We’re over the moon to announce that Flourish has been awarded the new Quality Assured Care accreditation by Skills for Care!
This recognition underlines our commitment to delivering high-quality, impactful training that truly supports the adult social care workforce.
Quality Assured Care Learning Service: Elevating Training Standards in Social Care
The Quality Assured Care Learning Service, launched by the Department of Health and Social Care, is a new initiative designed to assess and improve the quality of training courses and qualifications provided by social care training providers. This service ensures that training and development are high-quality, accessible, and aligned with workforce needs, ultimately benefiting both care professionals and those who rely on social care services.
The UK Government remains committed to fostering a skilled, well-supported social care workforce, placing a strong emphasis on high-standard training and professional development. The Quality Assured Care Learning Service plays a vital role in ensuring that learning opportunities are effective, relevant, and of the highest quality.
As part of this commitment, the Government has introduced the Quality Assured Care Accreditation, a newly launched accreditation designed to recognise and endorse excellence in social care training.
What is the Quality Assured Care Accreditation?
Quality Assured Care accreditation is a newly launched accreditation for social care training. Launched by Skills for Care and backed by the UK government’s Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), this initiative ensures that training providers offer top-tier, accessible, and relevant learning experiences. The accreditation badge certifies the quality and relevance of training programmes for the social care sector, checked against nine standards.
In short, this accreditation tells employers and learners: “This training is top quality, meets sector needs, and delivers real impact.”
This new accreditation is part of a boost in investment from the DHSC in staff retention. High turnover sees care providers replacing almost a third of their workers every year, with negative impacts on quality of care.
In the coming years, training will need to meet the Quality Assured Care standards to be eligible for funding through the Learning & Development Support Scheme.
Why is the Quality Assured Care accreditation important?
The Quality Assured Care accreditation is a significant step forward for social care training. It plays a vital role in:
- Enhancing workforce skills – Ensuring care professionals receive training that equips them with the latest best practices.
- Improving career progression – Providing learners with qualifications that are widely recognised and valued in the sector.
- Supporting staff retention – Quality training has been proven to lead to greater job satisfaction and reduces turnover in the sector.
- Ensuring funding eligibility – By 2026/27, only accredited courses will be eligible for funding through the Learning & Development Support Scheme, making accreditation a vital requirement for training providers.
The Future of Quality Assured Care
This accreditation is a big step on the road to a consistent level of professional skills across the workforce. The sector is shifting towards higher training standards, and this accreditation is rolling out in three key phases:
- 2024 – 2025: Training providers can apply for accreditation. Employers can still claim funding for non-accredited courses—for now.
- 2025 – 2026: Accredited courses will become preferred options for funding.
- 2026 – 2027: Only accredited courses will be eligible for funding, ensuring every funded training programme meets quality benchmarks.
What does this mean for you?
- For employers: You can now easily identify high-quality training that’s backed by Skills for Care—giving your team the skills they need to thrive.
- For learners: You’ll gain qualifications that boost your career, are widely recognised, and genuinely enhance the quality of care you provide.
- For care providers: You’ll have to have your training accredited in order for it to be fundable. You will need to provide evidence it meets standards. The Quality Assured Care Learning Service is funded by DHSC.
Flourish: Always striving for excellence
At Flourish, we’re dedicated to raising the bar in adult social care training. This accreditation is proof of our ongoing mission to equip care professionals with the very best learning opportunities.
Flourish’s Accredited Courses
We’re proud to say that our training has been quality assured for:
This stamp of approval means our courses meet the highest standards set by Skills for Care and DHSC—giving our learners and employers confidence that they’re getting the very best.
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