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Integrated workforce solutions

Employability Skills Matrix

The Employability Skills Matrix for Health aims to help staff working in the health sector to identify the personal skills1, qualities, values, attributes and behaviours needed at each career level. This will support staff to access a specific grade of post, sustain effective working in that post and progress to higher level/different posts. 1 It does not include details of the occupational skills and competences required at different levels as these are defined through relevant National Occupational Standards (NOS).

The Care Certificate

Certificate template for the Care Certificate Standards

A template of the partnership approved Certificate can be found below. This is to award employees who have completed the Care Certificate.

Clinical Resources

Improving dementia services in England through improved awareness

‘Living well with dementia - a National Dementia Strategy’ (2009) outlines the priorities for improving dementia services in England, focusing on achieving better awareness of dementia, early diagnosis and high quality treatment for every person in every setting.

The Care Certificate

FAQs of the Care Certificate for Health and Social Care Professionals

Questions and Answers for the Care Certificate: Health and Social Care Professionals

Information and Guidance

Our eLearning brochure – online learning aligned to the CSTF and Care Certificate

As part of our continuing development of our elearning, Skills for Health has developed a range of elearning that supports the Care Certificate. Download our new Elearning brochure or found out more about our Elearning.

Core Skills Training Framework (CSTF)

Directory of CSTF Aligned Healthcare Providers

The CSTF Directory lists all NHS Trusts in England and other healthcare providers which have submitted a Declaration of Alignment, confirming which of their Statutory/Mandatory in-house staff training programmes are aligned to the CSTF.

Key Elements of the Career Framework

Read more about the different levels available in the Career framework.

National Occupational Standards

Competences/ National Occupational Standards in development

As the Sector Skills Council responsible for the health sector, one of our main functions is to develop, manage and update competences/NOS as the needs of the sector change.

National Occupational Standards

Skills for Health Competence Search tools

Search the comprehensive database of National Occupational Standards

Clinical Resources

Supporting those with COPD and other respiratory diseases

It is estimated that over 3 million people in the UK are living with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and other related respiratory disease but of those only approximately 835,000 have been diagnosed and are being treated. With better awareness, and clearer pathways to treatment, there will be implications for workforce planning, and commissioning of respiratory care services.

Case Study – South East London Commissioning Strategy Programme Office

Harnessing the full potential of Healthcare Assistants across South East London to support Practice nurses and improve workforce utilisation

Case Study – South Worcestershire Clinical Commissioning Group

Clinical Commissioning Groups collaborate to improve End of Life Care (EoLC) provision, to support the national Department of Health End of Life Care Strategy