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Citation’s Care Community Event – 18 Feb

Citation are running an event for local care providers in partnership with Scottish Care where experts from Citation – Care Business Manager, Mick Feather and HR and business guru, Flora Neville –  will be sharing expert insight and knowledge within the sector, covering a range of topics including:

  • Equality and Diversity – it’s importance in Care Inspectorate reports
  • Relationship-Centred Care
  • Quality Assurance and good governance
  • Top tips to recruit, retain and motivate your employees
  • Keeping everyone safe at all times

Hot brews and snacks will be served from 9.30am so join this event armed with any questions you might have, at the end you’ll also get to take away a expert guide on Excellent Services as a thank you for coming.

To book your place please complete the form here, email [email protected] or call 0141 404 0560.

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Webinar: In-house surgery – 23 Jan

The next Scottish Care Webinar will take place on Thursday 23 January 2020 at 11:00 am. This session will be a in-house surgery where Dr Donald Macaskill – CEO, Scottish Care – will give an update on what’s impacting the social care sector and will be available to take questions from members regarding areas of concern. 

Link to join: https://zoom.us/j/120397801

Webinar ID: 120-397-801

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Webinar: UWS Pre-Reg Nursing Programme and Pilot – 17 Jan

Tom McEwan – Practice Learning & Partnership Lead (School of Health & Life Sciences), University of West Scotland – will be hosting a webinar discussing about the university’s pre-reg nursing programme and their proposed pilot. This webinar will take place on Friday 17th January at 11:30 am. This webinar is aimed at care home providers around the four university campus areas – Ayr, Dumfries, Lanarkshire and Paisley. 

During this session, Tom will give an overview of the new nursing curriculum from September 2020 and the changes to the NMC standards. He will then discuss the benefits and importance of having student placement experiences in care homes and speak about the proposed piloting of said placements in the four UWS campus areas. UWS are currently looking for care homes to nominate themselves for this pilot. 

Link to join webinar: https://zoom.us/j/943379791

Webinar ID: 943-379-791

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Scottish Care Webinar: Disclosure Scotland – 13 Feb

Jillian Cole – Customer Engagement Manager, Disclosure Scotland – will be guest speaking Scottish Care’s next webinar, which will take place on Thursday 13 February, 11:00 am. In this session, Jillian will provide an update of the work of Disclosure Scotland, and changes to make application process easier. She will also answer questions that members may have about the process – such as the length of time taken to process applications – particularly at these challenging times in recruitment and retention of staff.

Joining link: https://zoom.us/j/361963011

Webinar ID:361-963-011

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Infection Prevention Webinar – 13 December

Sarah Freeman from NHS Education for Scotland (NES) will be hosting the next Scottish Care Webinar. In this session, Sarah will discuss the topic of preventing and controlling infection in care home and care at home/housing support settings. 

This will be held on Friday 13 December at 11:00 am. 

Joining details:

Link to join: https://zoom.us/j/325923241

Webinar ID: 325-923-241

If you require any support to participate, please email [email protected]

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EGM – 30 October

On 30th October at 1.00pm – 3.00pm at the Renfield Centre, 260 Bath Street, Glasgow there will be an Extraordinary General Meeting of the membership of Scottish Care to hear about the state of discussions on the National Care Home Contract,  the development of the Care Home Cost Model and to consider proposals from COSLA and partners.

This is an important meeting and all care home members are encouraged to attend. A full and detailed paper will be sent to members one week prior to the event and this will also be available on the Members section of the new website.

Please intimate your attendance at the EGM to [email protected] as soon as you can.