Job Title: National Lead Regulated Professional Workforce Hours: Full-time, 36 hours Job Status: Fixed Term & Secondment opportunities available until 31 March 2026 Location: Home-based, with expectation of travel nationally where required Salary: 52,575.15 per annum Closing Date: Monday 12 May 2025 at 11:59pm Interview Date(s): Anticipated from Wednesday 21 May 2025 (subject to change) Skills for Care the strategic workforce development and planning body for adult social care in England. We work with employers, Government and partners to ensure social care has the right people, skills and support required to deliver the highest quality care and support now and in the future. Find out more by taking a look at www.skillsforcare.org.uk Skills for Care has an exciting opportunity for a National Lead Regulated Professional Workforce to join our Workforce Delivery Team on a fixed-term or secondment basis. You will be responsible for delivering on an exciting portfolio of strategic activity designed to: Enhance the reputation of regulated professionals as a valued and respected career within adult social care. Contribute to strategies to increase retention. Support access to quality learning and development, guidance and support. increase the number of registered professionals working within adult social care. Give more people access to the social care they need to heave their need met in the community and deliver more interventions and support to prevent ill health. We are looking for a National Lead to supportourASC Nursing Programme. Are you a registered nurse passionate about adult social care with experience of the recruitment and retention of the social care nursing workforce. Skills for Care is seeking a National Professional Lead who is a registered nurse from adult, learning disability or mental health field to support the delivery of the nursing work programme. Applicants should have a range of knowledge and skills specified in the JD and PS and be familiar with supporting equality, diversity and inclusion within their core work. We would encourage applications from registered nurses from global majority communities and are keen to reflect the diversity of the current social care nursing workforce in our nursing leadership. We will consider secondments and job shares as part of this recruitment process. If you are interested in this role, please access the full job description and person specification for further information and we look forward to receiving your application. At Skills for Care, we are committed to creating a culture of Belonging, where all of our People are able to contribute to their full potential. All our People are expected to contribute towards the achievement of our aspirations for equality, equity, diversity and inclusion. To find out more please check our website (https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/About-us/Equality-diversity-and-inclusion/Equality-diversity-and-inclusion.aspx). At Skills for Care, we want our People to be representative of the society we support, this includes all equality characteristics such as age, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief. This lived experience from a diverse group of people helps us with all the work that we do and ultimately supports the social care sector to provide the best quality care. We encourage applications from, but not limited to, people from minoritised ethnic backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTQ+ and people with disabilities. Candidates will always be selected based on experience and potential. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information about reasonable adjustments We want all applicants to be able to fully participate in our selection processes. We welcome requests for adjustments to our recruitment and selection processes from applicants with disabilities, impairments, or health conditions, and will always consider support available in the recruitment process. Please contact our People Team via email () to discuss any adjustments that you may need. TPBN1_UKTJ
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National Lead - Regulated Professional Workforce