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1506983

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had discussions with NHS England regarding sharing community health training resources with social care staff.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	uin	51755
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2022 answer text <p>There have been no specific discussions. Access to e-learning for health is accessible for all health and care staff.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 29/09/2022 09:46:58 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1468415

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that the £500 million of funding over the next three years to support the development of social care staff includes specific training on Parkinson's-related dementia; and what plans his Department has for the delivery of training under that funding.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	14523
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>We will invest £500 million over the next three years to support and develop the workforce. We will produce a sector-wide Knowledge and Skills Framework and a linked learning and development offer to fund qualifications and training to improve skills and support the workforce to develop further expertise and progress within roles and the sector.</p><p>Later this year we will be setting out our plans on dementia for England for the next 10 years, including a focus on dementia training.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 13/06/2022 12:12:20 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1127160

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of training and support provided to those employed in the care sector.
	tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
	tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
	uin	255348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government is working alongside stakeholders in the adult social care sector to ensure there is the right number of people, with the right skills, knowledge and values to meet increasing demand, and deliver high quality, person-centred care and support.</p><p>The Department’s delivery partner, Skills for Care, monitors levels of qualifications and training and works to improve standards and increase uptake of training and qualifications for those working in adult social care. This includes distributing £12 million a year through the Workforce Development Fund to support employers fund training.</p><p>We know that there is more that we can do, and the Government will publish a Social Care Green Paper at the earliest opportunity setting out proposals for reform to ensure the social care system is sustainable for the future. It will include a vision for the workforce, and proposals to boost recruitment, retention, and workforce development in the longer term.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/05/2019 13:10:48 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

969445

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the number of people (a) applying for and (b) taking up a place on the Step Up to Social Work programme; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	171656
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>Responsibility for the Social Work profession is shared between the Department of Health and Social Care who are responsible for social work with adults and Department for Education who are responsible for social work with children and families. The Departments share a common policy of increasing the quality of social workers through education and continuing professional development, and maintaining sufficient numbers of social workers.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretaries of State, Ministers and the Chief Social Workers for England meet regularly to discuss and align policy on social work and the departments have active programmes to ensure the effective recruitment, retention, training and development of the social work profession.</p><p> </p><p>The Step up to Social Work programme is fully funded by the Department of Education since 2010 and is specifically aimed at increasing the number of social workers who work with children and families.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretaries of State of the Department of Health and Social Care and the Department of Education have not met specifically to discuss the Step up to Social Work programme.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Education have told us that four cohorts have now completed the programme with just over 1100 social workers finishing. Cohort 5 started in January 2018 and cohort 6 is planned to start in 2020. For cohort 5, there were 4391 applications with 563 people starting. The Department of Health and Social Care does not have any further details on the number of applications.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/09/2018 13:21:22 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

845777

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of work place training in the care sector; and whether such training is within the remit of the Care Quality Commission.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	128749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of social care provider organisations to ensure their employees are suitably qualified, competent, skilled and experienced. They are also responsible for ensuring their employees receive appropriate support, training and professional development, to enable them to carry out the duties they are employed to perform.</p><p> </p><p>The role of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) is not to assess work place training within the care sector or if the correct training provision is provided. The CQC’s remit is to understand whether or not the regulated provider can demonstrate that they have adequate numbers of appropriately skilled, competent and knowledgeable staff in place to meet the needs of those they provide a service to.</p><p> </p><p>Where the CQC observes or has evidence that staff are not being supported, trained or enabled to do their job safely or effectively, and determines that this has an impact on the quality and safety of care people are experiencing, it may take action.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 28/02/2018 13:14:58 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah