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Factsheet on replacement assessor and verifier qualifications

New qualifications have been developed for assessing and assuring the quality of assessment of vocational achievement.

Vocational Qualifications, August 2010

THe BIS newsletter provides latest news on the implementation of the new QCF qualifications QCF

Training requirements for social care staff

Meeting the workforce regulations: Skills for Care
advice on Care Quality Commissions’s workforce- specific outcomes.

The following link will open a pdf file on the Skills for Care web site. This document provides guidance on training and qualifications for social care staff and managers.

http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/nmsruntime/saveasdialog.aspx?lID=4465&sI...

LSIS QCF Readiness Newsletter

For the latest on preparing for the Qualification and Credit Framework...

New Health and Social Care qualifications

Skills for Care have produced a PowerPoint presentation showing the current changes in health and social care qualifications due to start 2011.

Vocational Qualifications are Changing - BIS June Newsletter

Read the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills June newsletter...

New qualification for Careers Information, Advice and Guidance practitioners

Qualification Framework - Work Based Vocational Training Qualifications for Providers of Career, Information Advice and Guidance for Adults in England

Updated Care Induction Standards

News release from Skills for Care on introduction of updated Common Induction Standards...

Vocational qualifications are changing - first newsletter from BIS

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)is now producing a regular newsletter supporting the current changes in vocational qualifications.Here is their first newsletter produced in April...

Qualifications and Credit Framework Newsletter

Keep up with the latest on the introduction of the Qualifications and Credit Framework...