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We hope you had a great festive season and managed to get some quality down-time. We wish you all a happy and healthy New Year!
We do our best to keep the content and structure of our PEN website up-to-date in these fast-changing times and your suggestions on how to improve the website are always welcome.
Cold Health Alert - Yellow Warning for the South West
A YELLOW Cold-Health Alert - (Cold weather response) has been issued for the South West and is in effect between 06/01/2024 at 09:00 and 09/01/2024 at 12:00.
General Overview - Minor impacts are probable across the health and social care sector, including: increased use of healthcare services by the vulnerable population; increase in risk of mortality amongst vulnerable individuals.
Further guidance can be found here:
Cold Weather Plan for England
Cold Weather Plan
Cold Weather Plan Easy Read
UKHSA Action Cards
Voluntary and community sector
Commissioners
Health and social care providers
General Advice
Keep Warm Keep Well
Top tips for keeping warm and well
Ethnically Diverse Communities – Directory of Services for Devon, Plymouth, and Torbay
This updated directory contains details of the many organisations and agencies, from all sectors, that offer support services for people from Black, Asian and Ethnically Diverse communities in Devon.
Ethnically Diverse Communities - Directory of Services for Devon, Plymouth, and Torbay - Migration and resettlement
Consultation on the future of Devon County Councils Adult Day Services
The consultation is open until Tuesday 16 January 2024.
A new online consultation meeting has been added to enable more people to have their say:
Monday 15 January 2024, 1pm -2.30pm, Online consultation meeting
Book Here
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/adult-day-centre-service-consultations-online-event-tickets-779391158937
Public consultation on the future of Devon County Council's Adult Day Services - Have Your Say
Reminder - Closure of Pinpoint, interim changes to the Personal Assistant (PA) Network and how you can find information about local services -
Devon County Council’s Pinpoint online community directory will no longer be available from 31 December.
While the directory has been a useful community resource, many organisations now have their own websites and are ‘findable’ by search engines or have their own social media pages and groups. As a result, fewer providers have been adding or maintaining their information to Pinpoint which has made the directory less representative of the support available within Devon’s communities.
The Pinpoint web address will remain available for a period of time with a page that will be signposting to other information sources and directories.
Devon County Council will be working to improve this information over the coming months. In the interim, if you are looking for support, please follow the links below.
For not-for-profit organisations please go to Devon Connect - Connecting Communities in Devon.
For care homes and personal care agencies please go to Find and compare services - Care Quality Commission (cqc.org.uk)
For adult day services, respite and enabling services please go to Do you need personal care within your own home? Care at home - day services, enabling and personal care | Devon County Council
For personal assistants and micro-enterprises please go to Find a personal assistant (PA) - Adult Social Care | Devon County Council
PA ‘shout outs’ remain
Please note that PAs registered to receive ‘PA shout out’ notifications will continue to receive these. This service is not changing.
PAs wanting to register to receive notifications of new business (i.e. from customers with Direct Payments/ self-funders) through this service, should do so via the link on the PA’s and Micro-providers page of the Home - Provider Engagement Network (devon.gov.uk)
Individuals or families looking for help in finding a PA via the PA shout out service, can be directed here: Find a personal assistant - Adult Social Care | Devon County Council
Good News Story - Edenmore Nursing Home hosts Junior School visits
Edenmore Nursing Home, based in Ilfracombe North Devon, invites students into their home as part of their Intergenerational Linking Programme which aims to bring together different generations within the community. Students from Ilfracombe Junior School had the unique opportunity to visit Edenmore, fostering meaningful connections between the young and elderly as part of the homes commitment to community engagement.
During the visit, students engaged in various activities with the Residents, who are fondly referred to as family members, including storytelling, arts and crafts, and even a sing-a-long, creating an atmosphere filled with laughter and joy. The interactions were not only enjoyable for the children but also had a positive impact on the family members.
Home Manager Gayle said, “It was so emotional to see the family members engaging with the children and one of the family members even made a little speech to the children thanking them for such an enjoyable time together.”
Further information can be found at https://www.edenmorenursinghome.com/
Proud to Care
Proud to Care is Devon County Council’s team dedicated to raising the profile of Adult Social Care, and supporting providers with recruiting, retaining, and training staff in the sector. We have several free-to-use tools to help with your recruitment activities, including:
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A self-service Jobs Board: Advertise and manage your vacancies quickly and efficiently.
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Social Media support: To increase the exposure of your vacancies
To find out more, please email Proud to Care.
Are your contact details up-to-date?
We encourage providers to update their contact details (especially email addresses) with the Procurement team. We use these details to communicate with providers. It is very important that we reach the correct person in your organisation to receive appropriate referrals and timely updates from DCC, and that you do not miss out on any opportunities. Please ensure we have your most recent email address.
Remember to share your good news stories in this newsletter
Has your support helped transform someone’s life? Have you got innovative practice to share? Send us your celebratory photos and words and we will help share good practice.
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