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National Skills Academy for Social Care

The National Skills Academy for Social Care, which is currently in its business planning stage, will be the first welfare-related Skills Academy in the National Skills Academy network.

It will target learning support and training practice to the 1.5 million adult social care workers and 39,000 employers in England, with a particular emphasis on small and medium-sized organisations with limited training and development budgets. 

The employer-led Skills Academy is being designed to complement the existing organisations within the sector, identifying gaps, transforming provision and promoting excellence in skills development, learning support and training practice in social care.

Social Care is...

Social care can sometimes be confusing, with an array of different services, programmes and providers.

Find out more about what Social Care is...

Latest news

The National Skills Academy for Social Care supports Carers Week (8 June 2009)

Wanted: Talented carers to compete in the new WorldSkills UK Caring Competition! (22 May 2009)

The National Skills Academy comments on the Adult Social Care Workforce Strategy (24 April 2009)

Minister welcomes announcement of a new permanent Director for the National Skills Academy for Social Care (08 April 2009)

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Watch our video: Care for its own reward

Click for our video: Care for its own rewardFind out what people who run and use social care services think of the National Skills Academy for Social Care.