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With a long Easter Bank Holiday Weekend starting tomorrow, we hope some of you get a good break and we send you all our best wishes.
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Annual Fees Inflationary Uplift 2024/25
The annual fees uplifts for 2024/5 have now been agreed…
Care Home Fees
Personalised fee model
Hourly Care Cost - The composite hourly rate for Care Staff will increase by 6% from £11.09 per hour to £11.76 per hour, plus on costs at 24.23% and agency and training backfill element. Therefore, the hourly rate will increase from £14.16 to £15.04 per hour.
Accommodation Costs - There has been no change to the proposal. The council will apply 4% to the weekly fee rates. This means Residential fees will increase from £396 to £412 per week and Nursing fees will increase from £414 to £431 per week.
Non-Banded Rate and Banded Rates
The Non-Banded fee rate will be uplifted by 6% and the Banded Fee will be uplifted by 4%.There are a very small number of placements on this contract, providers will be able to ask for people to be reviewed and for the personalised fee model to apply accordingly.
These rates will be effective from April 1st 2024.
If your organisation has not received formal notification of these changes, please contact: socialcarebusinessrelations-mailbox@devon.gov.uk
Community-based Services Fees
An inflation uplift of 4% will be applied to all existing rates, as set out in the specific inflationary award letter. This will be effective as of 1st April 2024.
Please note that the next payment run will be made up of one week at the old rate and 3 weeks (week effective from) 1st April 2024, at the new rates.
If your organisation has not received formal notification of these changes, please contact: socialcarebusinessrelations-mailbox@devon.gov.uk
For further information please visit the PEN website here
Staff Coaching Opportunities Reminder
We can offer 10 colleagues a programme of six one to one career coaching sessions (six sessions per person) with an external coach. This is a fully funded programme and places will be allocated on a first come first served basis. To register your interest and to find out more, please contact Annie at annie.broadbent1@nhs.net
International Recruitment Devon Training Offer: Petroc College and City College Plymouth
Awareness workshops
Take part in our fully funded awareness workshops covering a range of topics to support international recruits in Social Care. Join the 5 workshops lasting 2 hours online from 15th April until 13th May. Book your place by calling Michelle Bailey on 01752 305297 or email mbailey@cityplym.ac.uk
- Awareness of preparing to work in adult social care. Week commencing 15/4/24, AWPW-1I1
- Awareness of infection control. Week commencing 22/4/24, AWIC-1I1
- Awareness of safeguarding. Week commencing 29/4/24, AWSG-1I1
- Awareness of safe handling of medicine. Week commencing 6/5/24, AWSH-1J1
- Awareness of medical terminology. Week commencing 13/5/24, AWMT-1J1
Please see the link to the International Recruitment- Devon Training Offer page.
International Recruitment- Devon Training Offer - Provider Engagement Network
Grey Matter Learning: Part-funded and renewed until March 2025 with Demo Session
With the extension of Grey Matter training, there will be a one hour demo session to learn more about this e-learning platform.
Providers across Devon can access over 100 different eLearning courses from Safeguarding, Medication, Infection control, Wellbeing, with an option to add the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training part one.
“This training platform has enabled us as a small new company to train our staff to a much higher level in a broader range of subjects. The accessibility features are also unique and ensure understanding regardless of language, dyslexia etc.” – Feedback from a Devon Social Care provider.
For More information about the funding sign up here
Affordable, Devon-based, Quality Assured Healthcare Training from Life Lessons
Life Lessons Training offers over 35 different Healthcare courses including mandatory training, induction training and update training. We can come to you and do some in house training or you can come to us, the choice is yours!
Contact Rosie by leaving a message on 07543 678002 or emailing rosie@lifelessonstraining.com or visit www.lifelessonstraining.com
Get involved in Provider Engagement Network activities
There are a variety of ways for you to engage with us. These include regular emails, newsletters, webinars and engagement meetings.
PEN participation - Provider Engagement Network (devon.gov.uk)
One to One Coaching Opportunities
The NHS are an exciting opportunity for 10 social care colleagues: a programme of six one to one career coaching sessions (six sessions per person) with an external coach. This is a fully funded programme and places will be allocated on a first come first served basis. To register your interest and to find out more, please contact Annie at annie.broadbent1@nhs.net
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