Main findings from the Social Care Wales Workforce Development Programme Grant (SCWWDP) end of year monitoring for 2024 to 2025

The 2024 to 2025 main findings are:

• overall, total spend on SCWWDP has increased by 0.5 per cent £61,542), from £12,694,344 to £12,755,886
• the additional investment reported by local authorities (over and above their expected 30 per cent match funding) increased by 4.2 per cent.

The SCWWDP grant:

• was used to support learning and development programmes in all seven regions of Wales
• supported 2,486 vocational qualification learners, an increase of 31.6 per cent on last year
• supported 693 people on social work qualifying training, an increase of 2.2 per cent on last year
• supported 416 people with social work post qualifying training, a decrease of 3.7 per cent on last year
• supported 171 people with social work post qualifying specialist awards, for example, enabling practice, best interest assessor and Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP).
• provided 134,526 training places, with 86.2 per cent attendance
• helped increase training take-up and attendance by the voluntary and private sector.

We’ve identified many future developments, which are described in more detail in this report, including:  

• building a digitally ready workforce

• investigating and responding to qualification challenges

• improving access to workforce data

• social work

• building a fuller picture of social care workforce development across Wales.

The full report is available in Microsoft Word format below.

To find out more about the workforce development and learning opportunities available to the social care workforce in your local area contact the workforce development teams in your local authority.