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Our next Countywide forum for all providers will focus on all-important workforce issues with the national workforce strategic lead from Skills for Care in attendance, so book your place using the link in this issue.
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Countywide Strategic Forum on 28 February to focus on Workforce
The next meeting will be held on 28th February from 1 to 3pm.
Please hold this time and date in your calendars, if you would like to attend and you will receive joining links nearer the time. If you have not received a link less than a week before the forum please email us.
This is your opportunity to influence the national workforce strategy: What would the adult social care workforce look like to you if it were fixed?
We all know how crucial a strong workforce is to the success of social care. In an exciting development, Skills For Care is leading the development of a new national strategy for the adult social care workforce, which will sit alongside the NHS Workforce Strategy, giving a strong voice to our sector as we continue along the integration journey.
Ian Hobbs from Devon County Council sits on one of the expert groups which is contributing to the strategy, with a particular focus on Recruitment and Retention. As part of that work it has been agreed we engage Devon’s adult social care providers to take your advice on what would make the biggest difference to securing and retaining the workforce.
We would like to invite you to meet with us and with Skills For Care team so that your thinking can inform the strategy. This is a rare opportunity to participate in the formulation of such an important national strategy, which we hope will shape the approach to workforce over the next 15 years and we’d be delighted if you would join us at this event and subsequent meetings over the coming months as the strategy is developed.
Ahead of the meeting we will be canvassing views from providers through a variety of means and these insights will form a key part of the event. The two attachments give you a brief overview of the shape of the Strategy and of the Devon workforce and provides an important back drop to the event.
The agenda for the event is:
Welcome and Introduction – Nicola Tribble and Ian Hobbs
Introducing the strategy - Jane Brightman, Lead for the national Strategy, Skills for Care
The Workforce in Devon; Profile and Issues – Jill Croskell, Devon lead Skills For Care
- Summary of assessment of Devon’s providers – Presentation and Small Group Exercise
- Priorities for the next 1-5 years
- Priorities for the next 5-15 years
- Feedback and Discussion
- Conclusions and next steps
If you have any further questions regarding the upcoming Countywide Strategic Forum please contact the socialcarebusinessrelations-mailbox@devon.gov.uk
Devon-wide Forum Invite Forum.pptx
Devon- Data Summary.docx
Updated guidance on Infection Prevention and Control in Adult Social Care
The national guidance on Infection prevention and control measures to reduce the spread of viral acute respiratory infections (ARIs), including COVID-19, in adult social care settings. Has been updated.
Infection prevention and control in adult social care: acute respiratory infection - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
- Introduction
- The Proposal for the Inflationary Approach 2024/25
- Personalised Fee Model
- Personalised Fee Model – Care Cost Hourly Rate
- Personalised Fee Model – Accommodation Costs
- On-Banded Rate
- Banded Fee Inflation
- Market premiums and third party ‘top up’ payments
- Targeted support payments
- Care Homes outside of the Devon County Council area
- NHS Funded Placements
- Application of Uplift
- Market Oversight and Provider Feedback
The consultation period will run until Wednesday 28 February 2024 at midnight.
If you have any further questions about the contents of this bulletin, please contact socialcarebusinessrelations-mailbox@devon.gov.uk
Thinking about Life’s End Workshop for Exeter, East Devon and Mid Devon
This workshop is free to care homes, domiciliary care agencies, and supported living providers in Exeter, East and Mid Devon only. It will be held in held in Exeter on 10 April 2024 from 10am to 5pm.
Topics for discussion will be: ➢ Dying with Grace ➢ Essential Skin Care and changes at end of life ➢ Maintaining Oral Care for a person at end of life ➢ Language of dying and managing difficult conversations ➢ Advance Care Plans
Spaces are limited so please complete our booking form via this link
Fully funded Coaching Workshops
We are offering two fully funded, in person workshops for colleagues in Social Care who have an interest in coaching and would like to develop their skills. The dates for these workshops are 29 February and 7 March and the venue will Buckfast Abbey Conference Centre.
The focus will be on career coaching to enable people to build their career within their organisation. The workshops will be led by the South West Leadership and Talent Team.
In these workshops, the South West Leadership & Talent team will introduce participants to fundamental coaching skills and Scope for Growth. Coaching fundamentals include understanding the power of contracting, listening and asking insightful questions in order to support individuals to achieve their goals.
Scope for Growth is a new career conversation tool, which promotes an inclusive career conversation and provides an opportunity for everyone to take ownership of their own development and career aspirations, whatever those may be. In our session, we will introduce participants to the framework and support them to reflect on their next career steps.
This person-centred framework supports those who want to develop within their current role, as well as those ready to take their next career step within their own organisation; putting colleagues in the driving seat of their career development. During the session, participants will be given an opportunity to test out their coaching skills in a safe space and practise these through utilising the Scope for Growth career conversation tool.
To find out more about this opportunity, please contact Annie Broadbent at annie.broadbent1@nhs.net
CareFind: Your opportunity to put Care Home vacancies on a national public website
The Department of Health and Social care have created a site based on the Capacity Tracker for care homes to put their vacancies on a public website. It’s straightforward to add details and ensure your Care Home details (including vacancy availability) are searchable by the public on the site.
An introductory video is here: Updating Capacity Tracker to make your Care facility's details available on CareFind. (vimeo.com) and training sessions by NECS (North of England Care System Support, the Capacity Tracker Suppliers) are here: carefind training sessions january and february 2024.pdf (windows.net) (engagement in CareFind is optional)
Capacity Tracker training session reminder
Don’t forget there are Capacity Tracker training sessions in February and March for Care Homes (ch provider sessions (feb mar 2023).pdf (windows.net) and home care agencies (hc provider sessions (feb mar 2023).pdf (windows.net))
Please note that you must log on to Capacity Tracker required to use for both of the above links.
Good News Story: Haggis, Neeps and Tatties at Edenmore Care Home
Edenmore Nursing Home in Ilfracombe recently hosted a vibrant and memorable Burns Night celebration for its team members and residents. The 25 January event enthusiastically embraced the traditions of Burns Night, delighting in a thoughtfully selected menu showcasing iconic Scottish cuisine. The centerpiece of the festivities was the presentation of the timeless Haggis, Neeps and Tatties, bought from local Ilfracombe Butcher Mike Turton, served on a dining table adorned with Scottish decorations, accompanied by music and poetry.
To find out more about Edenmore Nursing Home please visit https://www.edenmorenursinghome.com/
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
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