To mark #VolunteeringWeek, we’ve launched a new research report exploring how volunteering can act as a pathway into paid work in social care. 👉 Find out more on our Insight Collective website: https://ow.ly/yGYs50Z7yH5

🌟Do you know someone who provides excellent care through the medium of Welsh? Nominate them for the Caring in Welsh award: https://socialcare.wales/news-stories/search-begins-for-workers-providing-excellent-care-and-support-in-welsh-3 #CaringInWelsh

🗨️ Take a look at our early years and childcare training events! Whether you’re looking to build new skills, refresh your knowledge, or stay up to date with best practice. Find out more and register for our free events -> https://ow.ly/8HRf50YAuSH

🫶 Halo Leisure’s Carers’ Respite Programme gives unpaid carers the opportunity to take part in exercise, relaxation and well-being sessions through their local leisure centre. 👉 Find out more about this work on our project finder: https://ow.ly/I4Rx50YBFp8

📲 A new Section 12 (S12) app has been launched to help professionals arrange Mental Health Act assessments more quickly and easily. More 👉 https://ow.ly/PJWR50YAxK7

📆 Don’t forget that our new Codes of Professional Practice come into effect on 1 July. The updated codes are shorter and clearer, with refreshed practice guidance to support day‑to‑day work. 👉 Explore the new codes, guidance and resources: https://socialcare.wales/codes

⏳The finalists for the 2026 Accolades WeCare Wales award have been chosen – and you’ve got until Monday to cast your vote for the winner! Find out more and make sure you vote before Monday: https://socialcare.wales/the-accolades/vote-for-the-winner-of-the-2026-wecare-wales-award

🌟Have you voted for your winner of the 2026 Accolades Learner of the Year award yet? You have until Monday! Find out more and get your vote in before Monday: https://socialcare.wales/the-accolades/vote-for-the-winner-of-the-2026-learner-of-the-year-award

📢 You have until Monday to vote for who you think should win the 2026 Accolades’ Inspirational Leadership award! Find out more about our finalists and make sure you vote by Monday: https://socialcare.wales/the-accolades/vote-for-the-winner-of-the-2026-inspirational-leadership-award

📱 Would you like to be part of our new digital community of practice for social care? We'll be launching the community soon and you could be among its first members. 👉 If you're interested in joining the new community, please complete our short online form: https://ow.ly/qy2Y50YyaHl

We warmly welcome today’s announcement by Dawn Bowden MS appointing Katija (Teej) Dew as Social Care Wales's next Chair. 👏 socialcare.wales/news-stories...

🥳 We need your help to choose the three people you think should be crowned the winners of: - the Inspirational Leadership award, - Learner of the Year award - and WeCare Wales award for outstanding care workers. 👉 https://ow.ly/fYXP50YvlrP

🌟 It's World Social Work Day! 🌟 🔸 Dawn Bowden MS, Minister for Children and Social Care has a message of thanks to social workers across Wales. Dawn Bowden

🎊We’re celebrating #SocialWorkWeek 2026! 📅 We’ve got exciting events planned, and this year’s theme is brave voices. Here’s a video message of thanks from our Chief Executive, Sarah McCarty. 🧡 “Please take a moment this Social Work Week to celebrate social workers in your community.”

🎉 Remember that voting is now open to choose three of the winners for the 2026 Accolades! 👉 Vote here: https://socialcare.wales/news-stories/vote-for-three-2026-accolades-winners

Discover the tools to boost your wellbeing & support your team by joining Social Care Wales' upcoming Self #Compassion & #Wellbeing workshops 🌟 Register here: zurl.co/C3Zq1 ⬅️ Free to attend. Come along and invest in yourself! @socialcarewales.bsky.social @roylilley1.bsky.social

Voting is now open to choose a winner for the #2026Accolades WeCare Wales award! Find out more about them and vote for the winner: https://socialcare.wales/the-accolades/vote-for-the-winner-of-the-2026-wecare-wales-award#2026Accolades

Voting is now open to choose a winner for the #2026Accolades Learner of the year award! Find out more about them and vote for the winner: https://socialcare.wales/the-accolades/vote-for-the-winner-of-the-2026-learner-of-the-year-award#2026Accolades

Congratulations to the 2026 Accolades’ Effective use of digital and technology finalists! Find out more about our finalists: https://socialcare.wales/news-stories/11-projects-and-eight-care-workers-named-as-2026-accolades-finalists

Voting is now open to choose a winner for the #2026Accolades Inspirational leadership award! Find out more about them and vote for the winner: https://socialcare.wales/the-accolades/vote-for-the-winner-of-the-2026-inspirational-leadership-award#2026Accolades

The judges for the 2026 Accolades’ Supporting people to live the life that matters to them category have chosen their finalists! https://socialcare.wales/news-stories/11-projects-and-eight-care-workers-named-as-2026-accolades-finalists

We’ve announced the finalists for the 2026 Accolades’ Innovative ways of recruiting and retaining the workforce category! https://socialcare.wales/news-stories/11-projects-and-eight-care-workers-named-as-2026-accolades-finalists

Congratulations to the 2026 Accolades’ Building bright futures for children and families finalists! Find out more about our finalists: https://socialcare.wales/news-stories/11-projects-and-eight-care-workers-named-as-2026-accolades-finalists

❤️ Thank you for making the 2026 Have Your Say survey our biggest yet! More than 7,500 people took part - our biggest response since we launched the annual survey in 2023, and almost 2,000 more than last year. We'll publish the findings on our website later this year. Diolch!

📱 The Insight app by Innovate Trust is a free app for adults with learning disabilities and additional support needs. The app’s main aim is to promote digital inclusion and reduce social isolation by offering a safe online space. 👉 Find out more on our project finder: https://ow.ly/e91Q50YrI6M

📱 We’re developing a digital community of practice for social care in Wales! 👉 Complete our short survey to let us know about the digital challenges you face in your work, what you'd like the new community to offer, and to register your interest in joining: https://ow.ly/GtNm50YraG4

📣 This is your final call to register for Social Work Week 2026! ⏰ Registration closes on 11 March, so book your place and join us next week! Details here: https://ow.ly/VITW50Yr7ki

⌛ Today is your last chance to have your say in our survey of the social care workforce! 👉 Take part now: https://ow.ly/x8eM50YoZc9 ❤️ We'd like to say a big 'diolch' to everyone who has already responded and helped make this our biggest Have Your Say survey yet!

📣 There's just one day left to take part in our Have Your Say survey of the social care workforce! We've already had a record number of responses, but there's still time to make your voice heard. 👉 Complete the survey now: https://ow.ly/KgXr50YosSN

📣 If you've started filling in our Have Your Say survey but not yet finished it, make sure you answer any remaining questions and submit your responses before the survey closes on Wednesday (4 March). 👉 Complete the survey now: https://ow.ly/ycE950YmR3J

⌛There’s only a week left to complete our Have Your Say survey of the social care workforce. The survey closes on 4 March, so don’t miss your chance to have your say! 👉 Complete the survey now: https://ow.ly/8xou50YlKL6

🗣️ We've been hearing from social care workers about things like: 🔸 their health and well-being 🔸 whether they feel valued for the work they do 🔸 how they feel about their level of pay. 👉 Make sure your voice is heard by completing the survey before 4 March: https://ow.ly/ol8G50YhYt3

📢 Time is running out to complete our 2026 Have Your Say survey! The survey is only open until 4 March, so don’t miss your chance to have your say! 👉 Complete the survey: https://ow.ly/c6H750YgI3J Everyone who completes the survey will have the chance to win one of five £50 shopping vouchers.

📣 We’re starting the first phase of engagement for our strategic equality plan 2027 to 2031, and we need your help. Take the survey: https://socialcare.wales/strategic-equality-plan-public-engagement

📢From 1 July 2026, social care workers and employers in Wales will need to follow our new Codes of Professional Practice. We've made the codes simpler and shorter – but the standards of behaviour haven't changed. 🔗 Find out more and start getting ready for July: https://socialcare.wales/codes

📈 More than 2,500 people have already had their say in our survey of the social care workforce! The survey is only open until 4 March, so don't miss your chance to have your say! Thank you to everyone who's taken part so far. 👉 Complete the survey now: https://ow.ly/Yoxi50YcKaZ

🗣️ Have you completed our Have Your Say survey yet? The survey takes around 20 minutes and you'll have a chance to win a £50 shopping voucher. Don't miss your chance to have your say! 🗓️ Survey closes 4 March. 👉 Complete the survey now: https://ow.ly/pCPP50Y815P

🗣️ "The Have Your Say survey is a chance to make your voice heard by sharing your experiences of working in social care in Wales. "Please don’t miss your chance to have your say." - Sarah McCarty, our Chief Executive. 👉 Complete the survey now: https://ow.ly/EzoN50Y3Hom 🗓️ Survey closes 4 March.

🎉 Happy Community Manager Appreciation Day! Today, we celebrate all of the community managers who are supporting people to make a positive change in social care in Wales. 👉 Why not check out our communities of practice support and development service?: https://ow.ly/YJo350Y3AZg #CMAD

🗣️ Our 2026 Have Your Say survey of the social care workforce is now open! Your responses give us a fantastic insight into what it’s like to work in social care and help inform the support we and our partners offer. 👉 Complete the survey: https://ow.ly/ecY350XZERu 🗓️ Survey closes 4 March.

📣Well-being Week 2026 starts today! 💡Join us, and our guest speakers, to learn more about well-being. ➡️Take a look at what we have planned, and book your place: ow.ly/PfgW50XN5Yn

📢From 1 July 2026, social care workers and employers in Wales will need to follow our new Codes of Professional Practice. We've made the codes simpler and shorter – but the standards of behaviour haven't changed. 🔗 Find out more and start getting ready for July: https://socialcare.wales/codes

Today, we have published the main findings of the Social Care Wales Workforce Development Grant (SCWWDP) end of year monitoring for 2024 to 2025. You can read more and see the full report here ➡️ https://ow.ly/hIig50XToHN

Our offices will be closed over the festive period and the New Year from 25 December and will re-open on 2 January 2025.

📢 Social Care Wales and Care Inspectorate Wales to launch new joint data collection process in 2026. We're introducing a single, shared process, which will make it easier for social care providers by reducing the need to collect similar information twice. 👉 https://ow.ly/EtpX50XHntb

📱We've broken the findings of our digital potential tool down into three areas to make it easier to find the information you need. 🔎 Visit the Insight Collective to find out what we learned about digital skills and capabilities: https://ow.ly/Ke5j50XGjaR

🗣️ We recently published the findings of our 2025 Have Your Say survey. As well as providing an overview of the entire social care workforce in Wales, the final report also breaks the findings down into three job groups: 👉 Read our summary of responses from managers: https://ow.ly/6knz50XFyKn

🤝 Come and find out more about communities of practice and the support we offer! Join us from 11.30am to 12.30pm on Tuesday 9 December to discuss: 🔸what a community of practice is 🔸how a community might support your work 🔸how we can support you. 👉 Book your place: https://ow.ly/203j50XCJfO

Want learn more about Welsh language, culture and working bilingually? Our e-learning module has information about: 👉 the Welsh language and bilingualism 👉 the practicalities of working bilingually 👉 what this means to people who use services. More: https://ow.ly/bllB50UgT5u

💡 Angharad Dalton, our Head of Innovation Capability and Coaching, has written a blog outlining how we've experimented with different ways of making innovation support more accessible and flexible: https://ow.ly/84yz50XxyyU But what would help you to innovate? Let us know in the replies 👇