Thea Seville has left to take a national role. Alix Crawford is acting Regional Development Manager.

Skills for Care, with the National End of Life Care Programme, the Department of Health and Skills for Health, have developed Common Core Principles and Competences for End of Life Care which provides a basis for all health and social care workers to develop their skills.

Skills for Care have produced a publication showcasing excellence in practice learning. The publication aims to highlight the 'quality factors' in practice learning to encourage more organisations to offer excellent opportunities to students.

ADASS and JIP North West recently held a joint working conference and you can download the presentations here.

The guide for teachers supports the implementation of the Society, Health and Development Diploma and aims to help teachers make sure their students get the most of a practical work placement with a social care employer.

National organisations are invited to bid for funding of up to £20,000.

A new toolkit has been developed by Skills for Care and ARC which helps to support people employing personal assistants.

The toolkit aims to help employers achieve the key objectives of effective recruitment and selection.

The latest Skills for Care briefing updates employers on apprenticeships, LeaRNS and career pathways.

A round up of news from the sector from the past fortnight.