Presentations for the 11th March development day. Download and print before the event.

Presentations for the 15th March development day. Download and print before the event.

Entries are now open for the Skills for Care Accolades 2010 celebrating the very best practice in social care workforce development by employers across England. The North West region are holding drop in sessions to provide help and guidance with the nomination form.

Skills for Care, with the NW JIP and Manchester Metropolitan University, are hosting an exciting 'Question Time' event which will be chaired by David Brindle from the Guardian newspaper.

The date of this event has changed from the 14th April to the 21st April.

The 23rd February saw nearly 2,500 jobseekers attend "Jobscity", an event organised by New East Manchester and North Manchester Regeneration in partnership with Jobcentre Plus

The North West has helped to develop presentations to help recruit young people into the sector. The presentations bust commonly held myths about social care.

Skills for Care believe being treated with dignity is a human right not a privilege, and have pledged to recruit an extra 1000 Dignity Champions into the adult social care sector.

Calendar Girls star Lynda Bellingham closed Skills for Care's national conference with a moving account of the devastating impact of dementia on her family.

The latest news from the Alliance of Sector Skills Council in the North West.