Workforce Training and Development
If you have any questions about adult social care training and development including national expectations and local opportunities, please contact:
The Workforce Development Team
Community Care Services
Tel: 020 8547 6027
Email: Jeanette.James@rbk.kingston.gov.uk
Adult Social Care Workforce Strategy
‘Working to Put People first: The Strategy for the Adult Social Care Workforce in England’
The Government set out the vision for transforming adult social care services in ‘Putting People First’. The Working to Put People first strategy sets out six key priorities for the workforce.
Social Care Worker Qualifications
Specialist qualifications relating to various social care jobs can be found on the Skills for Care website.
Policy and Practice Expectations
Information and guidance about expected standards of professional conduct and important local safeguarding policies and procedures to be followed by all social care workers within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. Please see Kingston Safeguarding Adults Policy.
Related External Links:
- Code of Practice and guidance from the General Social Care Council website
- Department of Health Social Care Workforce Information
- Skills For Care
- ACAS – Employing People: Advisory Handbook
- SCIE People Management - Employment Policies
- Independent Safeguarding Authority – the vetting and barring scheme
- Inspection, enforcement, National Minimum Standards and legislation guidance from the Care Quality Commission