For UK care workers & care homes

Everything a care team needs, minus the guesswork.

Free training for the people on shift. Ready-to-use templates for the people running the service. A monthly digest of what's changed in CQC, HSE and DHSC guidance — so nobody's caught out by a rule they didn't know had changed.

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36 free courses · always up to date

Learning materials

36 free courses covering the Care Certificate, clinical skills, safeguarding and specialist conditions — written in plain English, self-paced.

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Templates for care homes

Editable policies, audits, rotas and record-keeping documents your service can put to work the same day.

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Regulation updates

A monthly digest of what's changed at CQC, HSE and DHSC — translated out of regulator-speak.

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Coming soon from UK Care World

CareShifts Marketplace — shift cover, on demand.

A real-time marketplace connecting care workers with care homes to cover shifts, built the way you'd expect a modern on-demand app to work. A home posts a gap, nearby available workers see it instantly, and cover gets arranged in minutes — not phone calls.

Care homes post last-minute or planned shifts and get matched to available, verified workers nearby Care workers pick up extra shifts flexibly, on their own schedule Built specifically for the UK care sector — not a generic gig-work app

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This month, in brief

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CQC Sector-specific assessment frameworks move to piloting What the shift away from a single framework means for your next inspection. This month CQC Stricter registration rules for new applications Incomplete or inaccurate applications are now returned immediately, with no second chance. Recent Skills for Care Workforce vacancy rate falls to its lowest since 2015/16 What the latest workforce data means for recruitment and retention planning. This month

If you work in care

Confidence on shift, and a paper trail that holds up.

Free courses mapped to the Care Certificate standards
Plain-English guides — no jargon, no filler
Companion videos on our YouTube channel

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If you run a care setting

Audit-ready documents, and no surprises at inspection.

Editable templates for policies, audits and records
A monthly regulation digest, in plain English
Sources cited, so you can verify anything yourself

Frequently asked questions

Is UK Care World's training actually free?

Yes. All 36 courses on UK Care World are free to access, with no login or payment required. The site is funded independently and does not charge care workers or care homes for training materials.

Who are the care home templates for?

The templates are built for UK-registered care homes and domiciliary care providers, covering policies, audits, HR, care planning, health and safety, and business continuity documents that CQC-registered services typically need.

How often is the regulation updates digest published?

The regulation digest is updated monthly, summarising changes from the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), and Skills for Care.

Do the courses count toward the Care Certificate?

The courses are mapped to the standards covered in the Care Certificate and can be used as supporting learning material, though completion should be recorded and signed off according to your employer's own induction process.