Workforce Matters News Archives - Page 7 of 8

Report on September 21st Workforce Matters Event

Scottish Care hosted a Workforce Matters Frontline event on 21st September with an engaged and enthusiastic workforce from across the country in attendance at the Renfield Centre in Glasgow.

Iriss – The View from Here – Experiences of the social services workforce

From our colleagues at Iriss; The View from Here is designed to understand the experiences, attitudes and outlook of the social services workforce in Scotland

Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 – how will this affect your way of working?

The Scottish Government want to hear your views.

Palliative and end of life care workforce survey NES SSSC

As part of the Strategic Framework for Action for Palliative and End of Life Care, NHS Education for Scotland (NES) and the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) were asked to develop an education and development framework.

Voices from the Front Line of Nursing in Social Care

We have been inundated with requests to participate in the research project ‘Voices from the Front Line of Nursing: Exploring Recruitment and Retention of Nurses in the Social Care Sector’. The response from providers has been fantastic and clearly demonstrates the importance and relevance of this study.

Age Scotland Learning Services and Workshops this October / November

Age Scotland are now taking bookings for a series of learning services and workshops in October and November, to help support older workers; and to ready an organisation for an ageing workforce.

Take part in Scottish Care nursing research

Scottish Care is seeking front line nurses to take part in the next stage of our Voices from the Front Line research.

Improve dementia care through training and design

DSDC dementia training and funding opportunities for care services in Scotland

Identifying skills issues for the social service workforce

Take part in SSSC survey by 29 July to understand current and future skills challenges

End of Life & Palliative Care resources

Scottish Care has been invited to participate in the development of end of life and palliative care learning and educational material

New Workforce Development consultant

Scottish Care is delighted to announce that Elaine MacMaster has joined Scottish Care as a Workforce Development Consultant, working within the Workforce Matters project.