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Towards a skills academy for social care: a statement of vision and purpose

Dame Denise Platt, in her review into the status of social care for the Minister for Care Services, made five recommendations. One of these was that a skills academy be established for social care to focus on leadership, management and commissioning skills.

In response to her report, the Minister for Care Services has set out a five point plan for establishing world class social care. The centrepiece of this plan is the proposal to establish a skills academy, building on the earlier work by Skills for Care.

The Department of Health prepared this statement of vision and purpose following a stakeholder workshop. The statement sets out initial thinking on what a skills academy for social care would do and the proposed timetable and methodology for developing the skills academy.

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