IPC in during Covid Webinars for Health & Social Care Staff
2021-03-17 10:00 - 11:30 (Europe/London)
Dear Colleagues,
We are writing to provide you with information (in the attached flyer) and the registration link to the upcoming health and social care webinars on the 9th and 17th March on “Infection Prevention & Control during the Covid-19 Pandemic- Supporting, Valuing and Listening to Health and Social Care Workers”.
To further support health and social care workers, the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport has instructed Scottish Government’s Chief Nursing Officer Directorate (CNOD) to work with NHS Education Scotland (NES), National Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infections Scotland (ARHAI) and other clinical experts to develop a number of free staff webinars. These webinars will provide an opportunity for staff to engage directly with experts involved in decision making around appropriate levels of PPE and allow them to ask questions and raise any concerns they might have.
As part of this, we would like to ask if you would be willing to help us to cascade the information on the webinars as widely as possible and encourage registration via the link below and/or in the attached flyer – please note spaces are limited and registration should be prioritised for frontline staff.
To register, please use the following link, selecting your preferred date
https://learn.nes.nhs.scot/28079/coronavirus-covid-19/protecting-yourself-and-your-workplace-environment#webinars
Live Session, Tuesday 09 March 2021, 1.30 – 3:00 pm
Live Session, Wednesday 17 March 2021, 10:00 – 11:30 am
The webinar will be chaired by Jacqui Reilly, Chair of the COVID-19 Nosocomial Review Group (CNRG). Introductory remarks will be given by Norman Provan, Associate Director RCN Scotland, and there will be presentations from clinical experts and those working on the front line, as well as a Q&A session. The webinars will provide an open forum for discussion, where health and social care workers can ask any questions or raise any concerns in relation to the existing IPC measures in place across health and social care in Scotland.
Please contact Maire McCormack Maire.McCormack@gov.scot and Louise Montgomery louise.montgomery@gov.scot if you have any queries
Protecting Staff Webinars 2021 Flyer

EU Settlement Scheme Webinar - 18 March
2021-03-18 14:00 - 15:00
We are hosting a webinar on the EU Settlement Scheme on Thursday 18 March at 2PM with our Workforce Practice & Policy Lead, Caroline Deane and Andy Knox (Principal Solicitor at Lanarkshire Community Law Centre). Details to join this session will be available on the Members Area of this website.
In January 2020 the UK left the EU and on 31st December 2020 what is known as the transition period ended. During the transition period EU citizens* had the right to live work and study in the UK but now that the transition period has ended and EU citizens and their family members who wish to stay in the UK must apply under the EU Settlement Scheme for either Settled Status (indefinite leave to remain) or Pre-Settled Status (limited leave to remain for 5 years) before 30th June 2021.
It is important that all EU citizens and their family members apply to the EU Settlement Scheme before the deadline of 30th June 2021 to allow them to live, work and study in the UK beyond that date.
Citizens Advice Scotland has a free, confidential and impartial service for anyone that requires support or advice with their application and we are eager to work with care providers across Scotland to provide assistance to your employees and clients with their applications. We have specialist advisers based in bureaux across Scotland as well as a national telephone helpline which is open between 09:00 and 17:00 Monday to Friday.
*EU citizens includes citizens of the EU member states, as well as citizens of EEA states (Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein), and citizens of Switzerland.
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Operation Koper Webinar - 22 March
2021-03-22 14:00 - 15:00
Scottish Care will be hosting a webinar on Operation Koper on Monday 22 March, 2:00-3:00PM. This session will be hosted by our CEO, Dr Donald Macaskill, with speakers from the Crown Office including:

Lindsey Miller – Deputy Crown Agent Serious Casework
Alistair Duncan – Head of Covid Deaths Investigation Unit

This webinar session will be open to Scottish Care members as well as other registered care managers from Local Authorities. Therefore, registration for this session is required, please follow this link to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BRiW39ehRRO45cn1U9qTlQ
If your registration is approved, you will then be sent an email with Zoom details to join this session.
Please join this session to ask us or colleagues from the Crown Office any questions you may have about Operation Koper.

Covid-19 In-house Surgery - 23 March
2021-03-23 11:00 - 12:00
The next Covid-19 surgery will be live on Tuesday 23rd March at 11:00 AM with our CEO, Dr Donald Macaskill and National Director, 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.

IRISS - A year from lockdown: shared learning from impact of visiting restrictions
2021-03-23 12:00 - 13:30
The impact of COVID-19 visiting restrictions on relatives of older care home residents: shared learning going forward
Register for this event on: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-year-from-lockdown-shared-learning-from-impact-of-visiting-restrictions-tickets-143739890883
Background
Visiting restrictions to care homes have been in place for a year now, with this having significant impact on family carers as well as residents. The UK Government initiated a national ‘lockdown’ on 23 March 2020, with some care homes closing their doors as early as 11 March in Scotland.
The most recent Scottish Government guidance, issued 24 Feb 2021, is designed to ease restriction and ‘open with care: supporting meaningful contact in care homes’. It comes as we continue to learn about the impact on families, and continue to get on top of the virus.
The event
This event will share findings from the Chief Scientist Office (CSO) funded research in Phase 1 of lockdown, on the impact of visiting restrictions on family carers, as well as the creative practices that have helped connect families. However, the session is very much about continuing the conversation with short inputs from different stakeholders.
Aims
· Share what we have all learned
· Identify what we want to take with us into the future.
Contributions
It is an opportunity to listen , to reflect on what we have learnt, and can still learn by working together. We are delighted to have contributions from:
· Iona Colvin, Chief Social Work Adviser
· Donald Macaskill, CEO of Scottish Care
· Care Home Relatives Scotland
· Care home staff
· Care Inspectorate
· Research team from CSO-funded research
More about the research
The CSO research, carried out between May and October 2020, focused on the impact of visiting restrictions during first lockdown and creative practices. It involved in-depth qualitative interviews and an online survey to measure carers’ mental health, yielding 444 responses from 31 out of 32 local authorities. The report is now available here.
The investigation involved a team of researchers, led by the University of Edinburgh and involving the University of Strathclyde, University of the West of Scotland and Iriss.
For more information: https://www.creativecovidcare.com/

Adult Social Care Deep Dive - 25 March
2021-03-25 10:00 - 12:30
Please see below for details of a free interactive learning event on trauma-informed practice in the adult social care sector on 25 March 2021. This will be run by Scottish Government colleagues in the Improvement Service as part of the National Trauma Training Programme.
This workshop is open to all professionals in Scotland working to improve outcomes for people requiring adult social care in their local authority area who wish to learn more about trauma-informed practice, systems and services. This includes social care workers based in care homes, in the community, personal assistants, carer centre staff and social workers.
Adult Social Care Deep Dive - Save the Date

Lexleyton - Road out of Lockdown webinar - 29 March
2021-03-29 12:30 - 13:30
Is your business prepared for the commercial and operational steps involved in emerging from lockdown?
Lexleyton have got a upcoming webinar with their own Laura Jackson and Musab Hemsi, who will be discussing and addressing your people related questions and some of the key areas to be ready for.
Register your place here.

Covid-19 In-house Surgery - 30 March
2021-03-30 11:00 - 12:00
The next Covid-19 surgery will be live on Tuesday 30th March at 11:00 AM with our CEO, Dr Donald Macaskill and National Director, 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.

Covid-19 In-house Surgery - 13 April
2021-04-13 11:00 - 12:00
The next Covid-19 surgery will be live on Tuesday 13th April at 11:00 AM with 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.

Supporting families & friends of those in care homes webinar - 15 April
2021-04-15 15:00 - 16:00
We will be joined by colleagues from Alzheimer Scotland in this webinar session to guide care home members in supporting families and friends of residents as the new Open with Care visiting guidance comes into place. You can find out more about Alzheimer Scotland’s work in this below.
This webinar will take place on Thursday 15 April 2021 at 3PM, our CEO Dr Donald Macaskill will be joined by Jim Pearson (Director of Policy & Research) and Lorna Hart-Thomson (Action on Rights Team Lead) from Alzheimer Scotland.
Details to join this webinar session will be available on the Members Area of this website.
Alzheimer Scotland has established a new Action on Rights team, funded by the Scottish Government. Throughout the pandemic, their frontline staff and 24 hour Freephone Dementia Helpline have been immersed in supporting people deal with the impact of the lockdown measures. Much of this support has been assisting people with relatives living in care homes. This has involved helping people understand the evolving care home visiting guidance, and in some cases helping to facilitate visits or meaningful contact with loved ones. During this time, they have also continued to support thousands of people with dementia and their families and carers living at home, through a combination of therapeutic interventions, online groups, wellbeing calls and home visits. This new team will build on all of their existing support and provides an extra level of dedicated support for those families with loved ones living in care homes.
The Action on Rights team will support implementation of the Scottish Government’s new Open with Care visiting guidance for care homes and offer emotional and practical support to families and friends of people living in care homes and who are experiencing high levels of anxiety and trauma as a result of the lack of meaningful contact. The Action on Rights team will be able to provide advice on the new care home visiting guidance and help families have informed discussions with the care home staff who are responsible for arranging care home visits. If needed, the team will liaise with care home staff to help facilitate meaningful visits (within any relevant restrictions) and essential visits. The team will work with families to help arrange meaningful contact in a way that avoids, or when necessary, resolves conflict.
More details on the Action on Rights team can be found here. This service is available to anyone who has a relative or friend who is resident in a care home in Scotland. You can access the Action on Rights team by calling the 24 hour Freephone Dementia Helpline on 0808 808 3000 or emailing helpline@alzscot.org.

Covid-19 In-house Surgery - 20 April
2021-04-20 11:00 - 12:00
The next Covid-19 surgery will be live on Tuesday 20th April at 11:00 AM with our CEO, Dr Donald Macaskill and National Director, 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.

Financial Sustainability Update Webinar - 22 April
2021-04-22 14:00 - 15:00
Sustainability Payments and related payments such as the Social Care Support Fund are crucial for services to carry on in the fight against Covid-19.
Scottish Care has been gathering information from the members at our weekly surgery meetings, as well as reporting on a regular basis to Cosla. It was noted there are many ongoing questions and concerns members have about these payments.
We have arranged a webinar update on Financial Sustainability on Thursday 22 April at 2PM with colleagues from COSLA and the Scottish Government.
We are delighted to be joined by:

Mirren Kelly (COSLA)
Clare Thomas (COSLA)
Catherine McGoldrick (Health and Social Care Scotland)

This session is for Scottish Care members only. Please join this session to ask any questions or raise any issues you may have.
Details to join will be available on the Members Area of this website. If you have any issues accessing this area, please contact comms@scottishcare.org.

Golden Times Concert for Care Homes
2021-04-24 14:00 - 16:00
The Golden Times Concert for care homes will take place on Saturday 24th April from 2pm to 4pm.
The event was originally postponed from Saturday 17th April due to the funeral of his Royal Highness, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh on that date.
The whole event was inspired by hearing about how many families have been affected by being unable to see or meet their loved ones in care homes during COVID-19 pandemic across the UK. Many of the residents are also suffering from dementia.
There is an exciting line up of artists. You get a short taster of them by watching this short video: https://youtu.be/SVTHyk5G20w
The team for Golden Times are also fundraising for the Alzheimer’s Society, UK’s leading charity supporting those suffering from dementia.
You can get your concert tickets (£10 per household/family) and make donations to Alzheimer’s Society via the following links.
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/…/golden-times-celebration
Just Giving page for donations: https://www.justgiving.com/team/zainul?invite=true
They would also like to invite one or two care home residents on the day to connect with their families during the concert. This would need to be planned in advance, if you are interested, please contact comms@scottishcare.org.

Covid-19 Surgery & Progress with Open with Care - 27 April
2021-04-27 11:00 - 12:00
This next Covid-19 surgery session will be live on Tuesday 27th April at 11:00 am hosted by our CEO, Dr Donald Macaskill and National Director, Karen Hedge.
This session will be extended to an hour long, with the first 30 minutes focuses on Progress with Open with Care. We will be joined by Sarah McCullough and Fee Hodgkiss from the Scottish Government for this part of the session. This is the chance for members to share some of the good progress to date, look ahead to the next few weeks/months anddiscuss how that might continue to develop and embed.
The latter part of the surgery is a Q and A session with Donald and Karen and is the opportunity for members to ask questions or raise any concerns or issues.
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.

Infection Prevention and Control in Care at Home for Covid-19 Webinars
2021-04-27 14:00 - 15:30, 2021-04-28 14:30 - 16:00, 2021-05-05 14:30 - 16:00
A series of webinars has been organised for care at home providers and those that provide paid care in client’s homes. The aim of the webinar is to enhance the confidence and knowledge of paid carers and personal assistants to appropriately apply Infection Prevention Control (IPC) measures within home settings. The webinar will include example scenarios applicable to working within a client’s home and will be an opportunity to focus on the practicalities of applying IPC while carrying out tasks within these environments. The webinars will be led by Specialist Advisor-Infection Prevention & Control within ARHAI and supported by the Scottish Government
The ultimate objective is to ensure all current IPC measures are effectively implemented in Care at Home settings.
These workshops will include a section where participants can raise questions and all questions and answers will be complied and published after the sessions.
We encourage all those working within care at home environments to attend the workshops.
Three sessions will be held on the following dates
27 April 2021 – 14:00-15:30
28 April 2021 – 14:30-16:00
5 May 2021 – 14:30-16:00
We recommend joining the session 5 minutes before the starting time due to there being limited spaces.
Please note, the sessions on 27th and 28th April are being hosted by Scottish Government via Microsoft Teams and therefore spaces are limited and are on a first come, first served basis. You can join by clicking the link. Registration for these sessions is not required.
27th April 14:00 – 15:30
Join on your computer or mobile app Click here to join the meeting
Or call in (audio only) +44 131 376 2847,,67101228# United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Phone Conference ID: 671 012 28#
28th April 14:30 – 16:00
Join on your computer or mobile app Click here to join the meeting
Or call in (audio only)
+44 131 376 2847,,58698890# United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Phone Conference ID: 586 988 90#
The session on 5th May is being hosted by Scottish Care. This webinar will be hosted on Zoom and is open to Scottish Care members and non-members. Registration is required and spaces are limited therefore please register early to avoid missing out.
Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cW2Sq_5dQOym7Ero3kRAWA
Once you have registered, you will receive an email invite from Zoom with the details to join this session.
If you come across any issues registering or do not receive an email invite after registering, please contact comms@scottishcare.org.
The session hosted via Zoom will be recorded and it is intended that it will be available for use after the sessions have taken place.
For further guidance on IPC within community care settings can be found: National Infection Prevention and Control Manual: Scottish COVID-19 Community Health and Care Settings Infection Prevention and Control Addendum

Workforce Event - ‘Creating Pathways to Social Care Recruitment’
2021-04-28 10:00 - 14:00
Workforce Matters is holding a workforce event on 28th April between 10am and 2pm – ’Creating Pathways to Social Care Recruitment’. This event will focus on the recruitment requirements of care providers and will have sessions delivered around recruitment opportunities, employability programmes and pathways to students coming from Higher Education Institutions.
Care providers will have an opportunity to speak with organisations working to support Social Care recruitment to discuss their employment needs when recruiting new staff members to assist with aligning employers needs to educational programmes and ensuring that new staff are informed and have a greater understanding of the social care sector prior to employment.
Please email caroline.deane@scottishcare.org to register interested in attending this event.

Essentials of Safe Care Webinar - 29 April
2021-04-29 14:00 - 15:00
The Patient Safety Programme(SPSP) has now published the Essentials of safe care (EOSC) so we have decided to have a follow up webinar to put this in context as we move into the implementation period. Supporting this is the EOSC package which provides a range of resources people can access including a website housing all of the essentials information, a measurement framework and case studies available here ihub.scot/spsp
This webinar session will take place on Thursday 29 April at 2PM.
The Essentials of Safe Care support health and social teams to deliver safe care for every person, every time.
This session aims to

provide an overview of this package of guidance and support,
explore how it can benefit your service, both service users and staff,
hear from teams about how they plan to use it, and
describe the system to support implementation and learning

This webinar will be hosted by our Transforming Workforce Lead for Nursing, Jacqui Neil who will be joined by:

Jo Matthews (Healthcare Improvement Scotland)
Nancy Burns (Healthcare Improvement Scotland)
Sarah Battersby (Advinia Healthcare)
Kate McConville (Advinia Healthcare)

Please note that this webinar will be a in a Teams meeting format to allow speakers to interact with attendees.
Details to join this webinar will be available shortly on the Members Area of this website.

Covid-19 In-house Surgery - 4 May
2021-05-04 11:00 - 12:00
This next Covid-19 surgery session will be live on Tuesday 4th May at 11:00 am hosted by our National Director, Karen Hedge and Workforce Practice & Policy Lead, Caroline Deane.
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.

Digital Health & Care Strategy Webinar - 6 May
2021-05-06 14:00 - 15:00
Please join us on Thursday 6th May at 2pm to share your expertise and experiences in an engagement session on the Digital Health & Care Strategy refresh.
This webinar will be in a meeting format to allow for interaction, registration is required. The registration link will be available on the Members Area.
Once your registration has been approved, you will be sent an email invite from Zoom with the details to join. If you come across any issues please contact comms@scottishcare.org.
Session information:
Covid-19 has shown us that people are increasingly using digital tools to access a services, including those for health and social care. They also want and expect to have greater choice over how – and increasingly when – they access care and support. Over the last year we have also learned a great deal about effective collaboration and delivering at pace using agile approaches. Our accelerated progress has led to a greater understanding of the opportunities that digital can provide. We are therefore working on a refresh of the Digital Health & Care Strategy, first published in 2018 to reflect the developments in innovation and partnership working that Covid-19 has brought about.
How can the principles of the original strategy (empowering citizens to better manage their health and wellbeing, and the underpinning architectural and information governance building blocks, and workforce skills development to enable this) be embedded in the way our health and social care systems work? Whatever the answer, providers of residential care, nursing care, day care, care at home and housing support services have an important part to play and we are keen to hear your views.
This is an opportunity for Scottish Care members to engage with the Directorate for Digital Health and Care on these areas and to hear more about the strategy refresh.

Fair Work in Social Care - 'Effective Voice' Focus Groups
2021-05-10 15:00 - 16:00, 2021-05-11 16:00 - 17:00, 2021-05-12 16:00 - 17:00, 2021-05-13 10:00 - 11:00, 2021-05-14 11:00 - 12:00
The Fair Work in Social Care group aims to improve the working experience of those in the adult social care workforce, working together to progress the recommendations already outlined in the Fair Work Convention report, which have also been endorsed by the Independent Review of Adult Social Care.
We have a diverse, experienced and passionate group of representatives on the group, but nothing can replace the importance and value of hearing directly from those who work within the sector. We are sending out some confidential surveys for you to share some views, but are also holding a series of confidential, online focus groups. These focus groups will be discussing your experience of ‘Effective Voice’ (that is, how much influence you have on your day to day working experience) as an employee within the Adult Social Care workforce.
You will have the opportunity to speak directly to officials from Scottish Government and share your experiences of Effective Voice in your workplace, discuss what gets in the way of this, and suggest what you feel would be the biggest improvements in this area for you and your colleague’s.
All contributions are treated in the strictest confidence, and the combined insight from the groups will be used to support the work of the Fair Work in Social Care Group promote and progress the practice of Effective Voice across the sector. The groups will be made up of people from across the sector (approx. 6-10 people per group) and last no more than 60 minutes, supported by officials from Scottish Government, on behalf of the Fair Work in Social Care Group.
The focus groups run from 10 -14 May, if you are interesting in joining please contact zarah.kobbacy@gov.scot
Please note: These focus groups are open to employees only

Monday 10th May
15:00 – 16:00

Tuesday 11th May
16:00 – 17:00

Wednesday 12th May
16:00 – 17:00

Thursday 13th May
10:00 – 11:00

Friday 14th May
11:00 – 12:00

Covid-19 In-house Surgery (Care Home) - 11 May
2021-05-11 11:00 - 12:00
This next Covid-19 surgery session will be live on Tuesday 11th May 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.

Scottish Patient Safety Programme Webinar (1) - 11 May
2021-05-11 13:00 - 14:00
The first of the Scottish Patient Safety Programme (SPSP) webinar series will be hosted by Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) on Tuesday 11th May 2021 from 1.00pm – 2.00pm.
This webinar series is FREE for anyone working across health and social care. Please see below for a flyer with more information on these webinars.
If you are interested in this webinar, please register for your place here.

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Legal Webinar: Burness Paull - 12 May
2021-05-12 14:00 - 15:00
We are delighted to present the first in our Legal Webinar series. These webinars will feature our Legal Resources Select group, a carefully selected group of law firms in Scotland. Find out more about our Legal Resources Select group here.
This session will take place on Wednesday 12 May at 2PM, hosted by Scottish Care CEO, Dr Donald Macaskill and featuring representatives from Burness Paull. They will be looking at the following topics:
Operation Koper – Lynne Gray
Human Rights – Fiona Killen
Vaccinations in the workplace – Mandy Laurie
We encourage Scottish Care members to join this session for the opportunity to ask any legal questions that they may have.
Joining details will be available on the Members Area shortly.

Care Home Awards 2020
2021-05-14 19:00 - 20:30 | Virtual event, United Kingdom
Scottish Care’s 2020 Care Home Awards Ceremony will be held virtually on the evening of Friday 14th May , hosted by Michelle McManus and our CEO, Dr Donald Macaskill.
This is a great opportunity for us to celebrate the achievements of the independent care home sector.
There are 13 award categories, with the finalists celebrated and winners announced on the night:

Ancillary & Support Staff Award
Nutrition & Eating Well Award
Meaningful Activity Award
Training, Learning & Staff Development Award
Emerging Talent Award
Outstanding Achievement Award
Management & Leadership Award
Palliative & End of Life Care Practise Award
Nurse of the Year Award
Carer of the Year Award
Specialist Service/Unit of the Year Award
Care Home Service of the Year Award
Positive Impact Award

Tickets are available for purchase below.
