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
Duration
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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
Project 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)
