The Care Council in its role as the Sector Skills Council for the social care, children, early years and young people’s workforce in the Wales is inviting employers to respond the following consultations.

·         The Right to request time to Train

·         and a second one on the national minimum wage which could impact particularly on apprenticeship uptake. 

The Care Council is asking employers within the sector to contribute to both consultations thereby providing a Wales perspective on the Consultations. Please ask employers to respond to the briefings attached and return to the Care Council for Wales – information e mail addresses etc are contained in the briefing. This is so that the Care Council can provide the Wales employer perspective within the report from Skills for Care and Development. The addresses of the full consultations are on the briefings if employers also wish to respond directly. 

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