New Models of Care Ayrshire Event
2017-01-31 09:00 - 12:00 UTC | Fullarton Connexions, Church Street, Irvine, North Ayrshire, KA12 8PE, United Kingdom
New Models of Care
Scottishcare – Ayrshire Branch is planning an event for 31st January 2017, 9am – 12pm at Fullarton Connexions, Irvine.
Invitations to attend will be issued, however if you’d like more information, please contact Heather Molloy, Local Integration Lead, heather.molloy@scottishcare.org
Given that across Ayrshire the independent sector provides care for over 2500 people, it is vital that you are engaged, equipped in shaping the transformational changes that are required to sustain person centred care for older adults with complex needs.
The New Models of Care programme consists of a number of workstreams, one of which is Older People with Complex Needs and David Rowland, Head of Service from the North Partnership is leading on. He will explain where we in this process and what the direction of travel is likely to be.
Jackie McLeod, Programme Improvement Officer, East Ayrshire HSCP will demonstrate advantages and limitations of the Simulation Model that underpins the development of the New Models of Care.
The landscape of health and social care is changing and with the formation of health & social care partnerships are being tasked to plan and deliver services locally. Locality planning requires an in-depth understanding of both the local market and local needs, and a range of options must be available to individuals to support their health and social care journey.

Processes are underway to reform care home and care at home services, particularly in relation to their commissioning and procurement. This requires consideration to be given to what we want care home and homecare services to deliver in the future.
Self-directed support means care packages will be assessed, purchased and delivered in a much more personalised way, meaning services may have to configure their provision differently
The National Care Standards are changing to reflect a human rights-based approach to assessing someone’s experiences and outcomes of care and support.

All of these changes mean services are considering how they can develop and innovate for the future. Some already have learning and good practice to share, others have ideas about how they would like to develop their provision, whilst others are unclear how to ensure their services are fit for the future or are experiencing barriers to innovation.
At whatever stage of their innovation journey, it is essential that providers’ knowledge, experience and ideas are central to shaping local planning. There is a need for the Independent Sector to be informed about:

policy and practice developments taking place in the social care sector
To share learning and experiences of change and innovative practice with other care home providers
To consider what sort of care the independent sector might want to deliver in the future
To identify the conditions needed for development to take place
To be at the forefront of shaping independent sector care provision for the future

Invitations to attend will be issued, however if you’d like more information, please contact Heather Molloy, Local Integration Lead, heather.molloy@scottishcare.org

Redesigning Sleepovers Workshop
2017-02-01 09:00 - 17:00 | Cosla, 19 Haymarket Yards, Edinburgh, EH12 5BH
The Improvement Hub (ihub), part of Healthcare Improvement Scotland, has been asked by COSLA to facilitate a session to help Health and Social Care Partnerships (H&SCPs); as a collective group, to generate ideas around alternatives to sleepovers.
The free workshop will be a whole day event held on Wednesday 1st of February 2017 at COSLA Building Verity House, 19 Haymarket Yards, Edinburgh EH12 5BH.
Event flyer
Redesigning Sleepovers:
Sleepovers are a form of overnight support where the worker is sleeping/resting at their place of work ( the supported person’s home) but must be available to respond to the person’s needs during their shift.
Workshop aim:
This is an opportunity for participants to contribute to the development and redesign of the current approach to sleepovers, whilst maintaining safe, quality overnight support for the people who need it and making best use of the funding available.
Who should attend?
The event is open to Health & Social Care Partnership staff; social care providers and relevant intermediaries. It will be of most relevance to staff with experience of commissioning and delivering sleepovers and other forms of overnight support.
Please disseminate this as widely as possible within your organisation with these groups of staff and others who you feel it is of relevance to.
The learning from the event will be disseminated and shared with attendees, other partners and across H&SCPs.
To find out more and reserve your place:
Places are limited so please respond no later than the 20th of January to reserve your place.
Contact: hcis.trist@nhs.net

Trees that bend in the wind: Exploring the experiences of front line support workers delivering palliative and end of life care’
2017-02-08 10:30 - 14:00 | Renfield Centre, 260 Bath Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Trees that bend in the wind: Exploring the experiences of front line support workers delivering palliative and end of life care’
Wednesday 8 February 2017
10.30am – 2.00pm
The Renfield Centre, 260 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4HZ
Throughout November 2016 Scottish Care has been undertaking research with front line support workers within our member organisations exploring their experiences of palliative and end of life care (PEOLC). This is one part of a project being undertaken by Scottish Care, the purpose of which is to:
• Gain an understanding of the level and range of PEOLC support being delivered throughout the independent care sector, and any challenges associated with this delivery
• Identify the current skills, plus the training needs, of the front line care workforce in the independent sector
• Explore the emotional, psychological and spiritual impact on front line staff of delivering PEOLC
• Identify any recommendations which would better support PEOLC delivery within an integrated workforce environment
• Identify innovative and best practice around PEOLC provision within the independent sector
We had a tremendous amount of interest in this research from organisations and individuals, demonstrating both the relevance and importance of hearing the experiences and ideas of the expert workforce at the front line of social care in Scotland. We are currently writing a report on our findings which will be launched on Wednesday 8 February 2017.
Everybody who participated in the research has been invited to this event. However we anticipate being able to invite more Scottish Care members (including front line support workers) who are involved in the delivery of PEOLC, or are interested in this particular subject area.
To express interest in attending this event please contact Katharine Ross – National Workforce Development Lead Katharine Ross katharine.ross@scottishcare.org

Inverclyde joint branch meeting
2017-02-22 14:00 - 16:00
Come along to our join branch meeting for Care Homes and Care at Home and Housing Support services.
Venue: CVS Inverclyde, Unit 9, 20 Pottery Street, Greenock PA15 2UH
All welcome

Duty of Candour conference, Clydebank
2017-03-02 09:30 - 16:30 | Golden Jubilee Conference Hotel, g81 4sa
Working in partnership, the Scottish Government, NHS Education for Scotland, Scottish Social Services Council, Scottish Public Services Ombudsman, the Care Inspectorate and Healthcare Improvement Scotland are delivering four conferences across the country for all relevant health and social care staff including independent contractors and care providers.
The focus of the events is to provide staff with the skills, knowledge and confidence to implement the new model Complaints Handling Procedures for the NHS and Social Work which will be introduced in April 2017, as well as understand the social care complaints process. The events will also enable staff to prepare themselves and their teams for the introduction of the new Duty of Candour, which will come into force on 1 April 2018.
These free events will run from 9.30am – 4.30pm and will be held in:

Golden Jubilee Conference Hotel, Clydebank 2 March 2017
Perth Concert Hall, 9 March 2017
Edinburgh International Conference Centre, 16 March 2017
Stirling Court Hotel, 23 March 2017

The events will provide the opportunity to learn from the experiences of colleagues across health and social care. There will be a range of presentations, including a keynote address from the Scottish Government and also a conversation with a carer around their experience. In addition, there will be a series of interactive workshops which will provide you with the information and tools you need to meet the requirements of the new model Complaints Handling Procedures and also help to understand your roles and responsibilities under the Duty of Candour which applies to all health and social care staff in Scotland.
You can download the full programme and application form here.

Scottish Care to host Declaration Festival session
2017-03-03 17:00 - 18:00
Scottish Care is to host a special session on the rights of older people at the forthcoming Declaration Fest.
The festival will take place over two days on Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd March at Summerhall in Edinburgh as part of an on-going commitment to the right to health and social care in Scotland.
The hour-long session, titled ‘Age is a work of art’, starts at 5pm on Friday 3rd March and will explore through film and discussion all that is beautiful about our ageing society and what we need to do together to ensure that older people are treated with respect, dignity and without discrimination.
Human rights, in their very essence, are universal. However, we all know that certain groups can find it more difficult to claim their rights. In response to this, the United Nations created additional treaties which seek to protect the rights of women, children, disabled people and racial and ethnic minorities. These fundamental agreements strive to keep our society fair, just and equal.
There is no additional treaty for older people. Ageing seems to be viewed as a threat; a health care challenge that cannot be met. We need to move away from this, to view older people as valuable individuals: as employees, volunteers, carers, parents, grandparents but most importantly- as rights’ holders. Rights’ holders with aspirations, experience, knowledge and potential. As Stanislaw Jerzy Lee said, “Youth is a gift of nature but age is a work of art.”
At Scottish Care we work directly with older people to empower them to claim their rights. We also work with our members who are providing care services to support them to take a human rights based approach which respects, protects and fulfils these rights in practice.

Duty of Candour conference, Perth
2017-03-09 09:30 - 16:30 | Perth Concert Hall

Association for Continence Advice (ACA) Scotland AGM
2017-03-10 09:30 - 15:30 | Stirling Court Hotel, University of Stirling, Airthrey Rd, Stirling, FK9 4LA, United Kingdom
Reshaping bladder and bowel care across Scotland
Plus: Free Study Day Neurogenic Bowel

Study day free of charge for ACA Members
Non-members welcome to attend Study Day for £50
Join ACA for £50 (less if you pay direct debit) and attend this and all other ACA Scotland events free of charge, potentially saving you £200 during 2017
4 ½ hours shared learning for revalidation
Email Registration Form to: kate.boyce54@gmail.com
Should you, for any reason not be able to attend you must notify us by Tuesday 28th February, email kate.boyce54@gmail.com. Alternatively you can nominate a colleague to take your place by emailing kate.boyce54@gmail.com
If notification of non-attendance is not given this will be recorded and your attendance at future events may be jeopardised. In addition, we reserve the right to charge a non-attendance administration fee of £40.
Interested in joining ACA? Visit our website www.aca.uk.com

Timetable
09.00 – 09.30:
Registration members
09.00 – 10.30:
Registration those attending Study Day only
09.30 – 10.30:
AGM/ Business Meeting Committee Election
10.30 – 11.00: Break
11.00 – 12.45:
World Café: what is neurogenic bowel dysfunction?
12.45 – 13.45:
Working lunch, visit exhibition
13.45 – 14.00
Introduction
14.00 – 15.30:
Neurogenic Bowel
Dr Belinda Weller Consultant Urologist
15.30: summary and close

The Penelope Project: How the arts can transform care for older people by Professor Anne Basting
2017-03-13 18:00 - 20:30
With Professor Anne Basting, Theatre Artist and Educator; Professor of Theatre, Peck School of the Arts, University of Wisconsin / Milwaukee; 2016 MacArthur Fellow
Anne Basting is a theatre artist and educator, known internationally for her groundbreaking creative practice which engages older people in care settings and their wider communities. Her work demonstrates the potential of storytelling and creative expression to improve the lives of older people living with cognitive impairment. Basting has developed an alternative concept of ageing, one that focuses on its possibilities as well as its challenges, and views sustained emotional connections as critical to our wellbeing as we age
Her lecture will focus on the positive impact of community-building projects with older people as collaborators, including The Penelope Project, a collaboration between UWM Department of Theatre and Luther Manor Senior Living Community; The Islands of Milwaukee programme which aimed to create a sustainable network to bring meaningful engagement to older adults who are at risk of isolation; and a new creative training programme being launched in 2016 with 50 Wisconsin nursing homes.
Presented by The Centre for Person-centred Practice Research at Queen Margaret University and Luminate, Scotland’s creative ageing festival
See http://www.qmu.ac.uk/conferencesEvents/travellingToQMU.htm for directions to the venue.
Tea/coffee available at 5.30pm
Lecture followed by Q&A
Drinks and canapes served afterwards
Admission free, but booking essential. Please book via Eventbrite at https://annebastingpubliclecture.eventbrite.com

“TimeSlips” creative storytelling training for artists and care professionals working with older people living with dementia
2017-03-14 11:00 - 15:30
A creative storytelling training day led by internationally renowned artist and educator Anne Basting, Professor of Theatre at the University of Wisconsin / Milwaukee and a 2016 MacArthur Fellow.
In 1996 Anne Basting was curious…could improvisation and creative drama techniques that were so powerful for healthy older adults prove helpful for people with dementia? After trying many reminiscence-based techniques, Anne shifted toward imagination – and the improvisation sessions took off.
Since then TimeSlips as an approach has been refined and developed, and is now used in care communities, museums, libraries, older people’s centres and individual homes in 41 US states and 12 countries including the UK.
This is an exciting opportunity for health/care professionals, artists and cultural organisations to come together to find out more about a successful international approach to embedding creativity in care provision. The day will be informative, interactive and fun!
Accredited training is available online, and participants in this day-long course will have the opportunity to take part in the online course afterwards at a discounted rate. However this is not essential, and the Edinburgh training day is designed as a standalone session.
The TimeSlips’ approach is evidence-based, award-winning, person-centred and joyful. It is used by care professionals and artists in older people’s services and care homes around the world. Don’t miss this is exciting opportunity to train with TimeSlips’ founder during her short visit to Scotland.
“TimeSlips opens storytelling to everyone by replacing the pressure to remember with the freedom to imagine.”
Presented by Luminate, Scotland’s creative ageing festival, and The Centre for Person-centred Practice Research at Queen Margaret University
Admission:
£30 per person for participants from care, health or cultural organisations.
Tea/coffee available at 10.30am
Lunch included. Please book via Eventbrite at
https://timeslipstrainingdaywithannebasting.eventbrite.co.uk

Choose Life, Choose Self-Directed Support
2017-03-15 10:15 - 15:30 | The Lighthouse, 11 Mitchell Lane, Glasgow, G1 3NU, United Kingdom
The Lighthouse, Glasgow

Join LivinToGeThere for a conference celebrating Self-directed Support and the opportunities it can bring.
LivingTogeThere is a Community Interest Company dedicated to guiding people through Self-directed Support. This conference is sponsored by the Life Changes Trust. The conference will focus on thinking differently, challenging the ‘usual’ and exploring creative ways to make Self-directed Support work. You will learn about Creative examples of Self-directed Support. We will demystify Self-directed Support (policies, jargon and loooooong processes). You will explore the benefits of working together and Advocacy, Brokerage and Mentoring.
How? What? Why?

Programme
• Opening and welcome from LivingTogeThere – A Community Interest Company.
• ‘My Self-directed Support experience’. A straightforward, honest insight into the eventually successful journey for
some!
• Advocacy, the evolving and beneficial role of advocacy within Self-directed support. Examples of how to do it well.
• Brokerage, the role it can play in utilising Self-directed Support. Examples of how to do it well.
• Mentoring, how to use this approach to develop skills for the future. Examples of how to do it well.
• ‘It wasn’t out there so we did it ourselves’. A powerful example of peer collaboration using individual outcomes for
service development.
• ‘I may be getting older but it’s still my choice’, a reflective story of a person sharing their difficult journey. What they
needed then, what they need now.
• A forward thinking Local Authority. The areas that are thinking differently!
• Navigating the road – uplifting discussion and contribution focused on making the best use of resources.

Our Audience
• Anyone with an interest in utilising Self-directed Support .
• Anyone currently using Self-directed Support.
• Third sector workers, middle managers and other related staff who work on Assessment and Referral of individuals.
• Individuals working in the fields of Advocacy, Brokerage, Coaching, Mentoring, Social Enterprise, Health and Social
Care service delivery.
• Local Authority Health and Social Work staff, Health and Social Care Partnerships, Assessment and Care Management staff.
• Independent sector staff, Development Managers, Service Managers, Training Managers.

Cost
Tickets will be £10, we believe it is important to put a value on attending. The ticket price includes lunch and

tea/coffee. We anticipate approximately 100-125 people will attend.

Booking places
We will take bookings directly, please email lynda@livingtogethere.co.uk. To discuss any aspect of booking your tickets
please telephone Julie – 07949037772

Stay and play
We have allowed for some after event discussion and have booked space for participants to discuss the day from 3.30pm –
5.00pm.
The event will be filmed and views of participants recorded.
A short film of the event will be published, participants will be encouraged to establish contacts and work on ideas. True
partnership working
