LSCDG

About us

Leicestershire Social Care Development Group

Leicestershire Social Care Development Group (LSCDG) has been operational since 2006, the aim of LSCDG is to support the workforce development and raise quality for independent and voluntary sector  (IVS) across  Leicester City, Leicestershire and Rutland. 

We work  with over 400 + adult social care providers, that includes; Care Homes, Nursing Homes and Domicilary Care Agencies. Back in 2006  the only course LSCDG arranged was the Moving & Handling Training the Trainer, including Updates, today we run a  series of courses, that are delivered by experienced experts in the field, this includes in house local authority staff and external providers who have been through a robust selection process. 

We work with partners who are in touch with IVS and help us formulate and direct the training plan as well as implementing new legislation and procedure.

Fully  Funded Training Plan

How do we support the IVS, well our main function is that we organise and arrange a training plan that runs from April to March each year with a selection of core training, which is funded via the partnership. The training plan consists of fully funded courses, such as

• Moving & Handling

• Autism

• Dementia Education Programme

• Safeguarding

• Mental Capacity Act

• Leadership Modules