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Community Care Live

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Understanding your Workforce: Research Insights to Support Recruitment and Learning

08 Oct 2025
Legal Learning Theatre
Workforce

An exploration of the latest research from Community Care, focused on the evolving landscape of social care recruitment, career development, and continuous learning. Drawing on annual surveys of thousands of social work professionals, this session will uncover what truly matters to today’s workforce and how organisations can respond effectively.

We’ll share insights from two of our key research streams:

Learning Landscapes: Discover how social workers prefer to learn, what they expect from professional development opportunities including protected time, how current time pressures are impacting learning and supporting neurodivergent learners. 

Jobseeker Behaviour: Understand what attracts social workers to roles, why they leave and what motivates them to stay.

This session is ideal for those involved in learning and development and recruitment as well as managers and those that have an interest in workforce wellbeing around learning, recruitment and retention.

 

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Testimonials

  • The event was exceptionally well-organised, with a clear structure that made it easy to follow. The sessions were insightful, offering valuable perspectives and practical knowledge that I can apply in my professional role.
  • The day was powerful, with a positive impact on my learning and practice.
  • It was just what I needed, a chance to network, reflect and learn with colleagues from across the profession
  • Great variety of learning available both in presentations, theatre and guided conversations all relevant to my own working experience.
  • My experience was incredibly positive and far exceeded my expectations. I found myself enjoying the event much more than I anticipated.”
  • A great chance to share the joy of social work with new and familiar colleagues
  • It opened my mind to the different career paths and also the diverse ways in using the strengths approach in Social Work
  • Very glad I have finally had the opportunity to attend such an insightful day.

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