Care4Skills
Care4Skills is a project designed to address the training needs within the long-term care (LTC) workforce in order to meet current and future challenges. The project is built upon the foundation of the Skills Partnership for Long-Term Care and recognises the significant impact of digital transformation and the increasing demand for person-centered care within the sector.
Objectives
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Provide Rapid Response to urgent skills needs in LTC, resulting from COVID-19, by offering training programmes for upskilling and reskilling of the workforce;
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Gather skills intelligence in the LTC with a focus on digital and person-centred care (resilience) skills, and develop a common methodology for anticipating future skill needs and monitoring the progress of skill supply and demand;
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To identify occupational profiles that need to be revised or created and their corresponding skill needs as well as the required proficiency level;
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Respond to emerging training needs and occupational profiles through the design of transnational vocational training content and related qualifications for upskilling the LTC workforce;
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Ensure that more LTC workers are trained in person-centered care and digital skills;
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Expand uptake and initiate certification of curricula at the national and European level;
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Ensure that skills in LTC remain high on the political agenda at both European and national levels in the years to come;
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Enlarge the Large-Scale Skills Partnership for LTC to encompass the broader sector and a variety of stakeholders.
Main Target Groups
Implementation Period
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Social work assistant
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Social care workers
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Nursing Professionals
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Social Services Manager
1 March 2024 - 29 February 2028
Consortium Partners
27 partners : 6 European networks (EASPD, EAN, EPSU, Social Employers, EVBB, SSE) and 21 sector representatives, Service Providers, VET Providers, Higher Education Institutions & Certification body (UNIPSO, NASO, DAYANA, APSS, TUKENA, Taitotalo, NEXEM, IRTS-HDF, CAC, AMIMONI, AKMI, CAN, AIAS, APRO, Actiz, AVANS+, iSocial, JKUL, TUV HELLAS S.A., UH, MECSES)
Explore tools, training and partnerships
Care4Skills Rapid Response Training
This short MOOC was the first step of the project. With only 5 modules, it will provide care workers with the knowledge they need to provide compassionate care, and adapt to new technologies that are used or may soon be used in their work. It offers a certificate of completion.
Large-Scale Partnership on Long-term Care
The LSP for the long-term care sector is the 16th skills partnership under the Pact for Skills. The partnership is open to external participants and hosts regular networking events, workshops, and working
groups meetings, providing a platform for members to share insights,
experiences, and best practices.