Care Skillsbase launched at Skills for Care national conference
11/3/2009
Free online communication and number skills website Care Skillsbase was launched this week at the Skills for Care national conference.
Care Skillsbase is a partnership between Skills for Care and the Social Care Institute for Excellence and is designed to help 38,000 social care employers assess and improve the communication and number skills of 1.5 million care workers.
At the click of a button managers can identify what skills their workers need to be able to effectively support people who use services and carers.
The online resource includes a comprehensive Skills Check, a Manage Skills section and a Compare Standards facility allowing managers to check their understanding of safety and quality including the Common Induction Standards, NVQs and GSCC Codes of Practice.
"Care Skillsbase has been piloted with employers who told us that they wanted support to develop the communication and numbers skills of their workers so they can communicate more effectively with the people they work with," says Skills for Care CEO Andrea Rowe.
"Our own research suggests that there are significant communication and number skills gaps right across our sector and this easy to use website will go some way to helping us address them in a sensitive and practical way.
"This online resource helps managers to discuss skill issues constructively with staff in a non-threatening way and also provides evidence for use in inspection in relation to staff development."
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