 This month’s issue of Care Management Matters features Deputy Director of Adult Social Care, Alison Murray, who talks about the importance of person-centred care for people living with dementia.
Director of Adult Social Care, Mary Cridge, has also blogged about the ideas that care home and dental colleagues are implementing to support improved oral health outcomes.
Two new resources have been published this month as part of the Digitising Social Care Programme to support adult social care providers when switching to digital technology.
The Digital Skills Framework can help you plan and access digital learning. This will help build relevant, transferable digital skills and equip you with the confidence and support needed to embed digital ways of working.
The What Good Looks Like Framework sets out guidance for care providers and local authorities on what good looks like for digital working in adult social care. Developed with the sector, the guidance is designed to support local authorities and care providers of all sizes and types, encouraging smart foundations and safe practice of technology in care settings so the right technology can be used to benefit local people.
(Image description) Infographic: Four coloured circles with titles, each containing an (icon). L-R: Monitoring and review (tablet), Person-centred care (person), Learning, development, skills and competency (book), and Governance, regulation and accountability (building). Text frames the infographic: Guiding principles for delegated healthcare activities
Person-centred, safe and effective delegation of healthcare activities to care workers can enable people to have more choice and control of when and how things happen, with an opportunity to provide a better experience of care.
Together with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and partners, Skills for Care has co-developed voluntary guiding principles to support person-centred, safe and effective delegation of healthcare activities to paid care workers, including personal assistants.
They include how to create the right conditions for delegation and decision-making, understanding roles and responsibilities across health and social care, and what good governance, learning and development and ongoing support looks like.
Delegation to social care isn’t new and has been happening for several years. The principles are designed to be adapted locally to complement existing best practice and local protocols. They've also created supporting resources, videos and sample policies.
They've also produced a free toolkit to embed relational care principles into services for older people. The resources contain practical tools, examples and advice for how you can implement small changes for big benefits to people.
The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) is hosting a webinar on Friday 9 June 2023 at 2:00pm for registered managers and nominated individuals in regulated care home (residential and nursing) and regulated home care provision. The session will focus on what DHSC has done so far on data mandation and enforcement. They'll be asking what support you need with the process and take the opportunity to thank you for prioritising uploading your data to the capacity tracker each month.
If you have concerns with provider data enforcement they hope this session will alleviate those concerns and give you further useful information.
Dr Sarah Wadd from the University of Bedfordshire will be sharing findings from a recent study “Promoting Good Practice in Relation to Alcohol Use in Care Homes for Older People”. This practice development webinar is free to care home staff. During the session she'll invite delegates to consider some of the ethical issues arising from current practice and set out good practice guidelines for care home staff in relation to residents’ alcohol use.
Book your place for the webinar being held on Wednesday 19th July 2023 11:00am-12:30pm by email.
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