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Staying Employed: In-Work Support, Reviews & Progression

Getting the job is just the start. This blog explores in-work support, reviews, and progression strategies that sustain employment long-term.

Measuring Outcomes that Matter in Supported Employment

Supported employment is only as strong as the outcomes it delivers. Learn what to measure, how to evidence impact, and what commissioners want to see.

Effective Job Coaching: Natural Supports & Fading Plans

Job coaching isn’t about permanent support — it’s about enabling independence. Learn how natural supports and fading plans make employment sustainable.

Building Employer Partnerships that Last in Supported Employment

Employer partnerships are essential to sustainable supported employment. This blog explains how to build relationships that work for people and employers.

Person-Led Vocational Profiling: Turning Strengths into Job Matches

Vocational profiling is the foundation of supported employment. This blog explains how to turn strengths into sustainable job matches that commissioners value.

Supported Employment, Done Well: From Aspirations to Real Jobs

Supported employment is key to independence and inclusion for people with learning disabilities. This blog shows how to evidence credible pathways, employer engagement, and measurable outcomes in tenders.

Workforce Development & Retention in Social Care — A Complete 7-Part Guide

A 7-part blog series exploring recruitment, induction, supervision, wellbeing, workforce planning, and how to evidence workforce strength in tenders and inspections.

Embedding Workforce Strength in Tenders and Inspections

Commissioners and the CQC want to see strong, resilient workforces. This blog shows how to evidence workforce development and retention for maximum impact.

Staff Wellbeing and Support: Preventing Burnout

Staff wellbeing isn’t a “nice to have” — it’s central to retention and safe, consistent care. This blog explores how social care providers can prevent burnout.

Supervision, Appraisal, and Professional Development

Supervision, appraisal, and professional development are key drivers of staff retention in social care. This blog explores how to embed them for stronger outcomes.

Onboarding and Induction: Setting Staff Up to Stay

The first 90 days determine whether new staff stay or leave. This blog explores how structured onboarding and induction improve retention in social care.

Why Workforce Development & Retention Matters in Social Care

Workforce development and retention are the backbone of social care. This blog explores why staff stability matters for quality, safety, tenders, and inspections.

Recruitment Pipelines and Growing Your Workforce

Strong recruitment pipelines are the foundation of workforce stability in social care. This blog explores how to attract, develop, and retain the right staff.

Person-Centred Planning in Social Care — A Complete 7-Part Guide

Explore our 7-part blog series on person-centred planning in social care. Learn how to move beyond templates to meaningful conversations that shape outcomes and strengthen tender responses.

Domiciliary Care Bid Writing — A Complete 7-Part Guide

A 7-part blog series showing providers how to write stronger domiciliary care tenders — covering commissioner expectations, local knowledge, outcomes, and added value.

Embedding Business Continuity in Tenders and Inspections — Social Care Business Continuity

Continuity planning only works if it’s visible to commissioners and inspectors. This blog shows how to embed business continuity into tenders and CQC evidence.

Testing and Reviewing Your Continuity Plan — Social Care Business Continuity

Writing a continuity plan isn’t enough — it must be tested, reviewed, and improved. This blog explains how providers can evidence robust, living plans to commissioners and the CQC.

Communication in a Crisis — Social Care Business Continuity

In social care, poor communication can turn disruption into crisis. This blog shows how to manage internal, family, and commissioner communication during emergencies.

Service Disruption Response: Keeping Care and Support Running

When disruption strikes — IT, utilities, weather, or pandemics — continuity depends on how providers respond. This blog explores strategies to keep care and support running.

Staffing Continuity: Covering Absences and Crises

Staffing disruption is the number one continuity risk in social care. This blog explores how to plan for absence, redeployment, and workforce crises.

Risk Assessment and Scenario Planning in Social Care

Business continuity starts with risk assessment and scenario planning. This blog shows how providers can identify service-critical risks and turn them into credible plans.

Why Business Continuity Matters in Social Care

Continuity planning protects people and services when things go wrong. Here’s what commissioners expect, quick wins you can implement this week, and how to evidence it.

Supported Employment in Learning Disability Services — A Complete 7-Part Guide

A 7-part blog series on supported employment for people with learning disabilities. Explore vocational profiling, employer partnerships, job coaching, outcomes, and long-term in-work support.

Support Planning & Reviews — A Complete 7-Part Guide

A 7-part blog series exploring how to make support planning reviews meaningful, person-centred, and evidence-based — with practical insights for CQC compliance, tenders, and quality improvement.

Cyber Resilience in Social Care — A Complete 7-Part Blog Series

This 7-part blog series explores how social care providers can evidence cyber resilience, IT continuity, and data security in tenders, inspections, and everyday practice.

Closing the Gap in Tenders — A Complete 7-Part Guide

Most tenders don’t fail by miles — they fall short by just a few marks. This 7-part series shows how to close that gap with reviews, proofreading, and smarter bid...

Business Continuity in Social Care — A Complete 7-Part Guide

This 7-part series explores how social care providers can plan for disruption, protect staffing, communicate in a crisis, and evidence continuity in tenders and inspections.

Reablement & Assistive Technology in Domiciliary Care Bids — A Complete 7-Part Guide

A 7-part blog series showing domiciliary care providers how to strengthen tenders by linking reablement, assistive technology, and outcomes into one clear, evidence-based narrative.

Tender Review & Proofreading Series — A Complete 7-Part Guide

A 7-part series exploring how reviews, proofreading, and bid writing support help social care providers close scoring gaps, boost tender quality, and win contracts.

Cultural & Identity Needs in Person-Centred Care — A Complete 7-Part Series

A 7-part series exploring how to embed cultural identity and inclusion into person-centred care — with practical examples, training insights, and tender-ready evidence.