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New medicines management resources

Written by Juliet Smith on 22 February 2025. Posted in Newsletter. Leave a Comment

Skills for Care has launched a new medicines management resource page. This comprehensive resource includes guidance, checklists, and best practices to ensure safe and effective medication management. The page features:

A checklist for medicines management training: For checking that the content and quality of your medicines management training is at the recommended standard
A medicines competency assessment guide and record: A guide on how to assess competency alongside a record to document assessments (electronic/paper)
Quality assurance checklists for medicines training processes: For auditing whether your medicines management training and competency assessment processes are at the recommended standard.

Click here to access the resources →

Funding Increase for SESCA’s Sponsorship Scheme

Written by Juliet Smith on 22 February 2025. Posted in Newsletter. Leave a Comment

SESCA has announced an increase in funding available to employers through its sponsorship scheme. Employers can now access up to £5,000 per displaced international care worker to help offset recruitment costs.

Registration for the scheme closes in June 2025—click here to register your interest today.

Click here to learn more in SESCA’s latest ‘International Recruitment Bulletin’ →

Embedding equality, diversity and inclusion in your organisation – practical ways to drive change

Written by Juliet Smith on 8 February 2025. Posted in Event. Leave a Comment

This free webinar, taking place on Thursday 13th March 2025 at 10:00am, will explore how managers and leaders embed equity, diversity and inclusion within their organisations. It will cover:

Planning and developing clear ED&I strategies with shared goals
Fostering engagement and collaboration across teams
Building a genuinely inclusive and supportive workplace culture
Workforce ED&I in CQC assessments
What the CQC considers good practice—and how to avoid falling below their expectations.
Proven strategies from Outstanding-rated providers to enhance independence, choice, and innovation
Useful resources to support your work and best practices for evidencing your efforts.

Click here to find out more and register →

CQC single assessment framework – inspections and the new regime

Written by Juliet Smith on 8 February 2025. Posted in Event. Leave a Comment

Sussex Partners in Care are partnering with Hempsons to offer this free webinar on Wednesday, 26th February 2025, at 1:00pm. Join Philippa Doyle, Head of Social Care at Hempsons, as she explains how the SAF is working in practice and what you need to know.
Click here to find out more and register →

You can also watch recordings of webinars Philippa hosted for Care England in 2024:

Medicines Optimisation for Care Homes (MOCH) training

Written by Juliet Smith on 8 February 2025. Posted in Event, Managing regulation and governance processes in your service. Leave a Comment

These monthly training sessions focus on the Self-Care and Homely Remedies Toolkit, supporting care home staff in managing and administering medication. The sessions cover:

Self-Care medications
Homely Remedy medications
Personal Care medications/items

Participants will receive adaptable resources that can be tailored to their care home’s needs and have the opportunity to ask questions about the toolkit.

Upcoming sessions (all sessions held at 14:30pm): Tuesdays – 4th March, 1st April, 6th May, 3rd June, 1st July, NO August session, 2nd September, 10th October, 4th November & 2nd December 2025

How to join:
No booking required—simply click the link below to join the session via Microsoft Teams:
Click here to join the meeting

More information:
For additional guidance, visit the MOCH team’s resource page by clicking here. If you have any questions, please email [email protected].

Dignity Action Month

Written by Juliet Smith on 30 January 2025. Posted in Event. Leave a Comment

February is Dignity Action Month, an annual opportunity for health and social care workers to raise awareness of the importance of Dignity in Care. The event is promoted as part of the Dignity in Care campaign, first launched in 2006, that has continued to gather thousands of registered Dignity Champions to pledge their commitment to promoting the core values. Find out more about the work they do by following the links below:

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