Calendars

Each calendar has a target audience and its best to check this before trying to book a place.

Adult Services Calendar 

Children Services Calendar

Safeguarding Calendar

The primary responsibility for effective training, development and qualification provision for the social care workforce remains with employers. The SCWWDP grant is intended to provide a significant supplement to the resources provided by employers.

 “This grant’s focus is to support the ambition of the Health and Social Care Workforce Strategy, the continued implementation of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 as well as providing scope to address identified regional and local workforce priorities to support improvement of care and support across all social care providers and organisations.

 Whilst the priority for the grant is to support regulated and commissioned services, flexibility is provided to meet the needs of, but is not exhaustive of, personal assistants to direct payment recipients, foster carers, commissioned micro carers, volunteers, people who use care and support, unpaid carers, regional services such as safeguarding boards, adoption, CAFCASS and Care Inspectorate Wales. This extends to work with the future supply of workforce and relevant initiatives with schools, further education, higher education and employment schemes.”

(Social Care Wales Workforce Development Programme (SCWWDP) 2026/27 - Grant Circular)

Those who work in the social care sector may already be familiar with these training programmes however regardless of who is requesting a place, Team Manager approval must be sought before applying to attend any of the courses.

Each of the calendars have specific target audiences which is outlined in the full training directories but in general there are two types of eligibility, which as follows:

Eligibility to access learning and development events (excluding safeguarding calendars)

• Priority will be given to those working in the social care sector across RCT and Merthyr that have been commissioned by either local authority
• Once this demand has been exhausted then demand from other related services will be considered including: health; education; probation; police; early years settings; personal assistants  with distribution being as equitable as possible to all services
• Lastly, any spare capacity will be given to any other service requesting access - examples of which could be leisure, housing association, communities first, wider community groups, etc

Eligibility to access safeguarding adults and children learning and development

• Priority will be given to those working in the social care sector across RCT and Merthyr that have been
• commissioned by either local authority and statutory partners i.e. health; education; probation; police; early years settings; with distribution being as equitable as possible to all services.

Any spare capacity will  be given to any other service requesting access - examples of which could be leisure, housing  association, communities first, wider community groups, etc.

NB - if there is a question of where a service/agency fits in terms of priority then a decision will be

reached by the relevant training officer and/or workforce development manager prior to confirming

Our safeguarding calendar is available on the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Safeguarding Board website. You will find extra information and resources here to support you .  

If you need further information please contact the number found in the calendar or 01443 281444 or socialcaretraining@rctcbc.gov.uk