Workforce Matters eBulletin - September 2019
Workforce Matters is the workforce planning and development arm of Scottish Care. As well as sharing relevant and up to date information about workforce and learning opportunities across the country, we also want to know more about your organisations learning and development needs, particularly those relating to regulatory, Care Inspectorate and SSSC requirements.
Please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions about your organisational workforce needs or would like further information about learning and development opportunities available to Scottish Care members.
Caroline Deane - Workforce Policy & Practice Lead
News and Events
Workforce, Palliative and End of Life Care - Keeping Well: Supporting the Care Workforce
Our next Workforce event, open to all Scottish Care members, will take place on Wednesday 25th September 2019, 9:30am-3:30pm at The Marriott Hotel, 500 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G3 8RR. The focus of the day will be on the palliative care journey from diagnosis through to end of life care and the impact of bereavement on health and wellbeing.
Spaces will be limited to 60 people so if you are interested in attending please contact [email protected] as soon as possible.
Hope for Home Study Day 8th October 10am to 4pm, Ardgowan Hospice, 12 Nelson Street, Greenock, PA15 1TS
As the result of an exciting partnership between Hope for Home, Ardgowan Hospice and Campbell Snowdon Care Home, they are inviting people to attend a study day that has been developed which will bring together a diverse group of people with an interest in dementia and end of life care, including opinion leaders, academics, clinical practitioners, community development experts and family carers.
Healthy Working Lives – NHS Funding available
Healthy Working Lives is a very useful website that gives access to information and training courses for the social care workforce and has funding available from the NHS. Mentally Healthy Workplace training has been developed by Healthy Working Lives specifically for managers and supervisors. This course is delivered through blended learning and before attending you must complete the Mentally Healthy Workplace eLearning course.
For further information on training courses available please click on the button below.
Personal Outcomes Network Event Personal Outcomes and Risk Event 5th September 2019
This network event will focus on risk within the context of personal outcomes ways of working. The event will have several speakers in the morning followed by table top discussions. It’s a great opportunity to hear about what other people are doing, share your own practice, ask questions, debate issues or challenges and learn from each other.
Stay in Scotland Campaign, helping EU Citizens to remain in Scotland
The Scottish Government have developed guidance for employers to support EU Citizens and employers with EU staff.
Please click on the button below to access employer guides and factsheets.
Care Home Education Facilitators Newsletter (C.H.E.F. Team)
We are happy to signpost you to this newsletter which aims to engage Greater Glasgow staff and managers within the independent, social care and care home sectors. The CHEF team hope to promote effective collaborative working with all care homes and 3rd sector organisations within GGC.
Guidance for employers to assist supporting their social care workers in care at home and housing support to register with SSSC
The SSSC have produced a series of new guides for employers for use in supporting care and support workers when they apply for SSSC registration.
Use the Flexible Workforce Development Fund to support Career Opportunities
The Scottish Funding Council have released guidance around the use of the flexible workforce development fund. They have confirmed that qualifications in social services, including those which meet SSSC registration requirements, are eligible.
Modern Apprenticeship funding available through Skills Development Scotland
We are pleased to advise that Skills Development Scotland has announced that funding has been allocated to training providers for Modern Apprenticeships and this includes funding for staff who are aged over 25.
Workforce Groups
Our Workforce Groups each run quarterly throughout the year and, as ever, we are really keen to have the involvement of our frontline colleagues and more provider participation. Details of the next dates are listed below:
Joint Scottish Care/SSSC Regulatory Forum
The next meeting will take place on Tuesday 10th September 2019 between 10.00am and 12.30pm. The venue of this meeting has still to be confirmed but will be held at a venue in Edinburgh.
The Regulatory Forum explores how regulation of our services impacts upon them and our workforce. SSSC, who co-chair, advise and guide on new initiatives with providers being able to highlight challenges and solutions on topics such as registration, SVQ, qualifications and training among many others. More input from frontline colleagues and providers can only increase our effectiveness, so please come along.
Scottish Care/SSSC Promoting Excellence in Dementia Group
The next meeting will take place on 12th September between 10:30am and 12:30pm. This will be held at the Carewatch office in Greenock, 38 Union Street, PA16 8DJ.
This group allows anyone with an interest in the care of people living with dementia to explore the Promoting Excellence Framework, training opportunities, best practice and hear updates from several different types of services on how they are encouraging and implementing the Framework within their own organisations. It is always great to have people involved in the direct delivery of dementia care and hear the challenges and successes experienced daily in their work.
Leadership Reference Group
The next meeting will take place on 27th August 10:30am-12:30pm at the C-Change office, Suite 3 Melissa House, Festival Court, Brand Place, Glasgow, G51 1DR .
This group’s focus is on leadership and how to positively promote and nurture it throughout all levels of teams and organisations across social care. We are always looking for more people to come along, particularly frontline colleagues so please do get in touch.
Scottish Care Palliative and End of Life Care Group - for care home & care at home organisations
The next meeting will take place on 28th August, 10am - 12.30pm at Renfield St Stephen's Centre, 260 Bath Street Glasgow G2 4JP.
We are always looking for more people to come along, particularly front line colleagues.
We greatly appreciate the support of those organisations who have previously hosted our Workforce Groups, with thanks to those hosting the upcoming meetings.
If you would like more information about any of these forums please contact [email protected].
Resources
Qualification guidance for supervisors in care at home, housing support and care home services for adults
The SSSC have guidance available on their website to explain the different ways supervisors in these services can meet the supervisory part of their qualification requirement. The guidance includes lists of the units accepted by the SSSC along with information about the other ways supervisors can meet the requirement.
The SSSC Learning Zone
The SSSC Learning Zone is an extremely useful resource for keeping your practice up to date. It includes free to use learning apps covering subject areas such as dementia, adult protection and medication. There is also a career development toolkit which may prove useful to members keen to develop career pathways within their organisations.
SSSC News
Keep Up to Date with all SSSC related news ,events and resources at SSSCNews “The online magazine for Scotland’s social services.”
