This year’s Homecare Day will take place on Wednesday 9 December, organised by Scottish Care and the United Kingdom Homecare Association (UKHCA). Homecare Day is a largely online event which aims to raise the profile of the care at home and housing support services across the United Kingdom.

The theme of the day is Care Community, to highlight how homecare services are essential parts of the health and social care community, as well as local communities in Scotland and further afield. Homecare services and staff provide high quality, person-centred care to support the health, wellbeing and independence of people in their own homes, with staff demonstrating skill commitment and compassion every day.

Homecare services and staff have shown extraordinary resilience and teamwork during the Covid-19 pandemic. This makes Homecare Day an important celebratory event now more than ever. It allows us to recognise the dedication and professionalism of the homecare workforce and offers a platform to share remarkable stories from the care at home and housing support sector.

We are inviting members, partners organisations, workers and individuals to get involved by sharing any positive stories they may have about the homecare sector. We are also encouraging homecare providers to mark the day by organising a virtual activity which people, families and local communities can participate in.

People can get involved by sharing content on social media using the hashtag #homecareday.

There will also be a Twitter discussion between 12:00 – 13:00 on the day, led by Scottish Care and UKHCA with questions centred around Care Community.

Please help us to spread the word and encourage as many people as possible to take part to raise the profile of and thank the homecare sector.

We hope that you can join us for this event, and we look forward to reading all the stories and celebrating Homecare Day 2020.

 

Policy & Research Manager – Maternity Cover

SCOTTISH CARE

£25,000 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 maternity cover post, covering a 10-month period from February to December 2021.

This is a full-time post (35 hours per week), based from home with the regular requirement to attend meetings and events throughout Scotland.  The post holder is also expected to attend and work from the Scottish Care office in Ayr one day per week. Due to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, the post may require exclusive home working for an unspecified period of time.

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 vision is to shape the environment in which care services can deliver and develop the high quality care that communities require and deserve.

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.  He/she 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 interpersonal 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.

To request a recruitment pack,  please contact Laura Bennie (Office Manager & Executive PA) at [email protected]

Closing date 9am on 11^th December 2020.  Interviews will be held by video conference on the 18^th December 2020

Big Health, the company behind evidence based digital therapeutics, Sleepio and Daylight will be hosting a webinar for Scottish Care on the 2nd December at 11am.

Sleepio and Daylight have been available to all Health and Care staff in Scotland since May 2020 to help our key workers learn proven CBT techniques to help with any worry or sleepless nights they may be experiencing.

Please join us to hear Dr Dimitri Gavriloff (clinical psychologist and sleep medicine specialist) and Dr Richard Stott (clinical psychologist and anxiety specialist) explain more about Sleepio and Daylight, how you can access the programmes and what benefits you may see.

Details to join this webinar session is now available on the Members Area of this website. If you have any problems accessing either the Members Area or the webinar, please contact [email protected].

The Scottish Government has published Covid-19 guidance for the festival period today (26 November). This guidance looks at forming ‘bubbles’ over Christmas.

You can access this guidance here.