Skills for Care and Development has been relicensed as the Sector Skills Council covering social care, children, early years and young people’s workforces in the UK. The decision was announced Business Secretary, Lord Mandelson. The relicensing process included a performance assessment carried out by the National Audit Office. This means the four UK partners, Skills for Care, Northern Ireland Social Care Council, Care Council Wales, Scottish Social Services Council and Skills for Care are all relicensed until further reviews in the future.

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