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National Skills Academy for Health director Candace Miller explains how it supports and celebrates healthcare support workers
Government apprenticeship levy scheme is failing the health service
UNISON urges remaining Welsh councils to follow suit and back their school support staff
Update (December 2020) The team from the Marchmont Observatory has produced a further report exploring the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on public sector skills needs. It explores two of the areas highlighted in the previous findings, digital skills and management and supervisory skills, as well as looking at the wider effects of the pandemic […]
As part of our activities for UNISON 2023 Year of Black Workers, we have created this new bespoke programme of training for Black members.
Sustained funding required – not just short-term fixes
It’s a new year, why not try one of UNISON’s courses for a new you?
To develop the next generation of leaders within the union, UNISON East Midlands is running our second Leadership School. This training is open to activists with the aspiration to help lead our union, who would welcome the opportunity to develop their skills as part of a dynamic network of activists. In order to be considered […]
“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 […]
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 […]
Some even said they had been asked to carry out unpaid school maintenance work during days that were originally set aside for training sessions. UNISON […]
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 […]
Much more needs to be done to improve the social care sector and restore the dignity that’s lacking
The government careers strategy is a missed opportunity to pull together an effective and coherent careers service.