΢΢²ÝÊÓÆµ is looking for care providers to adopt the Care Workforce Pathway as part of a direct support programme.
The Care Workforce Pathway is a comprehensive framework designed to clearly define careers in adult social care, detailing the knowledge, skills, values, and behaviours essential for delivering high-quality, personalised care and support.
The support programme aims to make adoption of the Pathway achievable, practical, and meaningful, by:
- Making it easier to get started by breaking Pathway adoption into clear, manageable steps and providing practical tools and templates.
- Helping you and your organisation build the Pathway into everyday workforce practice, rather than treating it as extra work or a separate initiative.
- Supporting more consistent ways of working across care providers and systems, using shared language, expectations, and approaches to workforce development.
- Building confidence, momentum, and shared ownership across the sector through supported learning, peer connection and ongoing engagement.
Participation commitment
Participation in the support programme involves a commitment from your organisation to:
- Nominate a Pathway lead to co-ordinate activity across your organisation.
- Put in place a simple, practical plan to begin adopting the Pathway.
- Map at least one existing job role against the Pathway role categories.
- Engage in three short online workshops designed to support progress and shared learning.
- Use the Pathway to make at least one tangible change within your organisation.
Online workshop delivery
- Group 1 (Summer) - starts Tuesday 7 July 2026
- Group 2 (Autumn) - starts Tuesday 15 September 2026
You will be asked to select your preferred group as part of the application form.
Apply now
Thank you for your interest in the direct support programme for care providers.
Providers who have been part of previous Pathway support programmes will not be considered for this programme, as we want to extend this opportunity to providers who have not previously accessed Pathway support.
Please note there are a limited number of places available, so if your application is unsuccessful, we will try to transfer you to a later programme where possible.
Once you have submitted your form, we will contact you to confirm if you have been accepted onto the programme and share next steps.