The Welsh Government has announced a grant of more than £8m to train social care workers, as part of a larger package worth £11m.

The grant for the social care workforce development programme aims to increase the take-up of training across the whole social care sector and is in addition to existing training resources.

‘This funding is a result of the Welsh Government's commitment to raising standards of practice,' said deputy minister for social services, Gwenda Thomas.

‘We want to boost the esteem in which social work and social care is held in the public eye, recognising the good work that goes on and enabling us to recruit and train the best people.'

The Care Council for Wales recently announced it will spend £1.8m over the next six years on raising the standard of social work practice in Wales.