Care workforce pathway: call for evidence
Skills for Care is working in partnership with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) on a call for evidence to inform the development of a new care workforce pathway for adult social care.
Previously known as the Workforce Competency Framework, the proposed new pathway will reflect the skills, behaviours and expertise needed to deliver high-quality, personalised, compassionate care and support. It will be developed using evidence and input from the social care sector to ensure it meets the needs of the workforce and those who employ them, now and in the future.
Skills for Care is asking people to submit views on the pathway, including what it should include, how it should be set out and how they can support people working in care, and social care employers, to use it, so that care workers can develop the skills, knowledge and behaviours to become experts in their field or progress into new roles.
The submitted views and responses will shape the development of the pathway, the first part of which will focus on staff in direct care roles. Skills for Care plan to publish this in autumn 2023.
Get involved
The call for evidence online survey is now available to complete on the DHSC website. It's open to everyone and closes at 11:45pm on 31 May 2023. You can respond:
- as an individual
- on behalf of someone else
- on behalf of an organisation.
Find out more about the care workforce pathway for adult social care.
