1. Skills for Care update
Laura Anthony
Locality Manager – SW London

2. Skills for Care’s Accolades awards
Recognising high quality care and support

3. The Accolades reward adult social care organisations who deliver high quality care.
Entering the awards gives you the chance to recognise the great work you do and share best practice.

4. Will you be a winner?
If you provide a high quality service and invest in developing your staff we want to hear from you!
The Accolades are open to adult social care organisations across all sectors and individual employers in England.

5. Why enter? To recognise the great work you do
To reward your staff or provider for excellent work
To showcase good practice across the sector
To highlight the positives in adult social care

6. Categories Best recruitment initiative Best employer of under 50 staff
Best employer of between 51 and 249 staff
Best employer of over 250 staff
Best individual who employs their own care and support staff
Best recruitment initiative

7. Categories Best employer support for registered managers
Best employer support for Apprenticeships
Most effective approach to leadership and management
Most effective approach to integration and new models of care
Best endorsed provider of learning and development

8. Enter now Download an application form at
Closing date - Friday 23 September 2016
Winners will be announced at our awards ceremony in Liverpool on 9 March 2017

9. Dementia & Diversity – a guide for leaders and managers
Aim is to enable leaders and managers in social care to support and develop their workforce who are working with people with dementia from different cultures & backgrounds

10. Online Tool: Helping you to assess the Care Certificate

11. Leadership Programme – Moving Up
For black, Asian and minority ethnic social care leaders
Was developed in response to the identified need for a more representative leadership profile
Starts November 2016
To apply

12. Other useful resources
CQC guidance on significant delays for providers receiving DBS checks:
Implications of Brexit presentation and solicitor’s briefing:

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