Dementia-Inclusive Music Training: Dumfries
2019-10-13 10:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Dublin)
A day of dementia-inclusive music training for choir leaders and organisers, community workers, and care and health professionals .

About this Event

This training day is designed to help leaders interested in this field of work to develop new and stronger skills and knowledge around choral leadership, group management and dementia-inclusive practice, so we can increase the accessibility of choirs and singing opportunities across Scotland to people living with dementia and their carers.
The day will consist of a combination of Dementia Inclusion Training led by Age Scotland, Community Music Training led by composer and community music specialist Stephen Deazley, and Group Management Training led by Making Music.
Lunch and refreshments will be provided. Please make all dietary requirements known when booking.
Who is this event for?
Choir and community leaders and organisers who currently run dementia-inclusive choirs or would like to make their practice dementia-inclusive, professionals working in the care and healthcare environments who would like to develop their music skills, and anyone who wishes to develop their knowledge about dementia-inclusive work and explore approaches to running high quality singing activities.
What will you learn?
At the end of the training, participants should be able to:

Demonstrate their understanding of the various types of dementia and how these impact on people’s abilities and feelings
Explain/demonstrate the value and benefits of singing as a group for people living with dementia and their family/carers
Explain/demonstrate key communication approaches
Explain/demonstrate an ability to choose and teach suitable repertoire in an accessible way
Explain/demonstrate an ability to engage the interest of participants with dementia and encourage them to develop new skills through participation in a choir
Demonstrate an ability to lead a choir within an inclusive environment that caters for all abilities and needs

Dementia Inclusive Choirs Network
This training event is part of a new Dementia Inclusive Choirs Network which will widen singing opportunities for people living with dementia across Scotland. The network is supported by Life Changes Trust and The Baring Foundation, in partnership with Age Scotland, Scottish Care and Making Music.
How can I contact the organiser with any questions?
You can call the Luminate office on 0131 668 8066 or email info@luminatescotland.org.
If you are a carer and will incur additional costs to cover your caring responsibilities in order to attend this event, please contact kirsty@luminatescotland.org to request support.
Please click here to register.

Dementia and veterans awareness training
2019-10-29 10:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Dublin) | Members Area
Age Scotland’s Veterans Project has scheduled four days of combined dementia and veterans awareness training. For more information, please email veteransproject@agescotland.org.uk.
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Workforce Policy and Practice Event
2019-10-30 09:30 - 12:30 (Europe/Dublin)
SSSC has set a deadline of 13th December 2019 for Care at Home and Housing Support Workers to apply to register.
Do you provide housing support/ care at home services and have queries or concerns about the deadline? Join CCPS at this free half day session supported by SSSC and Disclosure Scotland who will provide advice and support to enable providers and workers to meet the deadline for Registration.
The Wise Group, a social enterprise delivering a variety of services including SVQ training will also attend and provide updates on the support and funding available for workers to meet qualification requirements.
This event is aimed at providers of housing support and care at home services that are required to have workers registered by September 2020.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workforce-policy-and-practice-event-tickets-71374391727

Living Well: An Expert Seminar on Social Care for People Living with HIV
2019-11-01 13:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | 18 York Place, 18 York Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3EP, United Kingdom
HIV Scotland are delighted to share the final agenda for their Living Well: Expert Seminar on Social Care. The Living Well project is designed to bring together key partners, stakeholders and people living with HIV to discuss key issues facing older people living with HIV, and design creative solutions to meet the needs of people as they age with HIV, to ensure they live and age well.
When: Friday 1st November, 13:00 – 17:00
Where: 18 York Place, Edinburgh or Live Webcast
This Expert Seminar will look at how we can create Stigma-free Social Care services for people living with HIV as they age. HIV Scotland will be joined by partners, the National AIDS Trust (NAT) and the Care Inspectorate who will launch their “Indicators of Good Practice for People Living with HIV in Social Care.”
Although spaces are limited so please register soon. You may wish to share this among your networks, or on social media. There will also be a live stream so you can join from wherever you are in Scotland to take part. You can register for either option on their website here.

Time
Activity
Speakers

1:00PM
LUNCH
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1:30PM
MSP Welcome
Tom Arthur MSP

1:40PM
HIV Scotland Welcome
Nathan Sparling, CEO HIV Scotland

1:50PM
NHS Lothian Needs Assessment: People living with HIV over 50
Chris Stothart, NHS Lothian

2:10PM
Personal experience of Social Care
James, Member of HIV Scotland’s Advisory Network of People Living with HIV

2:30PM
TEA & COFFEE
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2:50PM
HIV: A Guide for Care Providers
Kat Smithson, NAT (National AIDS Trust)

3:10PM
What Good Looks Like – Indicators of Good Practice for People Living with HIV in Social Care
Joyce Murray, Care Inspectorate

3:30PM
COMFORT BREAK
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3:50PM
Workshop
Tom Arthur MSP (Facilitator)

4:50PM
Round-up
Tom Arthur MSP

Dementia and veterans awareness training
2019-11-04 10:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Dublin) | 4
Age Scotland’s Veterans Project has scheduled four days of combined dementia and veterans awareness training. For more information, please email veteransproject@agescotland.org.uk.
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Self-directed Support: Making the Law Work for You (3 Day Training Course)
2019-11-06 10:00 - 2019-11-08 16:00 (Europe/Dublin) | twentyseventeen
The “Self-directed Support: Making the Law Work for You” training course will be taking place in Stirling from 6th-8th November. Bookings are now open for this course, and further information can be found here: https://www.mecopp.org.uk/mecopp-events/2019/11/6/self-directed-support-making-the-law-work-for-you-three-day-training-course
This three day training course will take place in Stirling on Wednesday 6th, Thursday 7th and Friday 8th November 2019 from 10am-4pm. Attendance is required on all three days.
This training course is part of the MECOPP (Minority Ethnic Carers of People Project) 3 R’s Project. The 3 R’s Project is a self-directed support legal rights project. This means that the project aims to help people to understand their rights and access the support they are entitled to. The 3 R’s are the principles that the project is based on: Rights, Respect and Responsibilities.
The 3 R’s Project can assist individuals with social care support needs and third sector organisations which support individuals accessing self-directed support.
The project is supported jointly by the Baring Foundation and the Life Changes Trust

Dementia and veterans awareness training
2019-11-07 10:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Dublin) | scottish_care_1
Age Scotland’s Veterans Project has scheduled four days of combined dementia and veterans awareness training. For more information, please email veteransproject@agescotland.org.uk.
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SSSC - Equal Partners in Care (refresh) - Glasgow
2019-11-07 13:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Dublin) | Good Care4
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Scottish Care Webinar
2019-11-08 11:00 - 11:30 (Europe/Dublin)
This webinar will be an in-house session with Elaine Rae discussing Brexit contingency plans. More details to follow in the Members Section of the website.

SSSC - Equal Partners in Care (refresh) - Edinburgh
2019-11-12 13:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Dublin) | ind

Quality Conversation 3
2019-11-13 10:00 - 12:45 (Europe/Dublin)
Working together towards transformational, world-class care for everyone.
Quality Conversations offer the opportunity for care executives to meet with the Care Inspectorate’s executive and senior team to discuss and exchange the big ideas and topics for today’s care sector.
Together we can help shape a positive future for Scotland’s care.
Click on the following link to register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/quality-conversation-3-tickets-70754565811

SSSC - Equal Partners in Care (refresh) - Perth
2019-11-13 13:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Dublin) | Scottish_Care2

Quality Conversation 4
2019-11-13 13:30 - 16:15 (Europe/Dublin) | National Christian Outreach Centre, Riggs Road, Perth, PH1 1PR, United Kingdom
Working together towards transformational, world-class care for everyone.

Quality Conversations offer the opportunity for care executives to meet with the Care Inspectorate’s executive and senior team to discuss and exchange the big ideas and topics for today’s care sector.

Together we can help shape a positive future for Scotland’s care.
Please click on the following link to register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/quality-conversation-4-tickets-70755372223

Scottish Care Care Home Conference and Awards
2019-11-15 08:00 - 23:30 (Europe/Dublin) | Hilton Hotel, 1 William Street, Glasgow, G3 8HT, United Kingdom
Details of the programme and annual Care Home Awards will be published in the summer

Dementia and veterans awareness training
2019-11-15 10:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Dublin) | scottishcare4-768×576
Age Scotland’s Veterans Project has scheduled four days of combined dementia and veterans awareness training. For more information, please email veteransproject@agescotland.org.uk.
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SSSC - Equal Partners in Care (refresh) - Inverness
2019-11-19 13:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Dublin) | scottishcare4-768×576

Consultation on the draft quality framework for support services (care at home)
2019-11-26 09:30 - 12:30 (Europe/London) | Best Western Queens Hotel, 160 Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4DU, United Kingdom
The Care Inspectorate are holding 2 consultation events on a joint framework for support services (care at home) and housing support services (including combined services).
Please contact Jane McIntosh at Jane.McIntosh@careinspectorate.gov.scot to request a place as soon as possible.
For more information:
https://www.careinspectorate.com/index.php/news/5446-consultation-on-the-draft-quality-framework-for-support-services-care-at-home

Supporting improvement learning in Scotland's social services
2019-11-26 10:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Dublin) | The Renfield Centre, 260 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4JP, United Kingdom
This workforce development day aims to bring people together who are leading improvement learning activity across Scotland’s social services. The event will look at the resources which are available to support people to learn about quality improvement. Throughout the day you are encouraged to share your learning and examples from your practice. You will have the opportunity to contribute to more detailed discussions in areas of interest such as practice guidance, establishing improvement learning support groups and project work, simple improvement techniques and searching and using evidence.
By the end of the day, you will:
• be more aware of what’s available to support improvement activity in social services in Scotland and hear from others who are leading some of this
• shape what else is needed to support you in your leading improvement role, building on feedback received from previous improvement leaders events in 2019
• increase your knowledge and understanding of learning activity to support improvement and how to access this to support learners locally.
Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
You can book your place here.
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Consultation on the draft quality framework for support services (care at home)
2019-11-28 09:30 - 12:30 (Europe/London) | Stirling Court Hotel, FK9 4LA

Homecare Day
2019-12-04 09:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Dublin)
Building on the success of the previous two events Scottish Care is pleased to bring Homecareday19 – a day to celebrate the best of care at home and housing support services across Scotland and wider afield.

Scottish Care Webinar: Infection Prevention - NES
2019-12-13 11:00 - 11:30 (Europe/London)
The next Scottish Care Webinar is scheduled for Friday 13th December at 11am. Sarah Freeman from NES will be the guest speaker for this webinar, she will be focusing on preventing infection in care homes and care at home settings.
More information and details to join is now available on the Members Area of the Scottish Care website.

Webinar: UWS Pre-Reg Nursing Programme & Pilot
2020-01-17 11:30 - 12:30 (Europe/London)
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: https://zoom.us/j/943379791
Webinar ID: 943-379-791

Making policy care: Exploring the relationship between care work and poverty
2020-01-21 10:30 - 13:30 (Europe/London) | Paisley Campus, University of the West of Scotland (UWS) – Room P116, High Street, Paisley, PA1 2BE, United Kingdom
The UWS-Oxfam Partnership is inviting a wide range of stakeholders for a discussion about what needs to change in Scotland to ensure we have fair recognition of care work, achieve an equal redistribution of caring responsibility, and ensure the representation of parents and carers in decision-making when it comes to making care policy.
From those working in the paid childcare and health and social care sectors, to parents and unpaid carers of people with additional needs – everyone has a different experience of how important paid and unpaid care work is to our households and communities, but also how it can be undervalued by society and how it can trap people in poverty. The Forum seeks to capture these experiences, in particular from those whose voices are often not heard – members of local grassroots organisations, community groups, health and social care providers, child care providers, and anti-poverty campaigners.
The Policy Forum will focus on the following questions with the intention of informing the UWS-Oxfam Partnership’s research and advocacy agenda. Also, the Partnership hopes that the discussions bring up ideas for collaborative research and advocacy projects between the Partnership and the invited participants and their organisations and communities:
1. What are the key issues relating to care and work (or care-work) that can mean those with a caring role are at higher risk of poverty?
2. In relation to these issues, what kinds of evidence drives change?
3. What research could the UWS-Oxfam Partnership contribute to this topic, in collaboration with participants?
4. Beyond the evidence: in what other ways can we shift the terms of the debate around care, work and poverty?
The Policy Forum will be highly interactive and participant-led and will be introduced by the following speakers:
Dr Vanesa Fuertes (Researcher at UWS): Vanesa has, in her research on barriers to and disadvantages in the labour market, focused on the impact of care responsibilities on individuals and households, and on the suitability, affordability and availability of care services. She found that both impact on individuals’ current and future finances, careers, and opportunities.
Dr Greig Inglis (Researcher at UWS): Greig has conducted research into the health, wellbeing and post-secondary school expectations of young carers. He used data from the NHSGGC Schools Survey and will discuss the value of secondary analysis of large-scale datasets to generate evidence and argue for policy change.
Rhiannon Sims (Research and Policy Officer, Oxfam Scotland): Rhiannon is leading on Oxfam’s domestic poverty programme in Scotland with its strategic focus on the value of care work. She will share insights from the ‘Four Rs’ approach taken by Oxfam in its international ‘We-Care’ programme and the relevance of this to policy in Scotland.
Dr Hartwig Pautz (Researcher at UWS): Hartwig has conducted research on ‘decent work’ and will address how research evidence was used to lobby the Scottish Government to make changes in policy – also so that people working in the care sector experience higher job quality and so that unpaid carers have the chance to balance their responsibilities with their need for ‘decent work’.
The event is organised by the UWS-Oxfam Partnership. The Partnership brings together academics, the third sector, policy practitioners and other stakeholders to discuss and promote our shared vision of a more equitable, sustainable and socially just Scotland.
**Register via Eventbrite here**
Practical information about the event
This event is free. The Partnership will be able to reimburse travel costs and will offer a free crèche for the duration of the event. There will be light lunch provided.
The event takes place in Room P116 in the P Block on the University’s Paisley Campus. The crèche facilities will be in Room G114. Room P116 is best found from the University’s entrance on Storie treet. Room G114 is in the Gardner Building off George Street.
Find a campus map here: Campus map Paisley. P Block can be found on the second page, at the centre of the Campus and near its Storie Street entrance.
The campus is a 10 minute walk from Paisley Gilmour Street station, and a 10 minute walk from Paisley St James station. Paisley Gilmour Street is 10 minute train journey from Glasgow Central; Paisley St James is a 20 minute train journey. There is limited parking around the campus and there is a multi-storey car park on Storie Street. We have reserved some parking spaces on campus for those with mobility needs.
Should you need a free crèche place for the duration of the event and/or parking, please contact the local organiser – Hartwig Pautz (hartwig.pautz@uws.ac.uk – 0141 848 3770 – 07913929748)

Scottish Care Webinar: In-house surgery with Donald
2020-01-23 11:00 - 11:30 (Europe/London)
Donald – 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.
Details to join this webinar will be available shortly in the Members Area of this website.

Movie Memories: Calamity Jane Sing-along
2020-01-23 11:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow, G3 6RB, United Kingdom
Movie Memories is the Glasgow Film Theatre’s dementia friendly film programme. It is designed to allow people affected by dementia, their carers and/or families to socialise in a safe and welcoming environment.
The next event is the Calamity Jane Sing-along, which will take place on Thursday 23 January 2020 at 11:00 am. Tickets are priced at £3 and includes light refreshments and an interval with live music. For more information please see: https://glasgowfilm.org/shows/movie-memories-calamity-jane-sing-along-u
You can also sign up to the Glasgow Film Theatre monthly Dementia Friendly eNewsletter to be the first to hear news and updates about dementiafriendly events at Glasgow Film Theatre: https://glasgowfilm.org/enewsletters

Master your Midlife Meetup Roadshow
2020-01-25 11:00 - 12:30 (Europe/London) | Wellness Centre, Dumfries House, Cumnock, KA18 2NJ, United Kingdom
This meetup is organised by Shiona Johnston – Midlife & Menopause Mentor, Health & Wellbeing Co-ordinator – Dumfries House. Join these Roadtrip of Master your Midlife Meetups, which share information and support on menopause and allows you to chat and share stories about all things midlife.
This is the 3rd Meetup and will take place on Saturday 25 January 2020, 11:00 am – 12:30pm at the Wellness Centre, Dumfries House, Cumnock, KA18 2NJ.
If you are interested, you can find out more information and book your tickets here.

Scottish Care Workforce Focus Group
2020-02-04 10:30 - 12:30 (Europe/London) | Renfield Centre, 260 Bath Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom
I would like to invite you to attend one of our Scottish Care Workforce focus groups that we are holding in February around current issues and challenges facing Managers and Supervisors working within social care. The feedback that is provided from you, our members, at these focus groups will then form the basis for the next workforce event that we will be having in April, details to follow.
The first focus group is being held in Glasgow on the 4th February 2020 between 10:30am-12:30pm at the St Stephen Renfield Centre, 260 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4JP.
Please can anyone interested in attending contact me at caroline.deane@scottishcare.org to book a place.
As always your feedback and assistance is hugely appreciated and will be used to inform our research which will then be compiled into a Scottish Care workforce report for care providers and major stakeholders within the care sector including Scottish and local government to help to drive positive policy changes.
We will also be asking care providers to share their own stories of working as Managers and Supervisors in social care and the many demands and challenges that are currently being faced. I would ask where possible Managers of services bring Supervisors and Team Leaders with them to this focus group so that we are hearing directly from front line workers.
Thanks
Caroline Deane
Workforce Policy & Practice Lead

UWS Care Home Placement Pilot Project Meetings
2020-02-11 10:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London)
The University of the West of Scotland (UWS) are proposing a care home placement pilot around their campus areas (Ayr, Lanarkshire, Paisley and Dumfries). This includes care home providers that don’t currently support students but are keen to. This pilot will help support independent care home providers to become ready to support students.
Tom McEwan (Practice Learning & Partnership Lead – School of Health & Life Sciences, UWS) kindly hosted a webinar for us which discussed this pilot project, and provided an update about the new NMC standards for student nurses which will go live from September 2020, as well as their new Pre-Reg Nursing Programme. A recording of this webinar and Tom’s presentation slides can be found here.
For those who are interested, there will VC meetings on Tuesday 11th February across the 4 different university campus. There will be a morning session at 10:00am – 12:00pm and an afternoon session at 1:00 pm – 3:00pm in the following rooms.
Ayr Campus: Room CR1
Address: University Avenue, Ayr KA8 0SX
Dumfries Campus: Room W12
Address: Dudgeon House, Bankend Rd, Dumfries DG1 4ZN
Lanarkshire Campus: Room 2.1.10
Address: Stephenson Place, Hamilton International Technology Park, South Lanarkshire, G72 0LH
Paisley Campus: Room P121
Address: High St, Paisley PA1 2BE
Please contact Thomas.McEwan@uws.ac.uk or comms@scottishcare.org to register your attendance by Thursday 6 February.

The Future of Self-directed Care in Scotland Round Table
2020-02-12 09:00 - 12:30 (Europe/London) | Glasgow Caledonian University, Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow, G4 0BA, United Kingdom
Glasgow Caledonian University invite all interested people to attend a round table discussion event taking place at their campus on Wednesday 12 February 2020. This event looks to explore the Scottish Social Care Act and the resulting approach to self-directed care.
Scottish Care is delighted to collaborate with GCU to run this event, along with SIKE (Social Innovation Knowledge Exchange, an Erasmus+ project) and the University of Stirling.
This round table aims to inform the SDS process through collating insights from key stakeholders in order to generate a Briefing Paper on future directions in self-directed care in Scotland.
This event will also see the launch of Scottish Care’s latest SDS research report.
Please see below for invite to this round table event, if you are interested in attending, please RSVP to Fiona.henderson@gcu.ac.uk
2.Social Care workshop 12 February 2020

Scottish Care Webinar: Disclosure Scotland
2020-02-13 11:00 - 11:30 (Europe/London)
Jillian Cole – Customer Engagement Manager, Disclosure Scotland – 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.
Details to join will be available in the Members Area of the website.
