NMDS-SC

National Minimum Data Set

NMDS-SC stands for 'National Minimum Data Set for Social Care'.

What is the NMDS-SC?

The NMDS can be accessed here www.nmds-sc-online.org.uk

 

The NMDS-SC gathers information about the social care sector. It has been designed to gather information about services and information about the social care workforce.

 

 

 

 

This information is important for several of reasons:

For Employers
The NMDS-SC provides a single source of basic information about services and workers that will enable employers to plan their business activity and determine the skills base needed by the workforce now and into the future.
The NMDS-SC will provide reports to employers that will enable informed business decisions and enable employers to access different staff development or business development funding.
The NMDS-SC Online enables employers to keep their workforce information in the workplace, its easy to use and to update records and for those organisations who do not have an electronic staff record system the NMDS-SC provides one!

You must have completed the NMDS to be able to access funding from Care Focus (TSI and NTS).

For Strategic Planning
The NMDS-SC will enable planning at a local, regional and national level. This is critical in providing stability and growth in the social care industry.

For Commissioners
The NMDS-SC at a local or regional level will provide the information about services, capacity and workforce skills to take the guesswork out of resource allocation and meeting the social care challenge.

For Funding Agencies
The workforce information will enable funding agencies to support employers and business development in the sector by targeting resources to where they are needed.
for Inspectors

The NMDS-SC provides up to date workforce information that will meet the inspection requirements of the National Minimum Standards.

For Policy Makers
The NMDS-SC will enable Skills for Care to reflect the real cost of social care and the services to meet the needs of an ageing population now and into the future.

If we are serious about adequate resources, support for business development and improving the education and skills base in the sector then we need to know more about the social care sector, so welcome to the National Minimum Dataset for Social Care.

The success of the National Minimum Dataset for Social Care will depend on employers seeing the benefits of workforce information and being excited about engaging with the NMDS-SC Online.

 

 

Need Support?

How We Can Help

 

 

Care Focus Somerset can come out and support you with the completion of your NMDS-SC. We can guide you through the initial stages or come out to see you to assist with entering the data. Call us on 01823 461876 to arrange and appointment or email enquiries@carefocussomerset.org This is entirely free of charge and is funded through our contract with Skills for Care.

Any problems?

The help desk

 

The help desk staff are there to support employers to use NMDS-SC Online. Skills for Care have two teams of dedicated staff who are able to assist and support you. For example, if you have technical problems in using NMDS-SC Online, forgotten your password, not sure about the information requested - then the helpline staff are there to help, guide and support you.

 

They are a dedicated team of staff and can be contacted on Tel. 0845 873 0129 (local call rates apply).

 

Usefule Tools

Download These

 

 

Please download these useful tools to assist you with the NMDS completion.

 

This Worker Questionnaire can be given out to staff in preparation for you entering the data on to the NMDS. This will ease the completion as all the information you need will be in one place. Staff are then also aware of what details you are using.

 

Hoping to claim TSI funding? The Guidance on NMDS-SC completion will be helpful.

 

To access funding you have to have entered at least 90% of your data too. Unsure what this means? Look at this which helps to explain it.