Adult Care Training: Why Providers Stay Loyal – and How Realise is Different

Health and social care providers are focused on delivering day-to-day support, often reluctant to disrupt the balance by considering a change in training partner.

📢 But here’s the challenge: familiarity isn’t always synonymous with value. 📢

In a sector where consistency, CQC compliance, and compassion are non-negotiable, it’s understandable that many care providers remain loyal to the same training partner year after year. But as health and social care continues to evolve – with growing demands, new regulations, and increasingly complex needs – it’s worth asking: is our current training still delivering the outcomes our service, and our people, truly need?

While loyalty can advance strong working relationships, it can also lead to missed opportunities, especially when a training provider is no longer evolving with your organisation’s needs or providing the diverse range of qualifications or funding opportunities you want. Staying put might mean missing out on tailored learning pathways, innovative approaches to workforce development, or new streams of support that could make a real difference.

So, why do adult care providers stay with the same partner? And when is it time to consider switching? 

Why Adult Care providers don’t switch training partner:

1. Trust and established relationships
   Providers often stay because they trust their current training partner to deliver on quality, timelines, and compliance. There’s comfort in the known, and a good working relationship can go a long way.
2. Fear of disruption
   Many fear that moving to a new training provider will create unnecessary disruption, leading to administrative headaches, confused learners, or interrupted funding.
3. Assumptions about equivalence
   There’s sometimes a belief that “all training is the same.” If the courses are accredited and learners complete them, what’s the harm in staying put? 

Do any of these sound familiar to you? 🤔

Why it’s worth considering a new training partner

While those reasons are valid, there are equally strong reasons to re-evaluate:

1. Innovation and relevance
   
   The Adult Care landscape is evolving rapidly, an ever-increasing ageing population, escalated complex needs in the sector, new regulatory demands and the desperation to recruit quality staff. Training must keep pace. Training partners like Realise bring fresh thinking, specialist routes, and real-world relevance into every qualification and apprenticeship.
   
   
2. Personalised support and sector expertise
   
   At Realise, we understand that no two care providers are the same. That’s why we tailor delivery to your service model - whether that’s Domiciliary care, Mental Health, Dementia support or Learning disabilities. You’ll benefit from dedicated sector-expert trainers who genuinely understand the pressures your teams face.
   
   
3. Clear outcomes and value for money
   
   Training must lead to tangible results - better retention, improved care quality, CQC confidence, and career progression for your team. Realise is focused on outcomes, not just outputs. We track success, reduce drop-out risk, and support your staff through to completion.
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• Consolidation of training

Some Adult Care providers have numerous training providers on the go/ Switching to a singular training partner such as Realise can help your provision to streamline training strategy and ensure a single point of contact for all your reporting and insight needs. 

Switching to Realise? It’s easier than you think.

We know one of the biggest barriers to switching is the perception that it will be difficult or disruptive. That’s why we’ve designed a seamless transition process that removes the stress and ensures business continuity:

Dedicated onboarding team – we’ll liaise with your current provider (if needed), complete due diligence, and ensure funding alignment.
No disruption to learners – where possible, we’ll pick up mid-way learners with full recognition of prior learning, so no one repeats anything unnecessarily.
Clear communication – we’ll provide tailored comms and welcome packs for your team, learners, and managers.
Consistent trainer allocation – our delivery team builds long-term, meaningful relationships with your staff.

Why Realise?

We’re not just another training provider—we’re your strategic partner in workforce development. Here’s what sets us apart:

1. Flexible, blended delivery to fit around shift patterns
2. Outstanding learner and employer feedback
3. Qualification success rates for all Health and Social care programmes are higher than the national average
4. Access to 100% funding through our varied Adult Skills Fund contracts in England
5. Accredited learning provider under Skills for Care’s Quality Approved Care Learning Services (QACLS)
6. Assisted support of employers to access the Learning and Development Support Scheme (LDSS)
7. Compliant, Ofsted-monitored provision
8. Specialist pathways in Dementia, Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, Elderly Residential care, Domiciliary care, and Substance recovery
9. Clear reporting and workforce planning tools
   
   

Final thoughts

If you’ve worked with the same provider for years, it might feel risky to consider a new partner. But what if that change could deliver better outcomes, improved quality, and a more motivated workforce?

At Realise, we’re here to support that journey with no disruption and maximum benefit.

Let’s start the conversation. Your workforce deserves the best, and so do the people they care for.