The Care Leaders’ Summit, convened by Health Connect Global, focuses on shared learning, collaboration and practical change. This free event brings together care providers, policymakers and technology leaders to explore how the health and social care system can better support both people who draw on care and those who deliver it.
📆Wednesday 28th January 2026
📍Garden Museum, 5 Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1 7LB
West Sussex County Council, working with the Sussex Council of Training Providers, has launched a new Skills Bootcamps Information Service to help local employers access targeted training and recruitment support.
Skills Bootcamps are short, flexible training courses designed with employers to address real workforce needs. Courses typically run for a minimum of 60 hours over up to 16 weeks and are intended to support both recruitment and workforce development. They can help employers to:
Each course is developed in partnership with industry and reflects real-world working practices, with a focus on progression into employment or further development.
To find out how Skills Bootcamps could support your organisation, you can book a free, impartial call with the Skills Bootcamp Information Service.
To book email: [email protected]
You can also find out more by visiting the West Sussex County Council Skills Bootcamps webpage →
This week’s focus brings together practical tools, guidance and training to support meaningful co-production across adult social care. The newsletter explores key themes, each supported by reflective resources to help managers and teams consider what good co-production looks like in practice.
New dates are now available for the free Care for the Carers ‘Think Carer’ training. Most sessions will run online, with one in-person session in Eastbourne on Wednesday 18th March 2026.
This training is suitable for paid staff and volunteers across the public sector, charities, community groups, and businesses who work with carers.
What the training covers:
Online sessions:
Click here to book the online sessions →
In person session:
Welcome to the final MILE Pathway newsletter of 2025. This edition brings together a selection of key resources for health and social care managers and teams across Sussex, helping you catch up as we head into the new year.
This session, hosted by Skills for Care on 29th January between 10:00am – 11:00am, introduces a new, free online resource designed to support registered managers in their potential role as Practice Supervisor for nursing students and nursing associates on placement in social care settings.
Funded by DHSC and developed in partnership with the University of Exeter, the resource aligns with the Nursing and Midwifery Council Standards for Student Supervision and Assessment and supports the national strategy to enable more social care placements for student nurses.
Who should attend:
As the year draws to a close, this edition invites you to pause and reflect on the leadership skills that matter most. It brings together learning explored across this year’s editions and groups them into twelve key themes.
Each topic below includes a small selection of learning and resources to support continuing professional development at a pace that suits you. You may wish to choose one area to explore over the Christmas period, or identify a focus for your own development in the year ahead.
For a quick, practical read, the latest edition of Care England’s quarterly publication, produced with Care Management Matters, brings together expert insight, cost-saving approaches and realistic ideas to support providers facing ongoing financial and operational pressures.
Compassionate leadership has been linked to better innovation, reduced staff stress, and improved patient care. Based on the research of Professor Michael West and others, this training helps leaders foster compassion for themselves and those they lead. Each session includes mindfulness and compassion practices, space for reflection, and guided discussion. Participants are also supported to continue developing their skills between sessions through home practice. More details below:
Dates: Wednesday 22nd April 2026 – Wednesday 3rd June 2026
Time: 15:00pm – 17:00pm
Delivery mode: Six weekly online sessions via Zoom, plus follow-up reflection sessions.
Cost: £200
Suitable for: Anyone in a leadership or management role in health and social care.
Welcome to another edition of What’s New in Adult Social Care, where we share the latest updates, learning opportunities, and resources for health and social care managers and teams across Sussex.
If you missed last week’s newsletter on Communication skills you can click here to read in now.
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