Thousands of additional care workers could be recruited to boost the adult social care workforce following temporary changes to the health and care visa to make social care workers, care assistants ...

Findings from a new European research project, led by Lancaster University, will be submitted as evidence to a Government inquiry exploring recruitment, retention and training issues in health and ...

Skills for Care is the strategic body for workforce development in adult social care in England. An independent charity with over 18 years' experience in workforce development, it works as a delivery ...

Nearly a third of adult social care workers in the North East are on zero-hours contracts. Care leaders warn the sector is facing a “perfect storm” of staffing and funding shortfalls as national ...

There are three times more jobs that need filling in adult social care than there are in other types of job in the health system, the Care Quality Commission’s latest State of Health Care report has ...