Explore practical toolkits designed to support leaders and commissioners in adult social care. Access guidance, tools and resources to help implement effective approaches and improve outcomes.
Our practical approaches toolkits bring together what’s working across adult social care and show how others can apply it. Designed for leaders and managers, they offer clear, actionable insight into tackling key workforce challenges through proven, real-life approaches.
Each toolkit shares practical examples from organisations rethinking how care is delivered, alongside simple initiatives that can be adapted locally. They set out what works and how to replicate it, with flexible resources covering topics such as recruitment and retention, workforce planning, skills, integrated care and system-wide collaboration.
The practical approach toolkits:
Neighbourhood-based block-pay
How a pioneering new approach to homecare delivered high-quality care and retained staff.
Retaining the next generation
Age-responsive support and apprenticeships that motivate young care workers to stay.
Empowering self-managing teams
Explore how a self-management model boosts recruitment, retention, wellbeing and quality in homecare.
Using data to strengthen workforce planning
Learn how a single platform is bringing together health, care, population and workforce data to support strategic planning.
Ensuring providers have a voice at the table
Discover ways providers can influence Local Skills Improvement Plans.
A partnership-led, centralised approach to connecting care employers with education, recruitment and training.
Learn how to tailor skills development to employer needs, whilst securing their longer-term engagement.
Explore how centralised support fast-tracked recruitment opportunities and refined onboarding and development.
Wellbeing champions
Co-ordinating a route to retention.
Reaching the future workforce
Learn how combining central and satellite employment Hubs engaged new carers and connected them to adult social care employers
Leveraging provider engagement in local skills
Discover how meaningful events can align providers and partners on local skills priorities
These practical approaches support the Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care and are intended to drive improvement across the sector. If your organisation has developed a workforce model or approach that’s been successfully embedded and delivered clear benefits, we’d love to hear from you. Please email engagement@skillsforcare.org.uk