WDF funding & NMDS requirements
Posted on Monday 28th November 2011:CPCB has now produced an all-in-one compendium of the documentation that you potential funding claimants will need in order to benefit from the Workforce Development Fund (WDF) which now takes the place of TSI.
Click here to dowload our handy all-in-one guide. Even if you're not yet ready to claim funding for your staff development, this guide is still worth downloading for sake of the incorporated Skills for Care NMDS guidance.
IF YOU'VE HAPPY WITH THE GUIDANCE AND YOU'RE READY TO REGISTER TODAY THEN CLICK HERE TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE NMDS REGISTRATION PAGE. Good luck and thank you for your interest in NMDS.
TSI funding & NMDS requirements
Posted on Tuesday 31st May 2011:A range of improvements have been made to the National Minimum Data Set for Social Care (NMDS-SC) in 2010 -11 in response to feedback and requests by employers and other partners. NMDS-SC Briefing 15 describes these developments which should considerably enhance the benefits to employers using the NMDS-SC.
TSI funding & NMDS requirements
Posted on Tuesday 7th September 2010:IMPORTANT: To be eligible for TSI you have to complete and submit your NMDS-SC. Please download and save this new Skills for Care document on how to complete the NMDS-SC submission. The document includes a handy flow-chart that may be of assistance.
TSI funding & NMDS requirements
Posted on Thursday 12th August 2010:To enable vital workforce data to be collated, there is a change in the criteria around claiming TSI funding for the upcoming financial year.
All establishments claiming TSI funding will be required to complete individual NMDS-SC worker records for 90% of their workers, or to update these records if they have been completed previously. This will be in addition to the NMDS-SC organisational data that has previously been a requirement.
For further information please view the STEPS TO ACTIVATE your NMDS account, the STEPS TO UPDATE your NMDS account. For information on the link between NMDS and TSI funding, you can read the Guidance on Completing the NMDS for Compliance with TSI funding eligibility criteria in 2010-11.
Alternatively (or in addition) you may find the Changes to TSI Funding eligibility article in the Spring edition of our Quarterly Brokerage News useful.
Current NMDS-SC news
Posted on Monday 15th February:
Please view the latest SfC briefing about updating NMDS records here. In October 2005 Skills for Care launched the National Minimum Data Set for social care (NMDS-SC). The National Minimum Data Set represents a coherent approach to the collection of information that has relevance for social care employers. It aims to provide an up-to-date picture of the social care sector workforce. Data is being gathered from across the private and voluntary sectors and the available profile of the whole sector is being enriched as a result. Increasing numbers of NMDS-SC returns are expected from local authority funded care centres.
According to Skills for Care's first NMDS briefing, over a third of all CSCI (Commission for Social Care Inspection) registered establishments nationally have now completed NMDS-SC returns. At the start of 2008 the NMDS held information on over 10,000 establishments and over 120,000 staff.
Skills for Care has identified staff turnover as a problem in social care today; turnover is especially high in the domiciliary care workforce. On the other hand, two thirds of direct care staff (care workers and senior care workers) are working towards a relevant qualification; a promsing sign. Average hourly pay for care workers and senior care workers is very low and this is thought to account for at least a portion of the departures from social work. And although women make up 84% of the workforce the percentage of women in management is much less than this.
Above are just a few examples of the sorts of findings that are made possible by the National Minimum Data Set. Do you feel it's time to contribute the information on your organisation and thereby help shape the big picture of what is going on in social care in the UK? If so, you can sign up today and create an account for your organisation here.