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NES Funding Opportunity – Professional Development Award in Technology Enabled Care

Following the success of last year’s funding of the Professional Development Award in Technology Enabled Care by NHS Education for Scotland, this year NHS Education for Scotland will fund a further 56 candidates from across Health, Housing and Social Care to undertake the PDA in TEC.

 

The qualification will be accessed through online distance learning in partnership with Bon Accord Support Services in Aberdeen who are an SQA Approved Delivery Centre. 

The application window opens from Monday 7 March 2022 with funding available to candidates who agree to complete the – Working with Technology Enabled Care – unit, and the – Using Digital Technology to Support People in Health, Housing and Care – unit.  NES are currently not offering funding for any of the other units.

 

During 2022/23 Bon Accord Support Services will support 3 cohorts commencing on: 

 

Cohort 7 Virtual Induction – 30 June 2022

Cohort 8 Virtual Induction – 20 October 2022

Cohort 9 Virtual Induction – 19 January 2023 

 

Candidates must be available to attend the virtual induction date allocated to them. 

 

Please see below for the application form and flyer which includes the application criteria. Further information can be found on: https://learn.nes.nhs.scot/59165/digital-health-and-care/pda-in-tec

 

Application forms must be returned to [email protected] by 5pm on Monday 4 April 2022 and successful candidates will be notified by Monday 25 April 2022 which cohort and  virtual induction date they have been allocated. 

 

Any queries can be directed to: [email protected]

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Antibiotic Research in Care Homes – Support (ARCHeS) – Tayside and Fife

Study short title: Antibiotic Research in Care Homes – Support (ARCHeS)

Chief Investigator: Dr Charis Marwick

Principal Investigator: Dr Jane Dickson

Calling care homes managers and staff in Fife and Tayside. Please take part in a focus group as part of the ARCHeS: Antibiotic Research in Care Homes – Support study.

This study is being conducted by a research team based at the University of Dundee, in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh, University College London and Queen’s University, Belfast. They are working to improve the management of infection and antibiotic use in care homes.

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Data Strategy for Health & Social Care Links & Feedback Form

Huge thanks to everyone who joined us for the Data Strategy Engagement Session with the Scottish Government on Wednesday 16 February. Please see below for some useful links relating to this session:

Digital Health and Care Data Strategy Working Group – gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Health and Social Care Health and Social Care – Scottish Government Blog (blogs.gov.scot)

Digital Health and Care Data Strategy Working Group – gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

Data Dialogues | Nesta

 

For those who missed the session, we encourage you to fill out this short online form to help shape the Data Strategy for Health and Social Care:

Data Strategy for Health and Social Care – Scottish Care (office.com)

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Healthier working lives for the care workforce

Developing careers. Promoting wellbeing.

Scottish Care is delighted to be working with Healthier Working Lives (HWL) programme (funded by the Innovate UK). This programme assesses the challenges and opportunities for the over 50’s care workforce and is led by King’s College London in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh.

The team is acting to tackle a crisis facing care workers and organisations. The adult social care sector is at a tipping point. A recurring set of issues have been rendered more intense by COVID and Brexit regulations. Demoralised experienced professionals are leaving in droves, many employees are chronically underpaid and business models are broken.

The crisis is reflected in unusually high levels of workforce turnover and vacancy rates. Many service provider owners and managers are struggling to maintain care quality levels with limited resources and increasing costs.

Aims

  • To identify ways to promote healthier working lives and ageing for older care workers – developing their careers, enhancing user continuity and promoting everyone’s wellbeing.
  • To transform aspects of the care sector workforce experience and culture – making their services more agile, innovative and accessible.
  • To attract and encourage professional, respected and confident workers and improve workforce planning and support.

Find out more about the programme and how you can contribute here.

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Care at Home & Housing Support Awards 2022 – Closing Date Extended!

The closing date for this year’s Care at Home & Housing Support Awards has been extended to Thursday 4 March 2022, 5:00PM.

The workforce in the Care at Home and Housing Support are often undervalued and unheralded. The Awards are a tremendous way to show how care staff are highly skilled and compassionate individuals, who work tirelessly day and night to support people in their own homes. We are keen to make sure that all the excellent work taking place across the country is recognised and rewarded. So, please take this opportunity to recognise and celebrate the excellence displayed by the workforce, services and clients in the homecare sector by submitting your nominations now.

There are 10 different award categories that you can nominate in:

  • Emerging Talent Award
  • Care Services Coordination/Administration Award
  • Care Learning Award
  • Leadership Award
  • Outstanding Achievement Award
  • Care Worker of the Year
  • Palliative & End of Life Care Practise Award
  • Technology & People Award
  • Provider of the Year
  • Positive Impact Award

For the awards ceremony itself, we are hoping to have an in-person ceremony hosted by Pop Idol winner and presenter, Michelle McManus and Scottish Care’s CEO, Dr Donald Macaskill on the evening of Friday 13th May 2022 at Radisson Blu, Glasgow. However, please note that this may be subject to change depending on Government Covid-19 guidelines at the time of the event.

If you are interested in booking an Awards table, please contact [email protected].

Find out more and enter the awards here

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External Webinar: Essentials of Safe Care: Supporting Implementation

Join Healthcare Improvement Scotland’s SPSP (Scottish Patient Safety Programme) Team on Monday 14th March 11:30-13:00 to celebrate the 1st anniversary of the launch of the Essentials of Safe Care.

This session, chaired by Ruth Glassborow, Director of Improvement, Healthcare Improvement Scotland, will have a spotlight on Leadership and Culture.

By attending this session you will have the opportunity to:

  • hear about progress and development of the Essentials of Safe Care over the last year
  • learn how the Essentials of Safe Care can support the first steps of your safety improvement journey in understanding your system, and
  • hear about the Civility Saves Lives work and the impact this can make in supporting leadership and culture change.

Find out more about this session via the flyer below.

Register your place for this webinar here.

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Rights Made Real Phase 2 Launch

Rights Made Real in Care Homes is a project which aims to explore and enhance the realisation of everyday human rights in care homes. To read about the work which took part in Phase 1 of the project please visit Rights Made Real Evidence and Learning.

The Rights Made Real Project Team are delighted to host a launch event on Feb 28th for Phase 2 of this project, this event will see the the Rights Made Real in Care Homes Hub go live. Please see the flyer below for information about the launch and sign up for tickets by clicking on: Launch Event Tickets.

The Launch event is open to everyone; the information about the project shared at the launch may be particularly of interest to:

  •        Care activity co-ordinators, managers and care home staff
  •        People who visit care homes
  •        People who are connected with care homes
  •        People with an interest in human rights in health & social care

You are welcome, and encouraged to share information bout the launch far and wide.

If you aren’t able to attend the launch you will be able to read all about the project, and the opportunities open to care homes on the new Rights Made Real website www.myhomelifecharity.org/uk/rightsmadereal – which will also be launched on Feb 28th.

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Supporting Better Oral Care Webinar – 24 February

We will be hosting a webinar on ‘Supporting better oral care in care homes: what quality looks like’. Join us on Thursday 24 February on 2pm. 

A good practice resource, Supporting Better Oral Care in Care Homes, was launched in autumn 2021 by the Care Inspectorate, in conjunction with the nation oral health improvement programmes Caring for Smiles and Open Wide. This webinar will cover how to use this resource along with information about both oral health improvement programmes and the training / support that can be accessed through them.

The speakers are both Consultants in Dental Public Health in the NHS.  Maura Edwards will give an overview of the oral health improvement programmes and details of the new good practice resource, and Morag Muir will be sharing information on practical tips for good oral care and other resources available to support oral health.

Details will be available on the Members Area. Please email [email protected] if you have any issues accessing this.

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DigitalBoost Development Grant

The DigitalBoost Development Grant has reopened! This initiative is for companies who wish to improve their digital capabilities and capacity. The grant is funded by The Scottish Government to help businesses become more competitive, productive, resilient and drive forward Scotland’s economic recovery.

This grant will be reopened for a very limited time. Be quick and apply for the grant as soon as you can.

Find out more about the grant and how to apply here

Find out more about the free support available to your business.
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Scottish Government Data Strategy Engagement Session – 16 February

The Scottish Government is developing Scotland’s first Data Strategy for Health and Social Care. This strategy will be built on the belief that people should have access to and control over their own health and care data– including medical records, test results and care plans.

Data is central to our health and social care systems. Collecting, sharing and analysing data effectively can help to improve the services.

The new data strategy will outline how health and care services can be better integrated and built on people-centred approaches.

Scottish Government want to hear from care home and care at home providers to help shape the development of the data strategy, and it is important that your needs are included at this early stage.

Please join us for a MS Teams call, 2.00-3.30pm on the 16th of February.

You will be asked to respond to questions around –

  • how you access and share the data you need
  • what support you would require to work with data more effectively
  • if and how you use external data to help with service delivery and planning

If you are interested in taking part in this session, please email [email protected] to register your interest and we will send you a Microsoft Teams invite directly.