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Providing care

Improve skills and quality of adult social care with accredited training, workforce development, consultancy and free resources.

Carers’ breaks for adults

This guidance is for commissioners, providers and others involved in the planning, shaping and delivery of support for adult carers, primarily in England.

Carers’ breaks for young carers and young adult carers

This guidance is for commissioners, providers and others involved in the planning, shaping and delivery of support for young carers and young adult carers in transition, primarily in England. This guidance supplements the carers’ breaks guidance for adult carers.

Training and workforce development

Courses available in person-centred care, person-centred recording and equality, diversity and human rights.

Personalised and person-centred care

Resources, information and guidance on providing person-centred care for care providers, managers and practitioners.

Delivering safe, face-to-face adult day care

This guide aims to support you, day care managers, social workers, commissioners and providers, to restart or continue activities.

Dignity in care

Dignity in care means providing care that supports the self-respect of the person, recognising their capacities and ambitions, and does nothing to undermine it.

Social care commissioning

Guidance and practical examples for commissioners to help them support providers in delivering good care provision.

Social care recording

This resource aims to support social care staff, including service managers, frontline care workers in care homes and home care, personal assistants, and other care providers, to improve recording skills.