find support during the pandemic.

Care worker pay drops below that of cleaners, Skills for Care report finds

Intelligence People Recruitment Studies by Sarah Clarke on October 21, 2020

Hourly pay rates for social care workers has fallen behind that of retail assistants and cleaners over the last eight years, while staff turnover has increased.

Be prepared for COVID’s impact on mental health, care providers told

Business Human Resources People Strategy by Sarah Clarke on October 12, 2020

Skills for Care CEO Oonagh Smyth urged social care organisations to provide “immediate mental health support” to the workforce.

Social care training fund reopens after temporary freeze

Business Finance People Training by Sarah Clarke on July 30, 2020

The Workforce Development Fund was previously suspended after funding was diverted to train new staff coming into the care sector.

NEWSFLASH: Domiciliary care jobs overtake residential roles in sector first, report finds

Human Resources Intelligence People Recruitment Reports Studies by Sarah Clarke on July 27, 2020

The number of jobs in domiciliary services have increased at a faster rate than those in residential services, Skills for care has revealed.

Andy Tilden to leave Skills for Care after 20 years

Uncategorized by Sarah Clarke on July 17, 2020

Tilden returned to his role as director of operations earlier this year, after working as Skills for Care's Interim CEO.

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