Fuel increases affecting your bottom line? Interested in saving money? Want to find out how to get discounts on pump prices?
Come talk to Robin and Chris from The Fuel Store on Thursday 14 July at 2pm and find out how this Scottish Care benefit can help you and your organisation! Every penny counts – learn how you can save with The Fuel Store.
Details to join this session are now available on the Members Area.
NHS Education for Scotland (NES) has recently published their year in review, in which shares some of their key achievements during 2021. This is done through a timeline format takes you through the year, highlighting some of their successes along the way. You can access this on: https://www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/about-us/year-in-review-2021/
This illustrates 16 key areas that reflect the breadth of NES’s work including some lesser known activities. Also featuring case studies which showcase collaboration with partners and the impact of their work beyond the NHS. As part of this, our Transforming Workforce Lead, Dr Jane Douglas has written a piece and filmed a video on promoting care home practice placement to student nurses. Check it out on: https://www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/news/promoting-care-home-practice-placements-to-student-nurses/
Please see below for the final version of the healthcare framework for adults living in care homes. This has been published by the Scottish Government on Wednesday 29 June 2022. You will also be able to find the document on their website here.
FINAL - Healthcare Framework - My Health, My Care, My Home - June 2022
The School of Health Sciences are planning to deliver a preparation course for the NMC Test of Competence for international nurses. The dates are below are for 2 courses each 4 days plus mock OSCE, there is a break after days 1 &2 to enable some consolidation prior to days 3 &4 and mock OSCE . The course will be deliver on the University of Dundee, Kirkcaldy Campus and the cost is £725 per course
To book a place please email: [email protected] for further information please email [email protected]
| Cohort 1 | Date |
| Day 1 | 03.08.22 |
| Day 2 | 04.08.22 |
| Day 3 | 31.08.22 |
| Day 4 | 01.09.22 |
| Mock OSCE | 02.09.22 |
| Cohort 2 | Date |
| Day 1 | 29.08.22 |
| Day 2 | 30.08.22 |
| Day 3 | 27.09.22 |
| Day 4 | 28.09.22 |
| Mock OSCE | 29.09.22 |
Residents, staff and guests at seven Scottish nursing homes have been treated to highly-charged live performances by Celtic rock band Red Hot Chilli Pipers as part of the celebrations to mark Care Home Open Week.
The outdoor events took place at two sites in Edinburgh, East Lothian and West Lothian, and at a further home in Dunblane, which are all owned and operated by Randolph Hill Nursing Homes Group. The performances are part of a whirlwind two-day tour by the band, covering Randolph Hill’s seven nursing home locations across Scotland to mark Care Home Open Week 2022.
Dubbed ‘the most famous bagpipe band on the planet,’ the Red Hot Chilli Pipers drew international attention after winning the BBC talent show When Will I Be Famous in 2007. The Scottish-based outfit now travels the globe playing concert tours as far afield as America, Malaysia, India and Saudi Arabia.
Care Home Open Week, which takes place from 27 June to 3 July, aims to connect care homes across the country with their local community. The event provides care homes with the opportunity to showcase their facilities, activities and services. It also puts a focus on career opportunities and encourages communities to support and build connections with their local service throughout the year.
Peter McCormick, Managing Director of Randolph Hill Nursing Homes Group said: “We were delighted to welcome Red Hot Chilli Pipers to play at all of our seven nursing homes. As you might expect, these were highly-spirited performances which our residents, staff, and invited guests thoroughly enjoyed.
“We are really pleased to have the band’s support during Care Home Open Week. It’s an ideal way to mark the occasion, which celebrates the important role of care homes in the communities where they operate.”
This story was picked up STV News and you can watch a video of the Red Hot Chilli Pipers playing here.
We are delighted to announce that Care Home Day will return this year on Wednesday 20 July. This is an largely online awareness day to raise the profile of care homes and we encourage members to share good news stories on the day via social media.
Please see the flyer below for more information.
CHD 22 Flyer
Policy & Research Officer
£25,750 per annum – 35 hours per week
Scottish Care wishes to appoint a Policy & Research Officer to work as part of our national team.
This is a full-time post (35 hours per week), based from home with the regular requirement to attend meetings and events throughout Scotland.
Scottish Care is based in Ayr but works across Scotland as the representative body for the largest group of health and social care sector independent providers delivering residential care, day care, care at home and housing support. Working on behalf of a range of providers, Scottish Care speaks with a single unified voice for members and the wider independent care sector, at both a local and strategic level. Our aim is to shape the environment in which care services can deliver and develop the high-quality care that communities require and deserve.
This is a new post, and an exciting time to join the Scottish Care team with forthcoming significant changes in social care policy. The work of the successful candidate will be used to influence and make recommendations to those working to develop these, such as the National Care Service. In addition, Scottish Care has seen an increase in partnership opportunities with universities and research institutions, working at the forefront of new and innovative thinking in social care.
This post is key to the continued development and overall success of this high-profile organisation. The post holder will work with a complex variety of partners and stakeholders involved in the development and operation of the organisation. They must be able to communicate and maintain credibility at all levels; and have an understanding of partnership working.
Previous experience of working in policy or research roles with tangible evidence of impact is essential. Experience of working in the health and social care sector and a clear understanding of Scottish Care’s role and objectives is highly desirable.
The post holder must have excellent people skills. They must be able to communicate effectively, confidently, and clearly in a positive and open way with all stakeholders, demonstrating the ability to identify and understand internal and external audience needs and adapt style and language to meet them.
Recruitment packs are available on the Scottish Care website – www.scottishcare.org
To discuss the post further, please contact Becca Young (Policy & Research Manager) at [email protected]
Closing date 12 noon on Monday 25th July 2022. Interviews will be held virtually on Monday 1st August 2022.
SAVE THE DATE
CARE HOME CONFERENCE,
EXHIBITION AND AWARDS 2022
FRIDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2022
We are pleased to announce that our annual Care Home Conference, Exhibition and Awards will return this year on Friday 18 November 2022. These events will take place in-person at the Hilton Hotel in Glasgow (1 William Street, G3 8HT).
Please get this date in your diary and share with your colleagues.
More details to follow.
SCOTTISH CARE REQUIRES A CARE TECHNOLOGIST
Do you have a passion for working with people and an enthusiasm for technology? Are you excited by the opportunity for technology to provide meaningful and personalised support? Do you consider it important to use technology within a human rights and ethical framework? Are you excited to learn about new technology and digital solutions, and confident that you could apply these in practice? Then this may be a great role for you.
An exciting opportunity has arisen within Scottish Care for a Care Technologist to join the Scottish Care team. The posts available is for 0.4FTE, 2 days/week. The post holder will be hosted by Specialist Resource Solutions in Aberdeen City and employed by Scottish Care. This post is for a fixed period of 11 months and is remunerated at £26,500 pro rata plus agreed expenses.
Scottish Care is funding this post as a result of funding from the Scottish Government Technology Enabled Care Programme.
Applicants should have qualifications and experience in health and social care and/or the technology and digital sector. Current knowledge of the social care sector in Scotland, and an ability to engage and innovate the positive use of technology to enable the delivery of a rights-based approach to support and care are desirable.
The Care Technologist role was conceived through work undertaken on the future of social care carried out with Glasgow School of Art School of Innovation and Design. The next phase of this project will involve working with homecare and care home service providers, people who access services and support, strategic designers, technology industry, academia, and wider stakeholders across health and social care. Some travel will be required to work in different service areas and geographical locations. The Care Technologist will work as part of a small team, with another Care Technologist role and the Care Technologist Lead. This is an excellent opportunity to be part of an innovative approach to delivering care and support services.
The post-holder will report to the Scottish Care Technology and Digital Innovation Lead, Nicola Cooper.
Application forms
An Application Form and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form is available to download below and completed forms should be returned to [email protected] no later than 12 noon on Friday 15th July 2022.
For further information on the post please contact [email protected]
Interviews will be held virtually.
Our Annual Report for 2021 – 2022 was published at today’s AGM (16 June 2022)
We are pleased to share this Annual Report and encourage you to give it a read. This report reflects and evidences the work and efforts of the Scottish Care team over the past year, during what has been a challenging time for the social care sector.
This report is divided into two different sections:
The ‘Activities and Achievements‘ section provides a business overview of Scottish Care: our aim and objectives, strategic priorities, and additional workstreams. It also covers what we have achieved over the past year, outlining the activities of our strategic priorities and workstreams.
The ‘Finance and Governance‘ section gives detailed reporting of our financial performance and outlines our approach to overall governance via the Executive Committee and other representative groups.
You can access the two sections of the Annual Report using the buttons below.
Thank you and we hope you enjoy reading the report.
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