Abstract
Introduction: As the Sector Skills Council for the adult social care workforce in England, Skills for Care recognises the increasingly important role of assisted living technologies (ALT) in social care. This paper draws on evidence from a project designed to explore the status of workforce development in social care, and develop resources to support the learning and development of staff.
Highlights
As the Sector Skills Council for the adult social care workforce in England, Skills for Care recognises the increasingly important role of assisted living technologies (ALT) in social care
Primary research, through the use of interviews with social care staff, case study development and an online survey was commissioned to develop an holistic picture of workforce development activities and needs relating to ALT
We used the results from the primary research to produce a learning and development framework that addressed the requirements of social care organisations in relation to the ALT workforce
Summary
As the Sector Skills Council for the adult social care workforce in England, Skills for Care recognises the increasingly important role of assisted living technologies (ALT) in social care. November 2013 Publisher: Igitur publishing URL: http://www.ijic.org Getting the best of assisted living technologies: utilising an evidence-based, iterative approach to support social care workers in practice Benjamin Mark Gretton, University of Hull, United Kingdom
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