The 6Cs in Health & Social Care

This resource, created by Skills for Care, explains how the 6Cs link to the values, recruitment, qualifications, and leadership frameworks in social care.

The 6Cs underpin Compassion in Practice which is a vision and strategy developed to articulate the values which should be at the core of all organisations delivering care and support:

• Care
• Compassion
• Competence
• Communication
• Courage
• Commitment

This document explains how the 6Cs link to the values, recruitment, qualifications, and leadership frameworks in social care.

This resource is referenced in the EduCare for Health & Social Care online learning package. This multiple-course package consists of 15 courses designed to meet the induction standards for staff working in the health and social care sectors.