Social Care Workforce Forum 2020 Skills for Care

Social Care Workforce Forum 2020 Skills for Care Brian Groves

Social Care Workforce Forum 2020 Leadership and Management Webinars HR, Recruitment , Introduction to DBS, Effective delegation, Bereavement and Time Management. . National Facebook group to keep connected. . Registered Manager Networks. Locality Manager Support. Essential training. Registered Manager Membership. Good and Outstanding guide

Social Care Workforce Forum 2020 Leadership and Management. Values-based recruitment and retention virtual workshops - Articulate and Attract Delivery of these start in October, the workshops for Lancashire and Cumbria will be in November and December. . Developing New Managers and Deputies. Qualifications and Development Programmes. Workforce Development Fund

Social Care Workforce Forum 2020 Leadership and Management Webinars We're continuing to develop a series of webinars on a range of topics to support managers and their service during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are delivered live to a small number of participants and recorded for further viewing https: //www. skillsforcare. org. uk/Leadership-management/support-forregistered-managers/COVID-19 -webinars. aspx

Social Care Workforce Forum 2020 Leadership and Management National Facebook Group You’re not alone. It’s important in these challenging times to stay in touch with your peers. Our acebook group s now open to all registered managers and front-line managers in similar roles. Staying connected with each other and sharing advice, experiences and guidance is vital. Join this growing group of managers who are using it every day. https: //www. skillsforcare. org. uk/Leadership-management/support-forregistered-managers/Skills-for-Care-registered-managers-group. aspx

Social Care Workforce Forum 2020 Leadership and Management Registered Manager Networks Our networks are now being delivered virtually. Stay in touch with each other during these challenging times and join your local network today. Contact your Locality Manager Brian Groves to find out more or go to the website. brian. groves@skillsforcare. org. uk

Social Care Workforce Forum 2020 Leadership and Management Rapid Induction Training. New workers will need to complete all of the following: assisting and moving people; basic life support; fire safety; food safety; health & safety awareness; infection prevention & control; medication management and safeguarding (specifically around isolation). The rapid induction also contains the main knowledge elements from the Care Certificate. https: //www. skillsforcare. org. uk/About/News/COVID-19 -Essentialtraining. aspx

Social Care Workforce Forum 2020 Leadership and Management Refresher training Aimed at staff who urgently need refresher training which has expired or will expire soon, in order for them to continue to work safely. There are 8 topic areas and employees can be put on one or several of these depending on their need. The 8 topic areas are assisting and moving people; basic life support; fire safety; food safety; health & safety awareness; infection prevention & control; medication management and safeguarding (specifically around isolation). Where staff are being redeployed, the employer will need to assess the learning needs of the employee in the new role. If the role is significantly different, they may benefit from some of the training listed above. Staff training needs can be discussed with the endorsed learning provider. https: //www. skillsforcare. org. uk/About/News/COVID-19 -Essential-training. aspx

Social Care Workforce Forum 2020 Registered Manager Membership Skills for Care is the membership organisation for registered managers in England. Through membership we support managers to develop best practice and knowledge, keep up-to-date with sector developments and share ideas with like-minded peers. Membership benefits at a glance For only £ 35 a year, our members receive: a printed copy of our ‘Social care manager’s handbook’ monthly newsletters, including practical information and guidance an exclusive annual resource, when you renew your membership discounts on key resources, programmes and seminars access to our membership Facebook group, open to all registered managers during COVID-19 the chance to train to become a mentor, or receive mentoring a membership certificate and logo. https: //www. skillsforcare. org. uk/Leadership-management/support-for-registeredmanagers/membership. aspx

Social Care Workforce Forum 2020 Leadership and Management Delivering ‘good’ and ‘outstanding’ care Our ‘Good and outstanding care’ resources share best practice and key characteristics of ‘good’ and ‘outstanding’ care under each area of inspection. These resources share learning from services with these ratings and give you practical tips and ideas to help your service to achieve these ratings. For those services falling below the CQC standards, we can help you to improve, and for those striving for ‘outstanding’, we can help you to achieve it. https: //www. skillsforcare. org. uk/Documents/Standards-legislation/CQC/Recommendationsfor-CQC-providers. pdf

Social Care Workforce Forum 2020 Leadership and Management Values-based recruitment and retention virtual workshops - Articulate and Attract are the first two stages in a series of five online workshops around valuesbased recruitment and retention. Articulate will help you understand the steps needed to get started using a values-based approach throughout your recruitment processes. Attract will then demonstrate how to use culture and workplace values to target people with the right values and behaviours to work for you. https: //www. skillsforcare. org. uk/Getting-involved/Events. aspx

Social Care Workforce Forum 2020 Leadership and Management Workforce Development Fund The Workforce Development Fund (WDF) is funding from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) disseminated by Skills for Care. It supports the provision of high quality care and the continuing professional development (CPD) of staff across the adult social care sector by providing a contribution towards the costs of vocational learning. The fund allows you to claim back money towards the costs of workers completing a broad range of adult social care qualifications, learning programmes and digital learning modules. https: //www. skillsforcare. org. uk/Learning-development/Funding/Workforce-Development. Fund/Workforce-Development-Fund. aspx