Scottish Care

Scottish Government Data Strategy Engagement Session - 16 February
2022-02-16 14:00 - 15:30 (Europe/London)
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 comms@scottishcare.org to register your interest and we will send you a Microsoft Teams invite directly.

Plan B Meeting
2022-02-16 10:00 - 11:00
The new date for the Plan B discussion is:
Wednesday 16th February, 10:00 am

This session will be on held on Microsoft Teams, please contact nchc@scottishcare.org if you are interested in attending.

Webinar - Don't take it personally: An introduction to responding to complaints while caring for yourself
2022-02-10 14:00 - 15:00
We are delighted to welcome Dr Dorothy Armstrong to our webinar taking place on Thursday 10th February, 2:00 pm. This session titled ‘Don’t take it personally: An introduction to responding to complaints while caring for yourself’ looks at The Complaints Coach Programme, exploring the triggers that may escalate complaints and how to respond effectively.
This webinar is for Scottish Care Members only, details to join will be available on the Members Area of this website. Please contact comms@scottishcare.org if you come across any issues.
More information on Dr Armstrong and this webinar session is available on the leaflet below.
Scottish Care WEbinar Feb 22
Download leaflet here

EXTERNAL: Immigration Webinar for Social Care Sector - 9 February
2022-02-09 14:00 - 16:00
On 24th December, the Government announced social care workers, care assistants and home care workers will become eligible for the Health and Care Visa. This is in addition to senior care workers and registered managers who are already included in the list of eligible roles for the Health and Care visa.
Please join officials from the Home Office’s Engagement and Policy teams, the Department of Health and Social Care and representatives from Skills for Care and the social care sector for a 90 minute webinar providing an overview of the points-based immigration system for the Social Care sector and what the recent announcement means for international recruitment, how to ensure ethical international recruitment and examples of best practice from the social care sector.
Wednesday 09 Feb 2022, 2pm – 4pm
https://events.skillsforcare.org.uk/skillsforcare/1335/register
The session will also include updates on the following:

Skilled Worker visa/Health and Care visa
Recruiting an overseas care worker from mid-February 2022
How to become a Home Office sponsor
Right to Work checks
Support available
The Code of Practice for International Recruitment
Q&A

Covid-19 In-house Surgery (Care at Home) - 8 February
2022-02-08 11:00 - 11:30
This Covid-19 surgery session will be live on Tuesday 8 February at 11:00 am hosted by our CEO, Dr Donald Macaskill and National Director, Karen Hedge. This session will be in a meeting format.
From now on we will be alternating the focus of our surgery sessions. This week will be tailored to care at home members, the following weeks’ session will be for care home members.
This is the opportunity for members to ask any questions or raise any issues they may have.
The surgery is strictly for members only, details to join can be found on the Members Area of this website.
If you have any issues accessing the Members Area or this surgery session, please contact comms@scottishcare.org.

Covid-19 In-house Surgery (All Members) - 1 February
2022-02-01 11:00 - 11:30
This Covid-19 surgery session will be live on Tuesday 1 February at 11:00 am hosted by our CEO, Dr Donald Macaskill and National Director, Karen Hedge. This session will be in a meeting format.

Please note that this session will be for both care home and care at home members as we had to cancel the last surgery.

This is the opportunity for members to ask any questions or raise any issues they may have.
The surgery is strictly for members only, details to join can be found on the Members Area of this website.
If you have any issues accessing the Members Area or this surgery session, please contact comms@scottishcare.org.

NCHC Cost of Care Webinar - 27 January
2022-01-27 14:00 - 15:00
We will be holding an information session which will provide members with an opportunity to have a ‘walk through’ the Cost of Care Model which underpins the National Care Home Contract. Stephen Giles, one of the main architects of the Model who has acted as a Scottish Care consultant since its inception will take us through the Model line by line, explain the baselines where they exist, and any background information. Stephen will be available to answer any questions.
We hope this will be a useful session for members to explain the Model.
This session will take place on Thursday 27th January at 2:00 pm, details to join will be available on the Members Area our this website. If you come across any issues accessing this, please contact comms@scottishcare.org.

CANCELLED Covid-19 In-house Surgery (Care at Home) - 25 January
2022-01-25 11:00 - 11:30
Huge apologies to all our Care at Home & Housing Support members, but unfortunately we have to cancel the #COVID19 surgery scheduled for tomorrow. We will return with a joint surgery for both care homes and homecare members next week at the usual time – Tuesday at 11:00 am.

Covid-19 In-house Surgery (Care Home) - 18 January
2022-01-18 11:00 - 11:30
This Covid-19 surgery session will be live on Tuesday 18 January at 11:00 am hosted by our CEO, Dr Donald Macaskill and National Director, Karen Hedge.
From now on we will be alternating the focus of our surgery sessions. This week will be tailored to care home members, the following weeks’ session will be for care at home members.
The surgery is strictly for members only, details to join can be found on the Members Area of this website.
If you have any issues accessing the Members Area or this surgery session, please contact comms@scottishcare.org.

Covid-19 In-house Surgery (All Members) - 11 January
2022-01-11 11:00 - 11:30
This Covid-19 surgery session will be live on Tuesday 11 January at 11:00 am hosted by our CEO, Dr Donald Macaskill and National Director, Karen Hedge. This session will be in a meeting format.
This session will be opened to all Scottish Care Members.
This is the opportunity for members to ask any questions or raise any issues they may have.
The surgery is strictly for members only, details to join can be found on the Members Area of this website.
If you have any issues accessing the Members Area or this surgery session, please contact comms@scottishcare.org.

Covid-19 In-house Surgery (All Members) - 4 January
2022-01-04 11:00 - 11:45
This Covid-19 surgery session will be live on Tuesday 4 January at 11:00 am hosted by our CEO, Dr Donald Macaskill and National Director, Karen Hedge.
Please note that we will not be holding a surgery session on 28th December. The first surgery of the new year will be held in January for both care home & care at home members.
The surgery is strictly for members only, details to join can be found on the Members Area of this website.
If you have any issues accessing the Members Area or this surgery session, please contact comms@scottishcare.org.

Covid-19 In-house Surgery (Care Home) - 21 December
2021-12-21 11:00 - 11:45
This Covid-19 surgery session will be live on Tuesday 21 December at 11:00 am hosted by our CEO, Dr Donald Macaskill and National Director, Karen Hedge.
Please note that as this is the last surgery before Christmas, this session will be extended to 45 minutes and will be for both care home & care at home members.
The surgery is strictly for members only, details to join can be found on the Members Area of this website.
If you have any issues accessing the Members Area or this surgery session, please contact comms@scottishcare.org.

Preferred Supplier Webinar - Sekoia (16 December)
2021-12-16 14:00 - 15:00
We are pleased to welcome members to our series of webinars from Scottish Care Preferred Suppliers. You can find out more about our Preferred Suppliers here.
This session will be hosted by Sekoia on Thursday 16 December at 2:00 pm.
This webinar focuses on ‘Understanding the end-to-end process for going digital’.
AyoTel, Sekoia and Holmes Care would like to invite you to this webinar to present you with the going digital journey.

Tom Milne from AyoTel will present the main IT & infrastructure barriers and how to potentially overcome these.
Rachel Jarvis will present the main software considerations and give an ultra-short demo of the Sekoia digital care planning software.
Sheila Inshaw from Holmes Care will come along to say a few words about her experience as a manager going digital, including pains (barriers) & gains.

Don’t miss this webinar and join us. Details will be available on the Members Area of this website.

Covid-19 Vaccination Webinar with Prof Jason Leitch – 16 Dec
2021-12-16 12:30 - 13:30
Scottish Care is hosting an open webinar with Professor Jason Leitch, the National Clinical Director of the Scottish Government. This session will focus on Covid-19 vaccination and will take place on Thursday 16 December, 12:30 – 1:30 pm.
This webinar session is open to social care providers and frontline staff. Please share this information with colleagues and staff as it is a great opportunity to ask Prof Leitch any questions or raise any concerns about the vaccine.
If you are interested in attending this webinar, please register by clicking the link below. Once your registration is approved, you will receive an email with Zoom details to join.
Registration link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-lV79N8WR62-5Z-eazndTg
If you come across any issues at all, please contact comms@scottishcare.org.

Covid-19 In-house Surgery (Care at Home) - 14 December
2021-12-14 11:00 - 11:30
This Covid-19 surgery session will be live on Tuesday 14 December at 11:00 am hosted by our CEO, Dr Donald Macaskill and National Director, Karen Hedge. This session will be in a meeting format.
From now on we will be alternating the focus of our surgery sessions. This week will be tailored to care at home members, the following weeks’ session will be for care home members.
This is the opportunity for members to ask any questions or raise any issues they may have.
The surgery is strictly for members only, details to join can be found on the Members Area of this website.
If you have any issues accessing the Members Area or this surgery session, please contact comms@scottishcare.org.

Scottish Care Members - Care Home Campaign Meeting
2021-12-14 10:00 - 11:00
Scottish Care are very aware of the pressures and challenges currently faced by care at home providers. We have been active in our media presence over the past few months: highlighting the critical issues facing care providers and calling for urgent investment into the sector to retain and attract workforce.
We are now looking to organise a campaign to raise awareness of the care homesector.
Care homes are places which provide high quality, person-centred care to support the health and wellbeing of residents and where staff demonstrate commitment and compassion every day.
This campaign offers an opportunity for us and the wider society to reflect on the valuable role that care homes plays in the health and social care system. It is an attempt to communicate with politicians and the media, to influence meaningful action and tackle workforce retention and recruitment issues.
We will be holding a Campaign Planning Meeting on Tuesday 14 December, 10:00 – 11:00 am via Microsoft Teams. We are inviting care home members to come along and take part in this.
Please register your interest with Tracy Doyle at tracy.doyle@scottishcare.org.

Luminate: Christmas Caledonia - 11 December
2021-12-11 15:00 - 16:30
Luminate, Scotland’s creative ageing organisation, is organising a dementia-inclusive, fun and free online Christmas singing event.
Christmas Caledonia will take place on Saturday, December 11, bring a mix of music, song and short films. There will be a musical trio playing live from the Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh, guided through the songs by singing leaders from the Dementia Inclusive Singing Network. But the most important voices will be from those singing in their homes who join across Zoom from wherever they are.
The atmosphere will be joyous, relaxed and patient. As well as carols and other Christmas songs (a lyrics file can be downloaded, plus the songs will be captioned), there will be a filmpoem by Ron Coleman – better known as The Demented Poet – and some special Christmas messages to raise a toast for. The Queen’s Hall will also be decorated using artwork and designs created especially for the event by the Dolphin Arts Project in Ullapool.
The link for more information and booking is here: https://singing.luminatescotland.org/events/christmas-caledonia-come-and-sing/ . The Zoom link and password will be provided once people register with EventBrite. If this way of booking does not suit, people can also either call on 0131 668 8066 or email singing@luminatescotland.org.

Covid-19 In-house Surgery (Care Home) - 7 December
2021-12-07 11:00 - 11:30
This Covid-19 surgery session will be live on Tuesday 7 December at 11:00 am hosted by our CEO, Dr Donald Macaskill and National Director, Karen Hedge.
From now on we will be alternating the focus of our surgery sessions. This week will be tailored to care home members, the following weeks’ session will be for care at home members.
The surgery is strictly for members only, details to join can be found on the Members Area of this website.
If you have any issues accessing the Members Area or this surgery session, please contact comms@scottishcare.org.

DigiFest - Scotland's Annual Digital Health, Housing & Care Conference
2021-12-01 08:00 - 2021-12-02 17:00
The Scottish Government’s Digital Health and Care Directorate, working with our partners, are pleased to share with you the programme for Scotland’s annual digital health, housing and care conference, DigiFest.
DigiFest is aimed at all those who are working to deliver digitally enabled services in health, housing and care.
To register for DigiFest which takes place on 1- 2 December 2021, please visit www.digifest2021.com
Once you have registered, you will receive an access link to the virtual event platform. On the virtual event platform, you can view and add programme sessions to your personalised agenda, view the ePosters and browse the resources and visit the DigiFest exhibitors.
If you have already registered for DigiFest on 1-2 December, you will have received an email from noreply@vcd-eventsforce.com
You can go ahead and access the virtual event platform and sign in using your email address and password via the ‘Enter Event’ button in that email.
If you have not received it, please contact nss.shscevents@nhs.scot
DigiFest21 is a virtual programme and it is free to participate.
Register and join us for this year’s DigiFest to discover how digital solutions in Scotland, the wider UK and internationally, have grown and how they can support improved access for citizens, support service renewal and redesign.
#DigiFest2021 #DigiCare4Scot

Covid-19 In-house Surgery (Care at Home) - 30 November
2021-11-30 11:00 - 11:30
This Covid-19 surgery session will be live on Tuesday 30 November at 11:00 am hosted by our CEO, Dr Donald Macaskill and National Director, Karen Hedge. This session will be in a meeting format.
From now on we will be alternating the focus of our surgery sessions. This week will be tailored to care at home members, the following weeks’ session will be for care home members.
This is the opportunity for members to ask any questions or raise any issues they may have.
The surgery is strictly for members only, details to join can be found on the Members Area of this website.
If you have any issues accessing the Members Area or this surgery session, please contact comms@scottishcare.org.

Insurance Webinar - 25 November
2021-11-25 14:00 - 15:00
The ABI and the British Insurance Brokers Association (BIBA) have published new guidance for care home operators on accessing Public Liability and Employer’s Liability insurance in the current market. This webinar will delve deeper into this guidance.
Please join us on Thursday 25 November at 2pm for this session. Details will be available on the Members Area of this website.
The guidance is available down below, or you can download here.
Care Sector and Covid-19 - Guidance on accessing public liability and employers liability insurance_final

Employer information session: Introduction to a Career in Social Care
2021-11-24 15:00 - 16:30
Employer information session: New online course from the college sector, Introduction to a Career in Social Care
24 November 2021, 3pm-4.30pm
Event sign up page: https://eu.eventscloud.com/website/6395/
This event will bring Social Care providers and Colleges together to explore the opportunities the new college sector online course Introduction to a Career in Social Care brings to the Social Care Sector in Scotland.
Social Care providers will learn more about the ways this engaging and inspirational course thoroughly prepares participants for entry to the social care workforce and understand the ways they could engage with their local college to provide information about the services they provide and vacancies they are seeking to fill.
Colleges will understand the ways they could engage with employers in their area to help course participants transition into relevant employment.
All delegates will learn about national and local employability supports and funding to improve the participant/learner experience.
Find out more about the new online course ‘Introduction to a Career in Social Care’ here.

Covid-19 In-house Surgery (Care Home) - 23 November
2021-11-23 11:00 - 11:30
This Covid-19 surgery session will be live on Tuesday 23 November at 11:00 am hosted by our CEO, Dr Donald Macaskill and Workforce Policy & Practice Lead, Caroline Deane.
From now on we will be alternating the focus of our surgery sessions. This week will be tailored to care home members, the following weeks’ session will be for care at home members.
The surgery is strictly for members only, details to join can be found on the Members Area of this website.
If you have any issues accessing the Members Area or this surgery session, please contact comms@scottishcare.org.

Hope for Home Conference - 23 November
2021-11-23 10:00 - 16:00
Hope for Home Conference
How to Die Well with Dementia at Home
Tuesday 23rd November 2021 from 10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Click on the below link for further info
How to Die Well – Hope For Home Conference 2021 – Ardgowan Hospice
Zoom joining instructions will be communicated to the email address provided at time of purchase.
Building on the success of the 2019 conference, Hope for Home and Ardgowan Hospice are hosting another Conference, this time with the focus on enabling people with dementia to die at home. Due to the constantly changing pandemic environment, the Conference will be held virtually but will still include both presentations and workshops so that we can continue to share best practice, learn from each other, and connect around the desire to ensure the very best end of life care for people with dementia dying at home.
Speakers comprise a diverse range of experienced practitioners (including the winner of the Hope for Home, Thelma Harvey Award 2019), researchers and people with lived experience and consequently, this Conference will have something for everyone.

RCN - Nursing Support Workers' Day
2021-11-23 09:00 - 17:00
Please see below for a message from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) on Nursing Support Workers’ Day on Tuesday 23rd November.

Nursing Support Workers’ Day puts a spotlight on the valuable contribution that Nursing Support Workers (NSWs) make in nursing teams to provide safe and effective care for resisdents across health and social care. In the RCN, we use the term nursing support workers to describe all in support roles in nursing, including care assistants and carers.
As part of RCN Scotland celebrations, we are launching some new resources including the following on-demand webinars;

Caroline Steven, Professional Lead Learning & Development talks about the RCN’s new education strategy and what this means for NSWs.
Boost your mental wellbeing with a practical meditation from Hawa (Wellbeing & Life Coach)

We are also launching a new programme of induction sessions for new nursing support worker members to help welcome them to the RCN. These resources will be available on the 23rd November at the following webpage- https://www.rcn.org.uk/wecare https://www.rcn.org.uk/wecare
These activities are in addition to our existing programme of live education events for nursing support workers, bite-size guide video series and bespoke training sessions for workplaces. You can learn more about these by contacting Jennifer.underwood@rcn.org.uk
For more information about Nursing Support Worker Day and how to get involved , visit https://www.rcn.org.uk/get-involved/campaign-with-us/nursing-support-workers-day.

Disclosure Scotland and Release Scotland Webinar - 18 November
2021-11-18 14:00 - 15:00
Disclosure Scotland and Release Scotland – an aim of giving care providers further information and confidence when making decisions employing care providers
Scotland is facing a hiring crisis with record vacancies and unique challenges presented by COVID and BREXIT. Hear from organisations such as Release Scotland on the latest developments in hiring, accessing wider talent pools, Disclosure Scotland is committed to helping employers in the care sector make safe and fair recruitment decisions. A Disclosure Scotland background check should not always be seen as a barrier to employment. Come and learn more at our upcoming webinar, taking place on Thursday 18th November, 2pm.

Covid-19 In-house Surgery (Care at Home) - 16 November
2021-11-16 11:00 - 11:30
This Covid-19 surgery session will be live on Tuesday 16 November at 11:00 am hosted by our CEO, Dr Donald Macaskill and National Director, Karen Hedge. This session will be in a meeting format.
From now on we will be alternating the focus of our surgery sessions. This week will be tailored to care at home members, the following weeks’ session will be for care home members.
This is the opportunity for members to ask any questions or raise any issues they may have.
The surgery is strictly for members only, details to join can be found on the Members Area of this website.
If you have any issues accessing the Members Area or this surgery session, please contact comms@scottishcare.org.

RCN Independent Health & Social Care Webinar
2021-11-11 18:00 - 19:30
Are you an RCN Member? Join the RCN Scotland Policy and Professional Practice Team in November for an update on their work in the Independent Health and Social Care sector.
You’ll hear from Policy staff about what the team has been doing in the sector over the past year and the challenges that face nursing staff out with the NHS. There will be a chance to share your views and a discussion on the creation of an independent sector members’ group, and upcoming opportunities to get involved in shaping priorities and stay connected with RCN’s work.
Connect over Zoom on the following dates:

Monday 8th November 6:00 – 7:30pm
Thursday 11th November 6:00 – 7:30pm

Spaces are limited and members can book by e-mailing the Policy inbox on PolicyScotland@rcn.org.uk. More details to follow soon.

Preferred Supplier Webinar - CareLineLive
2021-11-11 14:00 - 15:00
We are pleased to welcome members to our series of webinars from Scottish Care Preferred Suppliers.
You can find out more about our Preferred Suppliers here.
This session will be hosted by CareLineLive on Thursday 11 November at 2:00 pm.
This session looks at ‘The Benefits of Recording Patient Welfare Data Digitally’
Join us for this webinar which offers you the chance to understand the benefits for each person within the circle of care of going digital using software to record patient welfare information.
The discussion will focus on each end user, direct or indirect, managers, carers, service users and their families. We will talk about how digitalisation works holistically to help with the efficiency of how a business is run, strengthening information sharing, and importantly improving the quality of person-centred care and outcomes for service users.
Merina, a former home care agency owner, now part of the CareLineLive team and Josh, MD of CareLineLive, will provide examples of how a home care agency can use tools such as assessments and observations to help manage the wellbeing of a service user and ensure responsive care can be given, helping to reduce hospital admissions.
Plus, there will be a chance to ask questions on the topics discussed.
Details to join this webinar will be available on the Members Area of this website.

Covid-19 In-house Surgery (Care Home) - 9 November
2021-11-09 11:00 - 11:30
This Covid-19 surgery session will be live on Tuesday 9 November at 11:00 am hosted by our CEO, Dr Donald Macaskill and National Director, Karen Hedge.
From now on we will be alternating the focus of our surgery sessions. This week will be tailored to care home members, the following weeks’ session will be for care at home members.
The surgery is strictly for members only, details to join can be found on the Members Area of this website.
If you have any issues accessing the Members Area or this surgery session, please contact comms@scottishcare.org.
