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Good Practice Guide for Record Keeping
The Local Government Ombudsman have released a ‘Good Practice Guide for Record Keeping’. This informative and useful document also contains examples of good practice, along with recent cases involving the Ombudsmen and care providers.
Mental Capacity Assessment Form
The MCA form is in its draft stage, but you are welcome to start using it and feedback your thoughts on the process, and make recommendations about further changes if you have any.
Please send any feedback you have by the 30th of April.
We will also be working on a new Best Interest Form. We will update you on how this is progressing in due course.
You can download a copy of your Mental Capacity Assessment Form below. Please email Elisha by clicking this link if you have any questions.
Better Personalised Conversations
The South West Personalised Care and Health Coaching Skills Collaborative are delighted to present this new learning opportunity to develop your personalised conversations skills. This learning is suitable for all colleagues in health, care, social work, voluntary sector, community and all public facing roles.
These workshops will give you further skills to hold better personalised conversations about what matters and is important to people, understand their own strengths and better enable people to act for themselves to live happier, healthier lives, as independently as possible.
The aim of this course is to introduce you to the principles of personalised care and to develop an understanding of the interpersonal skills and dynamics in supported conversations.
As a result of this learning, you will be able to:
- Explain the shifts in the way of working with personalised care.
- Consider the wider culture shift in the health and care system.
- Demonstrate skills by facilitating a personalised conversation.
- Experience a personalised conversation.
- Appreciate the importance of personal health and wellbeing.
- Discuss how personalised care can enable better outcomes for all.
Available dates
The course is carried out over two sessions, both of which need to be attended to complete the course.
Please note this is a ‘test and learn’ of a new shorter course format, so attendance at both sessions, participation and a willingness to give feedback on your experience are very important.
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Learning workshop 1: Monday 20th March 10am-12
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Learning workshop 2: Monday 27th March 10am-12
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Focus group to share your feedback: Wednesday 29th March 10am-11
For more information please contact cate.hemingway@glosvcsalliance.org.uk
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Gloucestershire Employment and Skills Hub
The front door for residents and employers who would like information, advice, guidance and support. Wherever you are in Gloucestershire, whether in work, education, unemployed or economically inactive to find or retain employment.
We work with individuals, communities, employers and partner organisations to deliver bespoke and inclusive employment and skills support. Creating robust, sustainable pathways into employment and/or skills provision including Adult Education and Apprenticeships.
Our mission: To empower every resident regardless of age, background or culture to live a meaningful life through the achievement of their employment aspirations.
The Forwards Employment Service is now delivering Department for Work and Pensions Local Supported Employment initiative contract across Gloucestershire. The Local Supported Employment Initiative is a voluntary support programme for all Gloucestershire residents who are 18+years old and for those with a learning disability and/or autism.
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Amanda Eady is the LSE Job Broker and has a background in education as a qualified teacher for adults with learning difficulties and autism. She also specialises in supporting people with their mental health and disabilities.
Her understanding of people’s capabilities and person centric approach is tailored to the needs of her customers allowing them to move at their own pace. The LSE programme will provide countywide coverage, working one-to-one with people to find sustainable fulfilled employment.
If you would like to find out more or make a referral you can contact us by:
Telephone: 01452 425776
Email: Employmentandskillshub@gloucestershire.gov.uk
Online: https://forms.gloucestershire.gov.uk/EmploymentAndSkillsHub
 This month, the Proud to Care team have been busy attending jobs fairs and launching our new jobs board countywide.
We have partnered with Glos Jobs to offer a fully locality-based jobs board. Just fill out our quick online form here to register. Once you are signed up, the team will upload and promote your jobs for you! We can then match your jobs to pre-screened candidates.
For those who are signed up, please remember to renew any jobs that have expired and are still active by responding to the automatic email from Glos Jobs. Please send over your jobs regularly to ensure we can continue to match you with suitable pre-screened candidates.
The Prince's Trust are providing free employment support for 16 – 30 year olds, who are interested in a career in the health and social care sector. The support also includes 1:1 mentoring and a grant if needed to cover costs like transport, uniform etc. Further details can be found here and individuals can be referred using this link
Please get in touch with the team ptc@gloucestershire.gov.uk for any further information, or if you would like to arrange a 1:1 chat about how we can support your recruitment.
Hot off the Press! Report into Disabled People’s Biggest Concerns!
Inclusion Gloucestershire undertook research in October 2022 with 80 disabled people to find out what their biggest concerns are currently.
The top 5 were:
- Finances (71% of people were either very worried or a little worried)
- Accessing healthcare (64% of people were either very worried or a little worried)
- Accessing support for mental health and wellbeing (54% of people were either very worried or a little worried)
- Housing (52% of people were either very worried or a little worried)
- Accessing information about cost of living (51% of people were either very worried or a little worried)
The research points to the need for secure and appropriate employment opportunities for disabled people, along with the need for advocacy support in many areas of their lives.
You can find the full report, the questions we asked, the data charts and an Easy Read Summary of the top 5 concerns here: https://www.inclusiongloucestershire.co.uk/research-strategy-and-partnerships/
If you have any questions or would like me to come and speak with your organisation about these findings and how we can work together to support disabled people more effectively, please get in touch: Charlie Mitchell, charliem@inclusion-glos.org
My Whole Self 2023
Inclusion Gloucestershire is proud to be supporting My Whole Self 2023, Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England’s campaign for workplace culture change.
In 2023 we shouldn't feel like we have to leave parts of our identity behind - be that our cultural or ethnic background, gender identity, sexuality, disability, or health. The My Whole Self campaign calls on organisations to empower employees to bring their whole self to work, whether that be digitally or in person, and support their own and other’s wellbeing. This year we are proud to be a part of this movement.
If you would like to find out more about the campaign and download free resources to help you take part at, visit My Whole Self · MHFA England
If you’d like to share ideas and plans for taking this campaign forward locally, please contact Charlie Mitchell, charliem@inclusion-glos.org.uk
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