Care Roadshows Glasgow – 26 April 2022
Care Roadshows are a series of free regional care events throughout the UK that inform and inspire care home owners, care managers and all those within the healthcare sector.
Census 2022 – Stakeholder Support Sessions
National Records of Scotland (NRS) have set up a series of Stakeholder Support Sessions where you will be able to find out more on how to help someone fill in […]
Home Office – Session on changes to immigration rules
The Home Office and Scottish Government will be running a new informative session to provide a detailed explanation to the recent changes to the UK immigration rules.
LGBT Dementia Project – Toolkit & Reports
The LGBT Dementia Project have published a number of documents over the last few years that might be of interest to members.
Public Health Scotland COVID-19 vaccine information: 24th February 2022
Email update from the PHS Vaccine Confidence and Equity team for February 2022.
Healthier working lives for the care workforce
Scottish Care is delighted to be working with Healthier Working Lives (HWL) programme (funded by the Innovate UK).
Care at Home & Housing Support Awards 2022 – Closing Date Extended!
The closing date for this year’s Care at Home & Housing Support Awards has been extended to Thursday 4 March 2022, 5:00PM.
External Webinar: BTO – Stress at Work
BTO are hosting a free webinar on ‘Stress at Work’ on 9 March.
CEO Review of the week to 19th February 2022
The last week has been a stormy and turbulent one – with weather impacting so much of social care delivery across the country. I know from speaking to colleagues just […]
Financial Support for Adult Social Care Providers – 15 February 2022
Scottish Government and COSLA Leaders have agreed to extend financial support arrangements until the 30 June 2022.
DigitalBoost Development Grant
The DigitalBoost Development Grant has reopened! This initiative is for companies who wish to improve their digital capabilities and capacity.
Coronavirus (COVID-19): financial support arrangements for social care providers
Guidance on arrangements for providing financial support to social care providers for costs relating to the COVID-19 pandemic from December 2020.
Supporting Better Oral Care Webinar – 24 February
We will be hosting a webinar on ‘Supporting better oral care in care homes: what quality looks like’. Join us on Thursday 24 February on 2pm.
Immigration Webinar for Social Care – 9 February
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.
CEO Review of the week to 5th February 2022
It has been a fractious and strange week. Many of us have watched in dismay as the events in Westminster have filled our screens and radios – a world away […]
Immigration Health Surcharge Exemption for International Volunteers
Scottish Care, along with Camphill Scotland, the ALLIANCE Scotland and other organisations have been calling for international volunteers to be exempt from the immigration health surcharge.
TechFest Talks – The Future of Technology in the Care Sector
Frances Loughrey (Development Officer, Aberdeen City) and Marcus Nisbet speak about future workforce roles in health care in the latest TechFest Talks podcast.
Leadership sessions for senior/strategic leaders in social care
Two online workshops for senior/strategic leaders in social care and social work delivered by Kinharvie.
Social Care Webinar on M.E./CFS and long Covid
A partnership of M.E. Charities are offering a webinar that will offer information to social care staff on how to support people with M.E./CFS or long Covid.