News

Applications close at 5pm on 6 November.

Workforce retention risks remain high, but four in ten people working in social care plan to stay in the sector until retirement. These are some of the findings revealed in our 2026 Have Your Say survey report. 

Today we’re joining workforce regulators across the UK to celebrate 25 years of social work regulation.

We’re now welcoming entries and nominations for the 2027 Accolades.

We’ve published a toolkit to help you attract, recruit – and support – employees who align with your values and culture, and want to stay with your organisation.

The 2026 survey of the early years and childcare workforce is now open

We’ve published our annual report showing the progress made against the Social Care Workforce Delivery Plan between April 2025 and March 2026.

On 30 September 2026, we’ll be bringing the care worker card to an end.  

Jodie Evans, an area manager at St Aubin Nurseries & Out of School Clubs, has today been named the winner of the 2026 Caring in Welsh award at an event at Y Garreg Las National Eisteddfod.

Together with Welsh Government, we’ve published the second annual social care Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) report.  This report helps monitor the experience of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people who work in health and social care in Wales. 

We’re looking for adult social care providers to take part in a new project to help shape and test approaches which support positive cultures in social care across Wales.

This annual report gives us a picture of the size and characteristics of the social care workforce in Wales.