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New resources for hiring international care workers
Dear sponsor members, We're writing to you today to inform you of two new useful resources for hiring in Hertfordshire: Cash Incentives for Hires from the Displaced Worker Pool In a recent bid to boost employment of international care...
Stress Awareness Week 2025 (3 to 7 November)
Stress is a health and safety risk – and it's the law to act. As Stress Awareness Week 2025 gets underway, HSE's Working Minds campaign can help you do so. They're reminding employers that work-related stress is a legal health and safety issue under: The Health and...
Is your service up to date with the local Depression Pathway?
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) has co-produced a Depression Pathway with system partners and people with lived experience. This is the first evidence-based, system-wide pathway in the UK to be implemented across health, social care,...
Funding Now Available via LDSS for Oliver McGowan Training
We are pleased to announce that funding is NOW available through the Learning & Development Support Scheme (LDSS) for externally procured Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism. This funding applies to training delivered by...
CQC webinar: Overview of the mandatory training requirement on learning disability and autism: What you need to know about the Code of Practice
Thursday 13 November 2025 14:30-16:00 https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/news-and-events/Events/September/Overview-of-the-mandatory-training-requirement-on-learning-disability-and-autism.aspx Skills for Care are hosting a webinar on the new Code of Practice for the...
Scammers Pose as CQC Officials to Care Providers
Care Providers are being warned about a scam involving individuals impersonating inspectors from the Care Quality Commission (CQC). These fraudsters are contacting care providers by phone, claiming to be from the CQC, and requesting sensitive information including CQC...
Manual handling at work: guidance on the law
As an employer, you must protect your workers from the risks of manual handling injuries in the workplace. Workers are vulnerable to the risk of MSD injuries from hazardous manual handling. You can find help with preventing these sorts of risks in your workplace on...