I contacted Skills for Care today to ask the question, the charity involved in the Government roll out of the new care certificate, Skills for Care is the employer-led workforce development body for adult social care in England. Home of the National Skills Academy for Social Care, they offer workforce learning and development support and practical resources from entry level right through to those in leadership and management roles. They also produce the common induction standards that everyone has to do in the first 12 weeks, so I think they know their stuff. This was their reply:
Hi Sue,
Thanks for your enquiry to Skills for Care. We have heard learning providers saying similar comments but we believe it is nothing more than a sales tactic from these companies to increase uptake in qualifications.
Whilst we fully support the continuing professional development of all working in health and social care, including the use of national qualifications in this process, there is no formal requirement for this to be the case. The tactics being used by some learning providers appears to be very misleading.
We would recommend that you seek from these learning providers the legislation / government material that is indicating this requirement. We would be happy to look at this if it could be shared to investigate further.
Kind Regards, Rob Hargreaves