Support workers deliver much of the hands-on care across health and social care, yet decades of national reviews show they continue to face barriers to progression, inconsistent role design, limited access to training, and a lack of recognition for the essential work they do. This highlights the need for effective healthcare consultancy focused on the support workforce.
The Care Collaborative exists to change this.
Led by Professor Richard Griffin, Dawn Grant, and John Gale, our mission is to strengthen, develop, and elevate the support workforce through a focus on support workforce transformation by combining national research, lived experience, and decades of workforce development innovation.
We work with organisations to redesign roles, improve capability, modernise education pathways, and build sustainable workforce models, while leading a national movement that brings together support workers, leaders, educators, and organisations committed to lasting change.
We partner with organisations across England and the UK to turn this mission into measurable workforce improvement.
Our commitment is simple:
Better careers, better care, and a stronger future for the support workforce.