΢΢²ÝÊÓƵ launch our new three year strategy supporting the creation of a fair and just society
Today marks a significant milestone for ΢΢²ÝÊÓƵ as we launch our new three year strategy.
Our new strategy sets out the direction we’ll take as we work towards our vision of supporting everyone who works across social care to create a fair and just society where people can access the advice, care, and support they need to live lives they want.
΢΢²ÝÊÓƵ works with social care leaders and employers, the Government, and partners across the social care system, to respond and adapt to the emerging trends and needs within social care, using data and evidence to drive forward widescale change.
We provide best practice, tools, resources, and intelligence to support workforce recruitment, capabilities, and culture. Our work is collaborative and by working with partners we have access to expertise, support, and influence, which in turn increases the impact and reach of our work.
The strategy focuses on four strategic areas for investment and growth over the next three years, which will guide us to help shape the skills and knowledge of the social care workforce, support reform of the sector, and ensure that social care is seen as a valued and worthwhile career.
Our four strategic areas are:
- Increasing workforce capacity to make sure we have the right number of people, with the right values and behaviours, working in social care now and in the future.
- Supporting workforce capabilities to ensure staff have the right skills, knowledge, competencies, values and behaviours to meet current and future needs in our communities.
- Supporting culture and diversity to ensure the workforce is treated equally, feels included and valued, and is supported to stay well and pursue their careers in social care.
- Improving the social care system to ensure it’s well funded, supports people to live the lives that they choose and attracts the right people to the workforce.
Each strategic priority is of equal importance to us, and only by achieving success in each area will we build a social care system that’s fit for the future and delivers on our vision.
Our new strategy was developed in recognition that the way social care is delivered needs to adapt to reflect a society in which people live longer, often have more complex needs, and have different expectations about how and where care should be delivered.
We aim to make sure people have access to the care they want, at the point of need and, wherever possible, people are supported to live independently, in their own communities, surrounded by the people they love.
To achieve this, it’s vital the social care workforce has the right people, with the right skills and behaviours, to deliver the highest quality care and support, now and in the future.
΢΢²ÝÊÓƵ CEO Oonagh Smyth says:
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