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Supporting and Motivating Social Care Staff at Christmas
The holiday season can be emotionally demanding for social care staff. It carries joy and meaning, but also loss, sacrifice, and complexity, especially for those…
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Now Offering: Level 3 & Level 5 Diplomas for Residential Childcare
We are pleased to announce that Social Care Skills now offers two essential qualification pathways for the residential childcare sector: the Level 3 Diploma in…
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Reimagining Children’s Residential: From Crisis Management to Strategic System Design
The paradox of the current system is that it is both expanding and failing. More homes exist on paper, yet too many children still end…
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Introducing Our New Training Subscription Packages
Social Care Skills is introducing a new way for organisations to access high-quality live online training in a simple, predictable and cost-effective way. Our Training…
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What Children and Young People Told Ofsted (2025)
Ofsted has released the 2025 Children’s Social Care Questionnaire findings, one of the most important annual indicators of young people’s lived experience within the care…
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Care in Practice: Weekly Tips & Insights
Each day we share a short, practical Social Care Tip of the Day to support professionals working with children and young people. These tips focus…
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December Online Seminars
We are pleased to share our live online seminar programme for December, supporting professionals across children's residential and supported accommodation services.
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Partnership Announcement: Social Care Skills x Peninsula
We are pleased to announce a new partnership between Social Care Skills and Peninsula, one of the UK’s leading providers of HR and Health &…
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Ensure Compliance with Health and Safety Law
Every residential service (including children’s home and supported accommodation) must have a competent person responsible for health and safety, but what does that really mean…
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