Scottish Care are excited to announce the launch of two brand-new SSSC Open Badges designed to empower care home managers and activity leads across Scotland. These badges celebrate professional growth, creativity, and the vital role of meaningful activity in care settings.
Why This Matters
Care home activities are at the heart of wellbeing. They bring joy, connection, and purpose to residents’ lives. These new badges recognise and reward the skills of those who make this happen every day.
The Badges
The badges has been developed in collaboration with the Scottish Care Independent Sector Leads for Aberdeen City and Perth and Kinross, SSSC, National Meaningful Engagement Network (NMEN) and care home activity leads.
- Introduction to Care Home Activity – Build confidence and explore the foundations of delivering engaging, person-centred activities. Perfect for those starting out or refreshing their practice.
- Advanced Care Home Activity – Take your expertise to the next level. Learn how to expand your knowledge and activity programmes that enrich lives and strengthen community within your care home.
Benefits for Managers and Activity Leads
- Showcase your commitment to high-quality care and resident wellbeing.
- Motivate and inspire your teams with recognised professional development.
- Strengthen your care home’s reputation for excellence and innovation.
- Gain nationally recognised badges that highlight your dedication to continuous improvement.
- Include the badges in job descriptions
Join the Movement
These badges are more than training—it’s a celebration of the creativity and compassion that define care home life. By earning these badges, you’re not just enhancing your skills – you’re shaping brighter, more fulfilling days for the people you support.
Scottish Care and the SSSC are calling on care homes to apply now and showcase the vital difference they make every day by delivering meaningful activities. This initiative invites providers to join a growing community of badge achievers, celebrating excellence and commitment across the sector.
Suzie Kelly, Wellbeing Coordinator at Richmond House Care Home in Crieff was one of the first to have completed the advanced badge, here is what she thought:
“The open badge was so easy to access and to use the resources.
There was three topics to choose from Physical Activity, Mental and Cognitive Wellbeing and Collaboration and Social engagement. After looking at the resources within these three headings I chose “playlist for life” as I have not done much work with this in the past that has been very successful.
With my residents we looked into our favourite music and filled out the Playlist Paperwork and uploaded this on to our interactive table so residents who don’t wish to use MP3 Players and headphones can access their tunes online.
We have also came up with the idea for a Music Appreciation group, one of the residents has taken charge of the group and organizes with other residents what concert or music documentary they would like to listen to or watch together. This has become a lovely social time and involves those that don’t often attend group activities which is great!
I have found that by completing the Advanced Care Home Activity badge has made me think about Playlists in a different way as music is such a big part of what we do as Wellbeing Coordinators. It has inspired me to think of more ways we could expand what we do with our favourite music…. perhaps the next thing will be Music Boards, a great way for staff to get to know residents and share a tune”.
More information on the Introduction to Care Home Activity Badge is available on: Https://www.mylearning.scot/badges/introduction-to-care-home-activity/
More information on the Advanced Care Home Activity Badge is available on: https://www.mylearning.scot/badges/advanced-care-home-activity/
