National Skills Academy for Health director Candace Miller explains how it supports and celebrates healthcare support workers
National Skills Academy for Health director Candace Miller explains how it supports and celebrates healthcare support workers
Learning support workers, or teaching assistants, do vital but unheralded jobs in our schools, supporting special […]
New training will help further pioneering work on mental health in the workplace
Activists can apply for substantial financial help for trade union and labour studies and women’s studies courses
It’s a new year, why not try one of UNISON’s courses for a new you?
The government careers strategy is a missed opportunity to pull together an effective and coherent careers service.
Healthcare assistants (HCAs) are being expected to do the work of nurses without adequate training or proper supervision, according to survey results published today (Wednesday) by UNISON. Nearly two thirds (63%) say they are being left to care for patients without enough support from doctors and nurses. The impact is that almost two in five […]
Much more needs to be done to improve the social care sector and restore the dignity that’s lacking
“Austerity has hit training budgets and there has been a shift to e-learning. “How do young workers progress if they’re in a situation where training is regarded as an expensive luxury?” she […]
Sustained funding required – not just short-term fixes
This Thursday, UNISON will release the detailed findings of a significant new piece of research into the learning needs, the hopes and fears of workers in the public services. The University of Exeter’s Marchmont Observatory carried out the research on behalf of UNISON, with a survey sent to members over the winter of 2018/19. Over 38,000 […]
But the research also suggested that the main problem was one of under-utilisation and that most workers had skills greater than those needed for their job, but were prevented from progressing in their […]
Government apprenticeship levy scheme is failing the health service
As part of our activities for UNISON 2023 Year of Black Workers, we have created this new bespoke programme of training for Black members.
Hundreds of teaching assistants say they don’t have adequate training to deliver the Curriculum for Wales, says their union UNISON today (Thursday).