Business Continuity Planning Event – September 2024
GCC’s Adults Commissioning Team and Mark Whitten, GCC’s Business Continuity Lead, are planning some provider events to share good practice in emergency planning.
We hope that this will be helpful in building on your organisational resilience to provide an effective response that safeguards the interests of all key stakeholders and your priority service activities in the event of disruptions such as a pandemic, cyber-attack, power outage or flood.
It will also be useful to us as Commissioners in understanding any issues that you have, and in thinking about how we can all work together to ensure Business Continuity is a joint venture.
The sessions will be tailored to suit different categories/sizes of organisations and will hopefully be in person.
You will be able to attend the session that best suits your organisation.
Our planned content includes:
- GCC’s statutory requirements as Category 1 responders
- Overview of providers’ BCP requirements under contract
- Auditing BCPs
- Case studies to illustrate effective planning
- Exploration of provider issues
- Q&A
We hope to set this up for mid-September (date to be confirmed).
We hope that this will be collaborative and informative for all and would like to invite you to be involved in the planning.
- Would you be interested in attending?
- Are there any areas you would like to see covered?
- Would you like to share your previous experience of dealing with disruptive events?
Please respond to commissioninghubadul@gloucestershire.gov.uk if you want to be involved or if you have any questions.
Best wishes,
The Integrated Commissioning Team
Provider Forums – Have your say!
We are continuing to hold Provider Forums throughout the year with the County Council Commissioners providing the opportunity to share commissioning updates and information with you. This is also an opportunity to have your say.
We are pleased to report that the recent Domiciliary Care Provider Forum, which took place on 3 May at the Farmers Club was a success with good attendance.
Providers heard commissioning updates on the framework contract, the Market Position Statement, the Falls Training Programme; a GCPA update including international recruitment support; the market sustainability and improvement fund, workforce strategy and the Proud to Care training directory. There were opportunities to network and commissioners were keen to hear provider views on the subjects covered. Feedback was noted and will be used in future developments and we heard that more opportunities for interaction are welcomed and we will try to facilitate this going forward.
Our next Care Home Provider Forum is scheduled as follows:
30 May 2024, 10:00 – 12:30 – The Parish Room, Highnam Community Centre Trust, Newent Road, Highnam, Gloucester, GL2 8DG. Please click this link to download the agenda.
Please can we also ask you to register your interest, so we have an idea of numbers/attendees on the day at: ptc@gloucestershire.gov.uk
Our next Disabilities Provider Forum will take place on:
23 May 2024, 10:00 - 12:30 - Churchdown Community Centre, Parton Rd, Churchdown, Gloucester GL3 2JH. Please click this link to download the agenda.
If you would like to attend this Disabilities Provider Forum, please email jake.graham@gloucestershire.org.uk.
We would like to continue to make sure we cover topics that are relevant and that we hear what is important to you. Please have your say and continue to send any suggestions you may have with regard to discussion points to us, we may not be able to cover them this time, but all will be noted and added to future agendas.
Please note, in addition, GCPA (Gloucestershire Care Providers Association) are hosting a members meeting, which will follow on from our Provider Forum's and which will run from 12:30 – 13:30.
Community Opportunity Provider Forum
The next Community Opportunity Provider Forum will be on Wednesday 12th June, 10am-12pm at Shire Hall.
We welcome all Community Opportunity providers to come along and if there is anything you would like on the agenda please email christine.slade@gloucestershire.gov.uk.
We hope to see you there!
The Wellbeing Line
What is The Wellbeing Line?
The Wellbeing Line is the Gloucestershire Staff Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub, offering confidential mental health and wellbeing support to anyone working in health and social care in Gloucestershire.
The Wellbeing line:
- Is available to all staff, no matter your role
- Is confidential and completely independent of your employer
- Provides a safe space for people to talk about their mental health and wellbeing
Support for Individuals
- Direct access – there is no need for referral or the completion of any paperwork or questionnaires
- Contact us by phone for a supportive and non-judgemental conversation
- We will listen to your concerns and work together to make sense of what is going on, then think about possible ways forward
- We will always offer to follow up and “check in” with you a couple of weeks after your initial call
- The Wellbeing Line is not an emergency or crisis service. We do not provide 1-1 therapy or counselling but we can direct you to where does, if that is what you would like.
- No problem is too small – get in touch.
Support for Team Leads/Managers
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Consultation: We offer a 30-60-minute telephone or MS Teams consultation to managers and team leaders who are concerned about a colleague. The consultation is with a clinical psychologist, who will help you explore ways of supporting your team members and ways to normalise conversations about mental health and wellbeing in the workplace.
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Peer Connecting Sessions: We also run regular 50-minute facilitated peer support sessions for those individuals with Line Management responsibility, who support others in health and social care across the Integrated Care System (ICS).
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Leading with Compassion Programme: A programme currently being developed, contact us for more information.
If you would like to find out more about The Wellbeing Line, including how you or your organisation can get involved, you can contact them via this link.
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