Scottish Care

Bereavement Charter Webinar - The Space Between: understanding anticipatory grief
2023-11-01 13:30 - 15:00 (Europe/London)
Webinar: “The Space Between: understanding anticipatory grief” |A Bereavement Charter for Children and Adults in Scotland
Wedneday 1st November 2023, 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm (via Microsoft Teams)
The Group which developed the Charter is holding the fourth in a series of webinars exploring different elements of death and bereavement.
Register your place here.
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Download the programme here.

Social Care Emergency: Seeking future designers - 1 November 2023
2023-11-01 09:30 - 12:30
Social Care Emergency: Seeking future designers
Please join the RSA and Scottish Care for this exciting event in Glasgow
Wed, 1 Nov 2023 09:30 – 12:30 GMT
The Lantern, Hamish Wood Building
Glasgow Caledonian University, Cowcaddens Road,Glasgow G4 0BA
Register for this event here.
The RSA and Scottish Care invite you to collaborate on designing a better tomorrow.
In 2018 Scottish Care worked with the European school of innovation and design at Glasgow School of Art to explore the future of social care. The methodology incorporated Megatrends cards developed by Finish sustainable future organization Sitra and led to the creation of revolutionary new roles in social care such as the Care Technologist. More information on the first phase of this programme in 2018 can be found here.
Taking a future-orientated and ‘pop-up design’ approach (Teal and French 2016) Scottish Care hopes to engage participants in an informal space, enabling creative conversations about the potential of the future based upon the fundamental question “What If?”. This will result in outcomes based upon an understanding of what objects, technologies and ideas will be important and which actors will make up social care and support, shaping the direction for how it will look and feel in 25 years.
People will have grown up in different technological, economic, and social climates, with different family structures, friendships, and relationships. People will hold different opinions on what it means to ’live well’ These differences are very important to consider and may result in multiple futures to map in answer to the question ‘What next?’.
It’s now 2023 and a shifting global landscape has led to a social care emergency, but we are not defeated. Sitra has released an updated set of Megatrends offering us the opportunity to revisit this design methodology in search of a better tomorrow.
We invite you to join us in a human-led design process for all our futures.
We want this work to have legacy in the way that the 2018 version did, to change how and what care and support we access as we age. This time we want to go wider and see tying in with the RSA Design for Life three focus areas as a real opportunity to do this. Building capabilities: we will work from an active citizenship model, bringing together people from beyond the traditional boundaries of the health and social care system because futures thinking that enables us to live healthy lives for longer affects every one of us. Growing hubs: we will build knowledge networks of imagination in the social care space to enable design-led thinking with legacy by enabling space for creative conversations. Developing Infrastructure: we will work in the open, hosting the tools for design and the outputs from the work on our website. We will consider and make recommendations for addressing the implementation gap aiming to create the conditions for lasting and regenerative change. You can find out more about the RSA’s Design for Life mission here.
Register for this event here.

Scottish Care Surgery - 31 October (CANCELLED)
2023-10-31 11:00 - 11:30
We regret to announce that at short notice, Donald has been called to give evidence on the National Care Service, Winter Plan, and the current state of social care at the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday 31 October, coinciding with the scheduled Surgery. Karen is also unavailable due to an urgent meeting. We hope that members understand that attending the Parliament is a priority and therefore the Surgery has to be cancelled.
If you have any urgent matters to discuss, please feel free to get in touch with us.
The next Scottish Care surgery will be on Tuesday 14 November, 11:00 am. Details will be available on the Members Area of our website shortly.

Scottish Care Modern Slavery Roundtable Event
2023-10-26 11:00 - 12:00
Save the date:
Scottish Care Modern Slavery Roundtable Event
Thursday 26th October 11am – 12pm
Microsoft Teams
Scottish Care are hosting a Modern Slavery Roundtable Event for the social care sector in partnership with Scotland Against Modern Slavery to share best practice standards and experiences around the international recruitment of staff.
This discussion will focus on highlighting the potential risks involved for individuals from overseas who are seeking employment in the Scottish social care sector, give employers an insight into some of the red flags that could indicate illegal trafficking of individuals and to show examples of good practice to follow and reduce those risks involved.
Speakers:

Phil Cain Director of Operations – Gang Masters and Labour Abuse Authority
Dame Sara Thornton – Ex Anti Slavery Commissioner UK

Please register below for this roundtable, registrants will be sent details to join nearer the time of the event.

Scottish Care Modern Slavery Roundtable - 26 October 2023
Scottish Care Modern Slavery Roundtable - 26 October 2023

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TURAS Update Webinar - 5 October
2023-10-05 14:00 - 15:00
Thursday 5 October 2023, 2:00 pm
Microsoft Teams

This webinar is hosted by our Workforce Policy & Practice Lead, who will be joined by colleagues from the Scottish Government. This session is following on from recent communications on changes to the Safety Huddle Tool. It will give you an overview of what has changed and why. This will be followed by a question and answer session about the tool and the new questions.
This webinar is for Scottish Care members only. The meeting link is available on the Members Area of this website.

Scottish Care Surgery - 3 October
2023-10-03 11:00 - 11:30
We are reverting back to fortnightly surgeries for both care home and care at home members. These sessions will be live every second Tuesday at 11:00 am.
This session will be hosted by our CEO, Dr Donald Macaskill and Deputy CEO, Karen Hedge.
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.

Brodies Healthcare Summit – 26 September
2023-09-26 13:00 - 17:30
Brodies LLP – one of Scottish Care’s Legal Resources Select has extended an invitation to Scottish Care members to their Healthcare Summit in their Edinburgh office on Tuesday, 26 September 2023.
Join hosts Peter Kelly, Tom Boulton-Jones and Richard Smith to discuss the current market conditions, with insights from industry experts.

Environmental initiatives for the care home industry (Joanne Balmer – CEO, Oakland Care);
Insurance, in what is proving to be a narrow market (Gordon Duncan – Partner, Lockton);
Energy and cost mitigants (Anthony Hale – Managing Director, Usave);
Interest rates and the debt market (Craig Wilson – Head of FX Sales & Trade Finance, Virgin Money);
Top ups;
New care home development;
Current care home M&A market;
Foreign recruitment (Elaine McIlroy – Partner, Brodies LLP).

Agenda

13:30 – 14:00 Registration
14:00 – 16:30 Seminar
16:30 – 17:30 Networking

Please RSVP here to confirm your attendance.

Scottish Care Surgery - 19 September
2023-09-19 11:00 - 11:30

Global Ageing Conference 2023
2023-09-07 09:00 - 2023-09-08 18:00 | Scottish Event Campus, Exhibition Way, Glasgow, G3 8YW, United Kingdom
CARE ABOUT OUR FUTURE: GLOBAL SYMPOSIUM FOR SUSTAINABLE CARE AND SUPPORT

7-8 September 2023

We are delighted to announce that early bird tickets are now available for the 2023 Global Ageing Network Biennial Conference. This event will be hosted in Glasgow, Scotland at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) on 7 – 8 September 2023. The conference theme is ‘Care about Our Future: Global Symposium for Sustainable Care and Support’ and the event is hosted in partnership with Scottish Care and the National Care Forum – leading care and support provider associations in Scotland and England.
Members of the conference organisations (Scottish Care, National Care Forum) will be able to take advantage of early bird members’ discounted rates. There are also early bird rates for non-members. Ticket prices are as follows:
Member Early Bird – £199+VAT
Non-Member Early Bird – £250+VAT
Standard Member Rate – £250+VAT
Standard Ticket Rate – £300+VAT

Early bird discounts will run until 5:00 PM (GMT) on 30 April.
Conference speakers will be sent a unique link to book their tickets.
Please book your tickets on: https://globalageing2023.com/

Global Ageing 2023 - International Workforce Summit
2023-09-06 12:00 - 17:00 | Clayton Hotel, 286 Clyde St, Glasgow, G1 4AR, United Kingdom
Workforce challenges plague the social care sector throughout the world. We face seemingly intractable problems with almost every dimension of workforce – among them recruitment, retention, and training. Social care is a people business; without people there is no care. On 6 September, join global experts for an engaging discussion on workforce. We will take a hard look at trends and explore solutions including the role of technology, immigration and migration, training, and professionalization. The Summit will include a discussion of the ethical, quality and rights-based implications of not only the workforce challenges but these and other solutions.
The Workforce Summit is a one-day event that will be held at the Clayton Hotel in Glasgow, Scotland. Participation in the Workforce Summit is a separate cost from the Global Ageing Conference. Please visit the registration site for more information on the Global Ageing Conference.
Participation costs: £150+VAT (£100+VAT for Scottish Care/National Care Forum members)
25% discount available with purchase of separate Global Ageing Conference ticket. Please book Conference ticket first and use discount code provided upon purchase when booking Workforce Summit ticket.
Find out more and book on: https://globalageing2023.com/workforce-summit/

Social Care and the Scottish Human Rights Bill – Consultation event
2023-08-31 15:30 - 17:00
Social Care and the Scottish Human Rights Bill – Consultation event
Zoom, 3-5pm, 31st August 2023
Join us online to discuss social care and the proposed Scottish Human Rights Bill.
The Scottish Government has published a Scottish Human Rights Bill consultation. This is an ambitious step for human rights in Scotland because the Bill will embed (“incorporate”) rights into Scots law.  If done well, this could improve rights-based decision making across the country and make it easier for people to name and claim their rights.  The purpose of the Scottish Government’s consultation is to share their proposals for the Bill and for people to tell them what they think. This will then inform how they develop the Bill.
The Scottish Government’s proposal is to incorporate four United Nations treaties into Scots law, recognise and include the right to a healthy environment, and make sure the rights set out in the Bill are available to everyone equally. The four treaties are:

The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).
The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD).
The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).

This online event will have a particular focus on social care. Social care engages many different human rights standards and principles, like:

The rights to independent living, health, work and education.
Choice, control and participation in decision-making.
Information and communication.
Accountability
Equality and non-discrimination.
Budgeting
Dignity and respect.

Event participants will learn more about the Scottish Government’s proposals for the Bill, discuss why it matters and how it relates to social care, and how you might want to respond to the Scottish Government consultation.
Join us online (Zoom) from 3pm to 5pm on Thursday 31 August 2023.
Please register for the event by following this link. The deadline for registration is Wednesday 23 August 2023. If you have any problems, email event@alliance-scotland.org.uk.
This event is organised in partnership by the Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE), the Coalition of Care and Support Providers in Scotland (CCPS), Disability Equality Scotland, Scottish Care, and the National Carer Organisations (Carers Scotland, Carers Trust Scotland, Coalition of Carers in Scotland, MECOPP, Shared Care Scotland, and the Scottish Young Carers Service Alliance).

Scottish Care Surgery - 22 August
2023-08-22 11:00 - 11:30
We are reverting back to fortnightly surgeries for both care home and care at home members. These sessions will be live every second Tuesday at 11:00 am.
This session will be hosted by our CEO, Dr Donald Macaskill.
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 Surgery - 8 August
2023-08-08 11:00 - 11:30

Scottish Care Surgery - 11 July 2023
2023-07-11 11:00 - 11:30

Scottish Care Members Surgery - 27 June 2023
2023-06-27 11:00 - 11:30
We are reverting back to fortnightly surgeries for both care home and care at home members. These sessions will be live every second Tuesday at 11:00 am.
This session will be hosted by our CEO, Dr Donald Macaskill and Deputy CEO, Karen Hedge.
We have been tasked with providing feedback on Winter Planning and offering recommendations for the future. We intend to use this surgery session to engage with members on this issue.
Click here for more information on the Winter Planning Consultation and what questions we will be focussing on in this surgery session.
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 Surgery - 13 June CANCELLED
2023-06-13 11:00 - 11:30
Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances, we have to cancel the Surgery this session (Tuesday 13 June). Apologies for any inconvenience.
The next Scottish Care surgery will be on Tuesday 27 June, 11:00 am. Details will be available on the Members Area of our website shortly.

Scottish Care Members Surgery - 30 May 2023
2023-05-30 11:00 - 11:30

Care at Home & Housing Support Conference & Exhibition 2023
2023-05-19 08:30 - 15:30 | Radisson Blu, 301 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G2 8DL
‘Keeping Care at Home’
Scottish Care will be hosting this year’s National Homecare Conference & Exhibition on Friday 19 May 2023 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow.
Tickets are now available for this event! Ticket rates are as follows:
Standard members – £70+VAT
Standard non-members – £130+VAT
Find out more about the conference and see the event programme here.
Be part of this unmissable event at such a critical time and book your tickets below.

Scottish Care Members Surgery - 16 May
2023-05-16 11:00 - 11:30

Scottish Care Members Surgery - 2 May 2023
2023-05-02 11:00 - 11:30

Scottish Care Weekly Surgery - 18 April
2023-04-18 11:00 - 11:30

Scottish Care Weekly Surgery - 4 April
2023-04-04 11:00 - 11:30

Social Care Campaign Lobby Month Summation - 31 March
2023-03-31 11:00 - 12:00
We would like to invite you to the ‘Social Care Campaign Lobby Month Summation’ on Friday 31 March 11:00 am – 12:00 pm via Zoom, to hear about the campaign engagement over the past month and to hear your ideas on what else we can do on the campaign.
Please register for this session at: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZArfumoqz8pHd0KpY0rdaX8lvhppUuYx8gy

Care Inspectorate Webinar - 23 March
2023-03-23 14:00 - 15:00
We are delighted to welcome colleagues from the Care Inspectorate to our next webinar on Thursday 23 March 2023 at 2:00 pm. Mike Andrews, Service Manager and George McMillian, Team Manager from the Care Inspectorate will be hosting this session
The Care Inspectorate will discuss using the Quality Frameworks including Key Questions and Quality Indicators for Inspections in 2023/24. They will further discuss what to expect at an inspection and there will be an opportunity to ask questions.
This session will help you be aware of focus for inspections next year.
Please note that this webinar is on Microsoft Teams instead of Zoom. Registration is required, you will be sent an email invite a day before the session.
The registration link is now available on the Members Area of this website.

Scottish Care Weekly Surgery - 21 March
2023-03-21 11:00 - 11:30
Due to the current challenges facing the sector. We are reverting back to weekly surgeries for both care home and care at home members. These sessions will be live every Tuesday at 11:00 am.
This session will be hosted by our CEO, Dr Donald Macaskill and Deputy CEO, Karen Hedge.
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.

IRISR Engagement Session - 15 March
2023-03-15 13:00 - 14:00
The Chair of the Independent Review of Inspection Scrutiny & Regulation (IRISR), Dame Sue Bruce and the Vice Chair, Stuart Currie are hosting a bespoke engagement session for Scottish Care Members. This is scheduled for this Wednesday 15 March, between 1:00 – 2:00 pm.
The Chair and Vice Chair would like to use the session as an opportunity to allow members to share any pertinent information regarding inspection, regulation and scrutiny of social care services.
Please see below for the themes and questions from the stakeholder engagement sessions.
This engagement session will be held on Teams, please register via the Members Area.
Stakeholder Engagement Themes and Questions
Easy Read – Stakeholder Engagement Themes and Questions

Scottish Care Weekly Surgery - 14 March
2023-03-14 11:00 - 11:30

Scottish Care Weekly Surgery - 7 March - CANCELLED
2023-03-07 11:00 - 11:30
Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances, we have to cancel the surgery on Tuesday 7 March. Apologies for any inconvenience. The next members surgery will be on Tuesday 14 March, 11:00 am. Details will be available on the Members Area of our website.

Scottish Social Care Nurses Network Conference – 7 March 2023
2023-03-07 10:00 - 16:00
The first-ever Scottish Social Care Nurses Conference will be taking place on Tuesday 7 March 2023 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow. This event is hosted by Scottish Care and the Scottish Social Care Nurses Network, in partnership with the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland (QNIS).
This is open to any nurses working in social care or supporting social care. Attendees will get to hear from a number of keynote speakers and choose from different breakout sessions, including:

Namaste
Twitter and all that jazz – how to become an influencer in your sector
Palliative care
Future nursing models

The programme for this conference is available below.
Registration is required, please complete the following form if you are interested in attending:

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Scottish Care Weekly Surgery - 28 February
2023-02-28 11:00 - 11:30
