The Scottish Social Services Awards are now open for nominations and we encourage you to enter!

Including 10 new categories such as ‘silo buster’, ‘the untold story’ and ‘head above the parapet’ the awards have been designed to recognise innovation and excellent practice across the sector.

Launched by the Social Work Services Strategic Forum, a partnership set up to create and deliver a vision for high quality and effective social services, it will celebrate individuals, teams and organisations making a positive difference to peoples’ lives.

Shortlisted entrants will be required to create a 1-2 minute promotional film of their story using smart phones.  Help and support will be provided.

Nominations are open until 28 February 2017.  Find out more about the full list of categories and how to enter at www.sssa.scot

Finalists will be invited to attend an afternoon tea awards ceremony at Crieff Hyrdo Hotel on 13 June 2017.

The Minister for Childcare and Early Year, Mark McDonald will open the awards which will be compered by Sally Magnusson.  You can read what the Minister said about the launch of the awards here.

You can keep up to date with all the latest news by following us on Twitter @SSSAwards #SSSA17 – please follow and RT us where you can.

Good luck with your submissions.

Continence Promotion and Training Programmes

Please select links below for details of training programmes taking place across NHS Grampian early 2017.

Bladder and Bowel Study Sessions January to June 2017

Moray Continence Study Sessions January to June 2017

If you have any questions about these training opportunities please contact Thelma Mackie, Continence Secretary on Mon-Fri between 8.30a.m. – 10.00a.m.  Tel Number – 01467 672748 or Extn 72748 or e-mail [email protected] 

There are some fantastic resources on promoting continence for people living with dementia and long term conditions on the Care Inspectorate website.  More information can be found here –

www.careinspectorate.com/index.php/guidance?id=2613

Please contact Katharine Ross – National Workforce Lead for Scottish Care – if you have any questions about these learning opportunities.  [email protected]

Tel: 07427 615880

Katharine Ross

National Lead for Workforce Development 

Scottish Care

Invitation to join the Scottish Care/SSSC Regulatory and Registration Forum

The next Scottish Care/SSSC Regulatory and Registration Forum will meet on Wednesday 11th January 2017 – 10.00am – 12.30pm at Four Seasons Health Care, 300 Springhill Parkway, Glasgow Business Park, Baillieston, Glasgow, G69 6GA.

If you would like to join this forum, please contact Katharine Ross – [email protected] We are always keen to welcome new members. Involvement will ensure you are up to date and informed of all regulatory and legislative expectations of social care providers, including post registration/PRTL requirements. We meet four times a year.

Hope to see you at our next meeting.

Katharine Ross

National Workforce Development Lead

Guest of Honour: Dr Miles Mack, Chair, RCGP Scotland

In advance of the new GP contract due to take effect in 2017, which will abolish the Quality Outcomes Framework and build on the process of integration through the creation of GP clusters this seminar will provide a timely opportunity to discuss the challenges facing primary care in Scotland in terms of changing demographics, resource allocation and service delivery. Delegates will discuss the impact of the new payment system on the workload and role of General Practitioners as expert medical generalists.

They will also assess the Scottish Government’s National Clinical Strategy, published in February 2016, which outlines plans to improve and reform the delivery of primary care over the next 10-15 years through a focus on building multidisciplinary teams integrated with social services and, independent and third sector providers.

Further sessions will focus on the Scottish Government’s £27 million investment in the health workforce and the Chief Medical Officer’s first annual report, published in January 2016, which sets out a new vision for a community-led primary care system. They will also consider the likely impact of the integration of health and social care, due to be completed in April 2017.

The conference is bringing together key stakeholders of primary healthcare including representatives of health consumer organisations, trade unions, local government, representatives of healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, academia, interested and affected charities and service user groups, as well as reporters from the trade and national press.

Dr Miles Mack, Chair, RCGP Scotland has agreed to deliver a keynote address.

Dr Angus Cameron, Author, National Clinical Strategy and Medical Director, NHS Dumfries and Galloway;

Professor Alan Denison, Deputy Director, Institute for Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Aberdeen;

Lorna Hunter, Chair, Voluntary Health Scotland;

Dr Helene Irvine, Consultant, Public Health Medicine, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde;

Bette Locke, AHP Strategic Lead and Services Manager, NHS Forth Valley;

Nicola McElvanney, Chair, Optometry Scotland;

Lesley McLay, Chief Executive, NHS Tayside;

Professor Harry McQuillan, Chief Executive Officer, Community Pharmacy Scotland

Albert Yeung, Consultant, Dental Public Health, NHS Lanarkshire have also agreed to speak.

Neil Findlay MSP, Convenor, Health and Sport Committee, Scottish Labour Party will be chairing the first half of the seminar.

Book your place for the event HERE 

Download the latest agenda HERE

Pre-Order the Publication HERE

Care Roadshows 2017

Care Roadshows are a series of five free regional care events throughout the UK that are tailored to all decision makers within the care sector including Care Home Owners, Managers and Healthcare Professionals. The Care Roadshow will be coming to Scotland with an event at Hamden Park Stadium on 28th March 2017.

Care Roadshows enable practitioners to source high quality products and services from established suppliers in order to exceed the expectations of their clients. This includes care management systems, catering and laundry equipment, pharmacy services, recruitment, HR plus many more– all integral components for an organisation providing care.

The events provide the chance for like-minded individuals to meet and discuss staying profitable whilst addressing challenges faced in the sector when trying to achieve the highest care rating. The CPD seminars award visitors with an insight and explanation into the current sector trends from experts including Care Inspectorate, CSSIW, CQC, National Care Association and Care Forum Wales.

If you are looking to achieve outstanding levels of care in your organisation, then Care Roadshows are guaranteed to support you in this. There is also the chance to enter a £100 prize draw on the day.

For more information and to register for your FREE ticket, visit www.careroadshows.co.uk or call 01425 838393.

Care Roadshows 2017 locations and dates:

Care Roadshow Glasgow

28 March 2017

Hampden Park Stadium

For more information and to register for your free ticket, visit www.careroadshows.co.uk or call 01425 838393

A reminder from the Care Inspectorate for services to submit their annual return

Each year the Care Inspectorate ask services to complete an annual return questionnaire. This informs the Care Inspectorate about the structure and operation of services and helps the organisation to plan, inform and carry out inspections.

The questionnaire also gives insight into the overall state of care in Scotland, which is then shared with other organisations, such as the Scottish Government and the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC).

Annual returns are available online at eforms.careinspectorate.com between 6 January and 17 February 2017.

Supporting information on the annual returns can be found at careinspectorate.com and answers to frequently asked questions under ‘Annual returns’ in the ‘Professionals’ section. If an answer to a question can’t be found there, services can call the Care Inspectorate eForms helpdesk on 0345 600 9527.

If a service was registered on or after 1 October 2016, they should try to complete an annual return this year. Although it’s not mandatory for these services, any information supplied will be used by the Care Inspectorate and the organisations the information is shared with with.

Please note that inactive services must submit an annual return.

Services can log into their Care Inspectorate eForms account from any computer connected to the internet. If they need help accessing their annual return, they can call the eForms helpdesk on 0345 600 9527.

For more information contact

Communications
Care Inspectorate
Compass House, 11 Riverside Drive, DUNDEE, DD1 4NY
Tel: 01382 207100 ~ Fax: 01382 207289

Email: [email protected]
website: www.careinspectorate.com

The Scottish Sensory Awards recognise the work of people in the field of sensory impairment, much of which take place in care settings and are unrecognised.

The awards ceremony will be held on Wednesday 15 February 2017 at the Stirling Court Hotel in Stirling.

Following the great success of the 2016 Scottish Sensory Awards the Scottish Council on Deafness (SCoD), and the Scottish Council on Visual Impairment (SCOVI), as the umbrella organisations for hearing and sight loss in Scotland, have taken on the responsibility for the organisation of the 2017 awards.

The Scottish Sensory Awards were created last year to showcase good practice, promote the rights of people living with sensory impairment in Scotland, and recognise the range of work with deaf, deafblind and visually impaired people undertaken across the statutory, third and independent sector services.

This year there will be six categories including one particularly in relation to children & young people.

The Categories are:

1. Promoting choice, control and person centred approaches for people with a sensory loss

2. Personal and workforce development

3. Promoting inclusion and engaging people with a sensory loss across all our communities and services

4. Unsung heroes

5. Innovative work with children and young people with a sensory loss

6. Partnership working across services and sectors for people with sensory loss

Nomination forms, available here, must be returned by Tuesday 10 January 2017, with nominees  contacted that week to confirm whether they have been shortlisted.

Details of the nomination process and details of the awards venue can be found at  www.sensoryawardscotland.co.uk

You may be aware of recent events that Disclosure Scotland held for Scottish Care members to provide advice and guidance on the disclosure process and PVG Scheme – these events were very successful, with delegates finding the sessions to be very useful both in informing their recruitment processes and increasing their knowledge of their legal obligations under the PVG Scheme.  

Disclosure Scotland remain keen to support and advise organisations who access higher levels of disclosure (e.g. PVG) and would like to extend an offer to your organisation to have a short meeting (perhaps around an hour) with a member of the DS team to:

• Provide you with organisation specific feedback and advice on the day to day disclosure process – with the aim at ensuring that certificates are supplied to your organisation as quickly as possible.  
• Discuss your understanding of your legal obligations under the Code of Practice and PVG Act which, as mentioned, includes a legal obligationto refer to DS irrespective of referrals to other bodies/agencies being completed.  
• Provide with you with updates on current priorities within DS – including a review of the PVG Scheme, recent changes around the disclosure of spent convictions and the current data cleanse project within DS.   

A DS representative would be more than happy to meet at your offices if that would be most convenient for you.    Similarly, if it would be more suitable for a DS representative to attend your Scottish Care branch meeting, Disclosure Scotland would be happy to accommodate that.    

If meeting with a representative from Disclosure Scotland is something of interest to you, please provide your details to [email protected] or, if you wish to discuss this opportunity further, please contact Gareth Wilks (Compliance Manager) on 01413143153.

www.disclosurescotland.co.uk