Who we are
The employer-driven National Skills Academy for Social Care focusses on leadership, management and commissioning and modelling excellence in learning, in adult social care.
Created by employers, for employers, from across the broad spectrum of adult social care, the Skills Academy’s role is to aid the delivery of improved care, in response to the needs of employers, employees and people who use services, by supporting and promoting excellent learning and training in social care in England.
What we do
We identify and provide solutions to the strategic learning and training needs of employers in the sector– leadership, management and commissioning skills – to help the sector collectively meet the care demands of an ageing population
We translate the strategic need for these skills into practical training and learning that will bring value at operational level for employers
We develop learning in these critical areas in a format that reflects the needs of employers in social care – modular and fitting in with day-to-day operational needs
We facilitate provision with quality delivery partners to ensure that the best learning materials and programmes are developed, tested and delivered for employers
We define the values that make excellent social care in consultation with employers and make it the foundation of all the learning and training programmes we develop
We endorse quality learning and training across the sector using the same values-based system that employers have agreed
We facilitate access to recognised and rigorously assessed excellent training provision
How we do it
We work by scoping, developing, testing, and feeding back with employers, employees, service-users and training providers on all our programmes.
We work with our end-users, from start to finish so they can be sure that the programmes we develop are of real value and make a distinct difference in helping to deliver better care.
We operate efficiently through a small core team and develop beneficial relationships with delivery partners to make our programmes widely available to all.
The benefits
We give employers surety in the training they are buying by endorsing excellent provision and enabling easy access to it, saving time and effort and providing assurance on return on investment
We were created by employers to meet their concerns; we will exist only as long as we our fulfilling their needs.