Author: Juliet Smith

Commit to reducing falls in your service with this ‘Action Falls Train the Trainer’ course

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The ‘Action Falls Train the Trainer’ online course is aimed towards health and social care professionals who wish to train, mentor and enable care home staff in implementing the Action Falls programme. The course will take approximately 5 weeks based on 1 hour per week of study, and involves both self-directed learning and scheduled webinars featuring subject matter experts (dates TBC).

Course highlights:

  • Learn to apply the Action Falls assessment, which has been recognised by NHS England as best practice
  • Receive the Action Fall materials, that you can use in your practice
  • Engage in meaningful discussions with peers during and on completion of the course
  • Stay updated on the latest falls-in-care-homes research and an opportunity to get involved in the research.

Click here to find out more about this course →

MILE newsletter – Infection prevention and control in care settings

Written by Juliet Smith on . Posted in Newsletter, Policies and procedures for managing health and safety in services. Leave a Comment

Infection prevention and control (IPC) measures are critical components in maintaining a safe environment in health and care settings. In this week’s newsletter we share a selection of resources, courses, and guidelines to equip health and care professionals with the knowledge and tools needed to enhance IPC practices and safeguard the health and wellbeing of the people we care for.

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Free Modern Day Slavery Training for West Sussex providers

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West Sussex Partners in Care have organised three free modern day slavery training sessions for providers in West Sussex.

Date options:

  • Tuesday 3rd September, 09:45am – 12:45pm: Town Hall, Worthing.
  • Tuesday 17th September, 10:00am – 13:00pm: Novium Museum, Chichester.
  • Monday 23rd September, 10:00am – 13:00pm: St Catherine’s Hospice, Crawley.

To book please email [email protected] with your preferred date option and see the flyer below for more information.

Learn how to ‘bring more joy and engagement to the residents of your care home’!

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On Thursday 5th September 2024 NAPA (National Activity Providers Association) are running an interactive online course for Care Home Activity Coordinators, Care Workers, Volunteers or anyone interested in improving the quality of life for care home residents! The course is designed to help you create a more engaging, creative and fun range of activities that can be easily implemented in your service.

Click here to find out more about this course →

MILE pathway newsletter – Using data to enhance care home services

Written by Juliet Smith on . Posted in Developing business, administration and digital skills, Using digital resources to support leadership in social care. Leave a Comment

This week’s newsletter looks at the role that effective data monitoring plays in supporting you to manage and improve your service, capture positive outcomes, and contribute information to help drive change in the wider health and care system. 

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CIRCLE Resource Launch Event: 11th September 2024, 14:00pm – 15:00pm

Written by Juliet Smith on . Posted in Promoting equality, diversity and inclusion throughout social care. Leave a Comment

This online event will introduce a new research project called Creating Inclusive Residential Care of LGBTQ+ Elders (CIRCLE) that explores potential ways residential care providers could be supported to make their care services more LGBTQ+ inclusive. The event will share details of a new resource that has been created for residential care homes to help services implement the key principles of LGBTQ+ inclusive practice.

Click here to find out more and book →

Free Infection Prevention Control Champion Training for Care Settings

Written by Juliet Smith on . Posted in Managing health and safety in services. Leave a Comment

These in-person full-day sessions will cover the principles of infection prevention and management, including common healthcare organisms, their route of transmission and how to prevent spread within the care home setting. Please see the upcoming sessions below:

Tuesday 10th September 2024
K2 Crawley, RH11 9BQ
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Tuesday 19th November 2024
Field Place, Worthing, BN13 1NP
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Applications open for the ‘Digital leadership programme’!

Written by Juliet Smith on . Posted in Using digital resources to support leadership in social care. Leave a Comment

Applications are open for the next ‘Digital leadership programme’ with Skills for care & the National Care Forum. The course consists of four workshops on Thursdays 19th September, 26th September, 3rd October & 10th October 2024.

Course description:
‘This learning programme will support both new and experienced managers to have the underpinning skills, knowledge and models of digital leadership that can be practically applied when implementing technology in a care service and promote best practice. It will improve confidence in identifying how digital technology supports the delivery of quality care and will enable managers to identify technology in the market, understand the barriers to technology adoption and how an organisation may choose to address them.’

***Registration will close for those who wish to pay by invoice on 2nd September 2024 and will close 9th September 2024 for credit card payments.

Click here to find out more about this programme →

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