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
The registration fee is an annual payment of £15 per person. As the union for school support staff, UNISON has been campaigning for local authorities to pay the registration […]
New training will help further pioneering work on mental health in the workplace
The size of the bursary or grant depends on the level of the qualification. Certificate or diploma courses: grants […]
“It was an amazing course and I met some wonderful new people,” she enthuses. Shipha is one of over […]
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 […]
Media contacts: Fatima Ayad T: 0207 121 5255 M: 07508 080383 E: f.ayad@unison.co.uk Liz Chinchen T: 0207 121 5463 M: 07778 158175 E: l.chinchen@unison.co.uk […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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).