Qualifications and funding

Qualification and standards updates for managers and employers

Changes to health and social care and children’s care, play, learning and development qualifications.

Find a qualification

Search the Qualification Framework to find the required or recommended qualifications for different job roles within social care and regulated childcare in Wales.

Social work qualifications

Information about the social work degree, what you can expect from the first three years of practice and post qualifying training.

Induction frameworks

Induction frameworks

Work placement guide

Guidance for employers, learning providers and learners on work placements.

Competency framework for independent advocates

A tool designed to upskill advocates who want to move into a different role within the sector​.

Competency Framework for the Information, Advice and Assistance (IAA) Workforce

​The Competency Framework for the IAA Workforce (the framework) sets out the standards that should be used to inform practice for those involved in providing information and/or advice and/or assistance for care and support.

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Information and resources to help you support the professional development of self and others as part of your Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Apprenticeships

Find out more about how to become an apprentice, if you are an employer, how to recruit an apprentice and if you are a learning provider, the certification process.

International early years and childcare qualifications

Our process for recognising international early years and childcare qualifications.

Information and guidance on finding a qualification

Information and guidance on finding a qualification for different job roles within social care and regulated childcare in Wales, what the criteria for including qualifications are and how it can support professional development.

Social work degree funding

Information on the bursaries we provide and other financial support available.