International recruitment to adult social care guide
International recruitment can help to boost social care workforce capacity, bring in additional skills, and provide a more diverse workforce, but it can also create the conditions that enable exploitation of social care staff.
Our new guide for councils provides an overview of the process as it relates to adult social care, sets out the role of the council as a key stakeholder and signposts to other resources.
We’re also holding a webinar on the role of councils in supporting international recruitment on 8 May 2024 and the role of councils in retaining international recruits on 15 May 2024.
Adult social care assurance: Updated self-assessment resources
We've updated our guide and workbook designed to support councils to conduct regular and comprehensive self assessment, in a way which also serves to provide evidence to the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
The guide provides an introduction and overview to the self-assessment process, while the workbook provides tools and templates. They have been updated to reflect learning from the CQC pilot inspections and the most recent assessment framework for local authority assurance published in December 2023.
What good looks like for digital in adult social care: self-assessment tool
Our newly launched What good looks like (WGLL) for digital in adult social care self-assessment tool helps councils look at the seven dimensions of success and come to conclusions about how digital technology is supporting them to achieve their aims.
Our digital team has worked with the South West, North West and North East regions to develop the tool and nearly all councils in these regions have taken part. We've also offered close support to councils and supported sharing good practice.
Over the coming year, we hope to work with other regions, as well as continue to support existing arrangements. Find out more on our WGLL webpage or email socialcaredigital@local.gov.uk
Closed cultures in social care: a guide and questions to ask
'Closed cultures' have been identified as a major risk to the wellbeing and human rights of people with care and support needs, who are unable to protect themselves from abuse or neglect, due to those care and support needs.
We've published a guide for the council workforce, which includes sets of questions to ask at each stage of the commissioning cycle, to help with identifying where a ‘closed culture’ may exist, or where there may be a risk of one developing, in social care services for people with a learning disability and autistic people. This resource is aimed at council commissioners of social care services for people with a learning disability and autistic people.
New Continuing Healthcare (CHC) and NHS-funded Nursing Care (FNC) data tool
We've developed a new tool allowing you to look at visualisations of the data published by NHS England. It enables you to achieve:
- a regional overview - trends in standard and fast track CHC and FNC eligible numbers per 50k, trends in CHC referrals completed and assessments completed and conversion rates
- regional comparisons - comparison of selected regions and national figures
- integrated bare board (ICB) comparisons - compare the numbers in each ICB within a region along with the national and regional figures
- experiment with age groups - allocate percentages of the CHC cases to various age groups and calculate new rates per 50k population using estimates for the population.
We will aim to update this as soon as possible after each quarterly dataset is published on the NHS England website. If you have any questions or feedback, please contact marie.horton@local.gov.uk
Insights survey - councils' engagement with the local shared care record
Working with the Shared Care Record Local Government Network, we are seeking feedback on councils’ experience as part of their own local shared care record.
Insights from this survey will help to inform and champion local government input into both the national and local programmes to develop Shared Care Records. We will be particularly looking to identify areas of good practice.
Please respond to this survey by 10 May 2024. If you have any questions or want to know more please contact pch@local.gov.uk
Supported living cost of care tool
We have purchased access to a supported living cost of care tool developed by ARCC, which will help councils and partners obtain a shared understanding of the costs of providing supported living care.
The tool is excel-based, and has been made open access, so it can be freely used by all councils and providers. Guidance is embedded within it.
ARCC is running a series of sessions to give new or current users of the toolkit a detailed overview of its key purpose and functions. The first session will take place on 8 May 2024 from 10.00am to 11.30am and the next will be on 16 May 2024 from 2.00pm to 3.30pm.
Sign up to the 8 May or 16 May session
Inspiring ways to provide better support for unpaid carers
A new resource to help improve support for unpaid carers has been launched by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services.
The Supporting Carers Hub is a storehouse of great practice and ideas from social care teams and other organisations on how they’re improving support for carers.
Second Safeguarding Adults Review analysis 2019-2023 webinar
14 May 2024, 10.00am – 12.00pm
Join us for this webinar, where we will present the results of the second national analysis of safeguarding adult reviews in England.
We will offer both a regional and a national perspective. Some comparisons will be made with the first national analysis. The webinar will also present the findings and recommendations from a stratified sample of reviews.
Better Care Fund Support Programme - learning lunches
15 May 2024, 12.00pm - 1.00pm
At the latest learning lunch, Nikkie Phipps and Amanda McGlennon from Westmorland and Furness Council with Jo Brown from University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust will discuss the discharge to assess system review that was carried out by the BCF Support Programme across health and social care in South Cumbria.
The session will give an insight into the review and some of the challenges faced, as well as look at outputs and opportunities and how those are already being used to shape pathways and services.
Preparation for assurance peer challenges
The LGA offers 'Preparation for assurance peer challenges' to support councils’ delivery of good services and the necessary preparations for the arrival of CQC. Feedback from the successful delivery of 37 challenges is that they strongly support preparations for the regulator and create opportunities to have thoughtful, informal discussions related to the delivery of good services. For more information please visit the Adult social care peer challenges webpage or contact Marcus.Coulson@local.gov.uk
BCF Support Programme Learning Lunch
1 May 2024, 12.00pm - 1.00pm
High Cost Placement Negotiations
1 May 2024, 1.00pm - 3.00pm
MSIF support webinar (2 May)
2 May 2024, 12.00pm - 1.30pm
Supported Living Toolkit - introduction and walkthrough
8 May 2024, 10.00am - 11.30am
The role of councils in supporting ethical international recruitment
8 May 2024, 10.30am - 12.00pm
MSIF support webinar (9 May)
9 May 2024, 12.00pm - 1.30pm
Second National Safeguarding Adults Review Analysis 2019- 2023
14 May 2024, 10.00am - 12.00pm
The role of councils, working collaboratively with partners, in the retention of international recruits in adult social care
15 May 2024, 10.30am - 12.00pm
Better Care Fund Support Programme learning lunches - D2A system review in South Cumbria
15 May 2024, 12.00pm - 1.00pm
MSIF support webinar (16 May)
16 May 2024, 12.00pm - 1.30pm
LGA Annual Conference and Exhibition
2 - 4 July 2024 | Harrogate Convention Centre
National Children and Adult Services Conference
27 - 29 November 2024 | Liverpool ACC
For more information about these and other health-related events go to our Events page.
Sector support offer for local authorities 2024/25
LGA
Top tips and key actions for successful collaborative partnership working across mental health services
Partners in Care and Health
Reducing restrictive practice
Partners in Care and Health
National summary report of the employer standards survey for registered social workers 2024
LGA
Getting under the bonnet: Implementing the NHS Health Check
LGA
Reducing the harm of shisha and the need for better regulation
LGA
Learning from the Care Quality Commission pilots for principal social workers
Partners in Care and Health
Spring Budget 2024: On-the-day briefing
LGA
No wrong doors for young carers
Carer's Trust
A short guide to publicity during the pre-election period
LGA
Ordinary residence guide: Determining local authority responsibilities under the Care Act and the Mental Health Act
LGA
Councils taking charge: A comprehensive approach to supporting a smokefree generation
LGA
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