Resources to support social care employers to meet service standard regulations

• Sections of the All Wales Induction Framework for health and social care (AWIF) identify the themes we expect workers to know and understand.
• Sections of the all Wales induction framework for social care managers can be used to support managers who are new to the role.

• The content of the core and practice qualifications is based on what we expect workers to know, understand and put into practice.

• The Level 2 Health and Social Care: Core qualification reflects the content of the AWIF.

• The core practice units within Level 2 Health and Social Care: Practice, Level 3 Health and Social Care: Practice (Adults), Level 3 Health and Social Care: Practice (Children and Young People) are based on the principles and values expected in health and social care.

• There are specialist units in the practice qualifications to reflect workers’ roles.

• We encourage managers to look at these units, which are available on the Health and Care Learning Wales website, and be involved in selecting the relevant ones with their workers as part of the qualification process.

• The Code of Professional Practice is a set of rules, or standards care professionals must work to, to help keep you safe and well.

• Where adult care home workers are registered with Social Care Wales, the Practice Guidance for registered workers has sections explaining what’s expected from workers.

• The qualification framework explains the required qualifications and induction requirements for job roles within social care

• Social care workers who are required to register with Social Care Wales are expected to carry out 45 hours of continuing professional development over their three year registration period.
• There’s guidance on our registration pages about what’s considered to be acceptable continuing professional development and there’s support for care professionals to renew their registration
• Individual supervision and appraisals should help to identify learning and development needs that are specific to each worker.

You can see any qualifications and standards events here.

Please contact us if you have any other queries, at iwqueries@socialcare.wales