Regional Publications

 

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• The independent social care workforce in the North East - A report for regional stakeholders - March 2007
• Safe Handling, Management and Administration of Medication
• Putting People First - A shared vision and commitment to the transformation of Adult Social Care  
• Infection Control Strategy

• Infection Prevention

• North East Regional Workforce Strategy
• Exploring demand on supply of adult social care workforce qualifications

 

 

Priced Publications

Please visit www.skillsforcarepublications.org.uk for more details on how to purchase the following priced publications:

 

Providing Effective Supervision

Skills for Care and the Children's Workforce Development Council have teamed up to produce a step-by-step workforce development tool on providing effective supervision tailor made for the job. It plugs an identified gap in the Leadership and Management Strategy for social care.

 

Continuing Professional Development

These documents - the CPD strategy, framework and employer's guide, available here as a pack - are approved by the boards of Skills for Care and the Children's Workforce Development Council as the CPD strategy recommended to social care employers for their workers.

 

Your induction to Work in Adult Social Care

This is the official Skills for Care book to help social care workers who are new in their post in adult care in England to complete the Common Induction Standards.

 

SEARCH

SEARCH is guidance for those managing employment businesses placing staff into care settings and for care providers making use of agency staff. It details the implications of the relationship between DTI requirements and regulation of the care sector, particularly under the Care Standards Act 2000, which makes a number of workforce development demands.

 

The First 12 Weeks and Beyond

The First 12 Weeks and Beyond - the manager's guide to using the Common Induction Standards to achieve competence, confidence and quality in adult social care.

 

The New Manager's Guide

A workbook with 'sign-off' space, intended for new managers themselves, and aspiring or potential new managers, which includes a blank certificate of successful completion.

 

The New Manager's Manager

For those who manage new managers, or are mentors to them, with added information about assessing a new manager's induction progress.