News

Leading in the right way: introducing our new compassionate leadership pages

We have new webpages to support people who work in social care, early years and childcare to champion compassionate leadership at work.

Help us get a snapshot of the social care workforce in Wales

We analyse the data and present it in a report we publish every year, which gives an overview of the workforce as a whole and breaks the findings down for different settings.

Working together for a healthier Wales: our workforce strategy for health and social care

Social Care Wales alongside Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) have published the priorities for the second phase of ‘A Healthier Wales: Our Workforce Strategy for Health and Social Care’.

Social Care Wales statement on the past week's events

A statement about the past week's violence and racist behaviour.

Care worker named winner of 2024 Caring in Welsh award

Elain Fflur Morris, senior care worker at Cartref Bryn yr Eglwys in Conwy, has today been named the winner of the 2024 Caring in Welsh award at an event at the Rhondda Cynon Taf National Eisteddfod.

Wishing our Chief Executive Sue Evans a fond farewell – diolch Sue!

Today we’re bidding farewell to our Chief Executive Sue Evans, who’s retiring after eight years at the helm of Social Care Wales and a 32-year career in the public sector.

Workforce Insight Series – briefings that highlight the voice of social care workers

We’ve created our first annual set of written briefings which summarise and highlight key information about the social care workforce in Wales.

Vote for the winner of the 2024 Caring in Welsh award

Voting is now open to choose a winner for the 2024 Caring in Welsh award.

New report recommends steps to improve social care data maturity

We commissioned a company called Alma Economics to carry out an independent data maturity assessment of all local authorities in Wales.

In honour of the social care sector – personal reflections

In her last column for the Western Mail, our Chief Executive Sue Evans OBE share some personal reflections about the social care sector

Our Chief Executive Sue Evans awarded OBE in King’s Birthday Honours List

Congratulations to our Chief Executive Sue Evans who has been awarded an OBE in the King’s Birthday Honours List 2024.

Lisa Trigg appointed Director of Transformation and Workforce Development at Social Care Wales