Adult Social Care Learning is a programme developed by Skills for Progress, an organisation which initially began during the pandemic to help people who had been made redundant to develop, or retrain, and get back into work.

Since then, Skills for Progress have continued to help hundreds of people to progress, delivering consistent training with over 95% positive feedback. Years of experience in delivering nation-wide programmes has led them to develop a unique training approach which has been proven to make a real, positive, difference to people’s learning.

Skills for Progress aims to provide a truly personalised approach to learning, helping people to access the right training at the right time for them. Continuously adapting to people’s needs and challenges, our programmes offer user friendly ease of access for all learners.

Adult Social Care Learning specifically helps non-regulated adult care staff to develop their careers. We provide specialised mental health training designed to increase their skills and gain accredited qualifications, empowering them to provide high-quality person centred care.

‘Over 1000 trained mental health specialists in the adult social care sector’

We want to empower to UK Adult social care workforce to specialise in mental health care and support: 1 in 4 adults will experience a mental health problem, and we want to overcome this statistic. In a 2024 study by IPSOS, mental health was identified as a top 5 health concern by 31 countries globally, above cancer, obesity and drug abuse. ASCL will positively impact the landscape through training excellence in mental health understanding and support.

Our parent organisation, The Root Of It has an established background in providing training and mental health support, and is run by internationally renowned expert and author, Richard Daniel Curtis.

ASCL will draw from this extensive experience in delivering training on mental health, mental health support and individual care, to provide highly rated, bespoke training. Confident in our approaches, we draw from sector experience and feedback to develop our evidence-backed training courses accredited by awarding body NCFE.