Our nursing offer supports employers, and adult social care nurses and nursing associates at every stage of their career.
Nursing in social care operates within a complex, evolving system and calls for high levels of professional autonomy, enabling nurses to work innovatively across a changing landscape.
We provide guidance, learning resources, forums and networking groups, as well as development opportunities designed to strengthen professional practice, leadership and confidence across the social care nursing workforce.
Upcoming events
Preceptorship workshops
If you’re looking to support for newly registered nurses and nursing associates transition into their role, join our upcoming preceptorship workshops.
Preceptor role workshops: preceptor role in practice
- Designed to provide guidance and support to social care nursing staff on the role of the preceptor and its function in supporting preceptees within your organisation.
Preceptorship lead role workshops embedding and championing preceptorship in adult social care
- Designed to equip experienced social care nursing staff with the confidence and tools needed to provide preceptorship leadership within your organisation.
Forums and networks
Join our forums and networks to connect, collaborate and lead social care nursing developments. You’ll explore workforce innovation, education and career development, and celebrate diverse voices within an inclusive, supportive professional community.
Our offer supports employers to attract, develop and retain skilled nursing professionals, while supporting them to deliver high‑quality, person‑centred care and lead positive change within social care settings.
We Are Social Care Nursing
We Are Social Care Nursing's main focus is to share and celebrate the exceptional work being done by nurses and nursing associates working in social care.
Registered nurses
Nursing in social care operates within a complex and constantly evolving system, requiring high levels of professional autonomy to work innovatively across multiple settings. Find out more about registered nurses.
Nursing associates
An established regulated role caring for people across the lifespan within health and social care bridging the skills gap between care workers and registered nurses. Take a look at our resources designed to support nursing associates.
Pre-registration nursing
Social care is a fundamental part of nursing education and a future career pathway. Explore ways to become practice learning partners and work with NMC Approved Education Institutions (AEIs) to ensure every student nurse and nursing associate has the opportunity to explore social care as part of their programme.
Revalidation
Discover the three ways that you can return to practice. These are readmission, a return to practice course, and test of Competence (ToC).
Join the nursing community
Sign up for our newsletters to keep up to date with nursing news from across the system and join our forums and networks to share learnings or get involved with our work for both employers and the social care nursing workforce. You鈥檒l also get the opportunity to shape national policies and resources ensuring they meet workforce needs.
Nursing in social care data
We’re the leading source of workforce intelligence for adult social care, our work includes providing data about the contribution of nurses to the sector. This data is used by employers and strategic bodies to make informed decisions about the nursing workforce.
If you're an employer using the Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set (ASC-WDS), complete the information on registered nurses and fields of practice to ensure we have accurate data. If you're unsure you can search .