Links/resources

GCE Retention Guide - This Great Care Employer (GCE) retention guide provides insight into common challenges in staff retention and ideas to help address these issues. While you may already be implementing some of these strategies, we hope you find valuable ideas to enhance your approach moving forward.

GCE Interview Questions - Values Based Interview question template for interviewing Care staff.

GCE Value Based Recruitment Guide - This guide supports providers to understand the importance of Values Based Recruitment and how to include these values in their recruitment process.

GCE Recruitment Guide - This recruitment guide is designed to support you throughout the recruitment process, with the goal of making it as clear, efficient, and positive as possible.

GCE Facebook Hints and Tips - Hints and tips to consider when creating Facebook posts.

ASC Recruitment Campaign - Recruitment guide - Depart Of Health and Social Care, Adult Social Care Recruitment Guide.

NHS & ADASS Attract and Recruit Presentation - How to Attract and Recruit a Social Care Workforce.

Recruitment support – Skills For Care - tools and resources to help you recruit and retain people who have the right values for your organisation and the adult social care sector. (Includes information on Values Based Recruitment, International Recruitment, Safer Employment and Induction.

Top tips for adult social care workforce retention – Skills For Care – Top tips to retain workforce.

Top tips for retention – Local Government Association - Top tips capturing some of the approaches taken by organisations to reduce staff turnover and help retain people in the care and health workforce.

BHI Website - The Better Hiring Institute exists to transform the UK labour market by bringing in a revolution in the way the UK hires staff. This supports the UK Government's aspiration for a modern and agile labour market built on strong foundations.

Minimum wage rates for 2025 - GOV.UK - The UK Government website detailing the new 2025 minimum wage rates.

Work and employment law advice | Acas - For employees and employers in England, Scotland and Wales. Acas can provide advice on employment law, HR processes and good practice at work.

Work perks your employees can use any time, anywhere | Perkbox - Employee perks and discount scheme.

Bike 2 Work Scheme - The Bike2Work Scheme is a free employee benefit approved by the government, designed to get more people cycling to work and living healthier lives.

Cycle to work scheme implementation guidance for employers - GOV.UK - Government Guidance for employers who want to put in place a cycle to work scheme.

Access to Work:  Access to Work is a government program that can help your employee in work if they have a physical or mental health condition or disability.

Timewise: Insight and research for businesses - flexible working. Timewise is a social enterprise with commercial expertise, working with employers, candidates, policymakers and influencers to create stronger, more inclusive workplaces, powered by flexible working.

Flexible working - Government guidance on flexible working requirements.

International recruitment – Skills for Care - Guidance to explore strategies and best practices for recruiting internationally to address ongoing workforce capacity challenges. Learn how to navigate the complexities of hiring talent from oversees.

Code of Practice on requests for flexible working – Flexible Working Code of Practice guidance from Acas.

International recruitment – SESCA (South East Social Care Alliance) - Here you will find information and resources specific to the South East of England designed to help you overcome the barriers to international recruitment while upholding ethical practices.

Developing your workforce – Skills For Care - Explore the importance of developing your workforce through skill-building and professional development initiatives. Learn how to enhance the skills of your employees for improved productivity and success in the workplace.

Managing people – Skills For Care – Guidance and information around managing people (includes Induction and Leadership Support, Code of Conduct, People Performance Management, Productivity, Supervisions, Lone Working, Time Management and Wellbeing).

Adult Social Care Learning and Development Support Scheme - GOV.UK - Information for adult social care employers in England on learning and development support for the financial year 2024 to 2025.

Learning and Development Top Tips– The Quality Assurance and Market Support Team have created these Top Tips for providers around Learning and Development.

West Sussex County Council: Log in to the site – West Sussex County Council Learning & Development Gateway Login in page.

Guidance and business support | Management and strategic support | Provider Zone - West Sussex County Council Provider Zone – Guidance and business support for Social Care Providers.

IPC Champion training | Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) | Provider Zone - West Sussex County Council Provider Zone – Information on Infection Prevention and Control Champions.

The care exchange - A Skills for Care Podcast series where you can hear from other managers in social care and discover a place where managers can listen to other managers and pick up some good ideas to support you in your own role.

Think Care Careers - A Skills For Care resource with job descriptions and carer progression guidance.

Wellbeing – Skills For Care – Information on workforce wellbeing (includes Menopause awareness, Peer Support, Building resilience and Wellbeing resource finder).

Supporting a diverse workforce – Skills For Care - Supporting employers to build inclusive and equitable workplace cultures and develop more diverse and compassionate leaders. (Includes information on Social Care Workforce Race Quality Standards, Webinars to support leaders and managers from diverse backgrounds, and Race Equality week).

Guide to developing your staff – Skills For Care – Guidance to help you plan, deliver and evaluate the learning and development you provide for your staff.

Supervision Top Tips - The Quality Assurance and Market Support Team have created these Top Tips for providers around Supervision with staff.

A positive culture toolkit for adult social care – Skills For Care - A toolkit to support you at different stages of your workplace culture journey to establish, maintain and improve your workplace culture so that it’s inclusive, compassionate and collaborative.

Menopause awareness in the workplace - Skills For Care – Information about menopause (Includes a webinar, Q&A fact sheet and Adult Social Care guidance for managers and staff).

The Care Workers Charity - To advance the financial, professional and mental wellbeing of social care workers by making grants, signposting to resources and providing access to services.

Workforce wellbeing and enablement - Care Quality Commission - CQC Quality Statement expectations around workforce Wellbeing and enablement.

Workforce wellbeing and enablement - Skills For Care - Resources to help you to strengthen this area for CQC inspection. (includes a webinar to help you learn what will be inspected and what is important to demonstrate to deliver good or outstanding care).

Mental Health First Aid England (MHFA England) - A selection of free mental health resources for your workplace including toolkits, guidance, posters, and more.

Free resources to support staff mental health - Mind - Free resources to help support your staff's mental wellbeing.

Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion - Care Quality Commission - CQC Quality statement expectations around Workforce equality, diversity and inclusion.

Learning & Resources - National Guardian's Office - National Guardian Freedom to Speak up Website.

Supporting West Sussex Carers with the Carers Smart Search - Carers Support West Sussex, offer unpaid Carers information, guidance, and emotional support.