In this special edition of SSSC News, the SSSC, as part of Skills for Care and Development, the Sector Skills Council for the social services sector looks at the work that is underway to implement the Sector Skills Agreement (SSA).

The second issue of Get Skilled looks at projects which contribute to skills solutions and challenges identified in the Sector Skills Agreement (SSA), which include:

• two research projects which aim to improve our understanding of the role of migrant workers in the social services workforce
• a guide to funding and support services for workforce development
• a project to improve our understanding of future service demand and the workforce implications
• the Continuous Learning Framework
• an update on the new Childhood Practice awards
• information about careers in early years.