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Welcome to another update on What’s New in Adult Social Care, where we share the latest courses and resources for health and social care managers and teams in Sussex.
The NHS Leadership Academy have partnered with Pearson TQ to deliver the Edward Jenner, Mary Seacole and Rosalind Franklin leadership programmes, with a new initiative where learners can gain a nationally recognised accredited CMI qualification as part of their studies. Find out more about the programmes below:
Edward Jenner CMI Accredited Programme Next cohort start 28th April 2025 Course length: 8-10 months – Approximately 2 hours per week (plus 1 week to write assignments) Delivery mode: Online Qualification: CMI Level 3 Certificate in Principles of Management and Leadership. Cost: £590+VAT Suitable for: Anyone aspiring to their first leadership or management role within the health and care sector over the next 1-2 years. Find out more and apply →
Mary Seacole CMI Accredited Programme Next cohort start 24th February 2025 Course length: 10-12 months – Approximately 5 hours per week (plus a requirement to write assignments) Delivery mode: Online Qualification: CMI Level 5 Certificate in Management and Leadership Cost: £1,200+VAT Suitable for: Anyone in a leadership position with responsibilities for people and services who will have the opportunity to apply what they learn to the workplace. Find out more and apply →
Rosalind Franklin CMI Accredited Programme (booking coming soon) Next cohort start around 4th April 2025 (provisional date) Course length: 12-14 months – Approximately 5 hours per week (plus a requirement to write assignments) Delivery mode: Online Qualification: CMI Level 7 Award in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice (module ‘Strategic Leadership’) Cost: £1,500+VAT Suitable for: Mid-level leaders aspiring to lead large and complex programmes, departments, services, or systems. Find out more →
This interactive 6-week course has been thoughtfully designed to address critical language and cultural challenges faced by overseas carers in social care settings. Originally developed to assist care providers with CQC compliance, the program has evolved to meet the needs of modern care teams and is now delivered online for maximum accessibility.
Through live webinars, participants will engage in dynamic, interactive sessions featuring clear presentations, comprehension exercises, real-life scenarios, and reflective discussions.
Date options:
Course 1: 10:00am to 11:30am each Wednesday for 6 weeks, from 5th February to 12th March 2025
Course 2: 10:00am to 11:30am each Thursday for 6 weeks, from 6th February to 13th March 2025
Course 3: 12:00pm to 1:30pm each Thursday for 6 weeks, from 6th February to 13th March 2025
Course 4: 2:00pm to 3:30pm each Thursday for 6 weeks, from 6th February to 13th March 2025
This newsletter highlights a selection of essential safeguarding courses and resources, offering you the opportunity to refresh your knowledge and stay up-to-date with best practice. As a registered manager, you play a pivotal role in fostering safeguarding awareness and ensuring the welfare of those in your care. Our aim is to support you in feeling confident and empowered to create a safe and supportive environment in your service.
Join The Medication Training Company online on Tuesday 18th March 2025, from 9:25am to 3:15pm, for a practical masterclass on medication management, led by pharmacist John Greene. Designed for care home managers and senior staff, this session covers:
1) How to manage and reduce the risk from medication errors
How common are mediation errors?
What is ‘Just Culture’
A focus on systems
Capturing error data
How the safest care providers achieve harm reduction.
2) How to attain and maintain top ratings from CQC for managing medicines
The top 12 medicines inspection areas targeted by the CQC
How to achieve good or outstanding ratings, and stay out of requires improvement / inadequate
An introduction to an exclusive medicines audit tool.
How can we support individuals to live their lives as fully and independently as possible while at the same time staying safe? Achieving this balance is at the heart of positive risk management in adult social care. With the right training, resources, and knowledge-sharing, we can empower our staff teams to make informed choices about risk. This newsletter shares practical resources, tools, and insights to help you in positive risk assessment and management in care, helping the people we support to live more fulfilling lives.
Tresacare and SESCA are collaborating to offer a free wellbeing programme designed to support international care workers in the South East. The programme will run for 3 months from mid-January 2025 and will be held online via Zoom.
What does the programme include?
6 professional workshops (90 minutes each)
Weekly Wellbeing Gyms with Pastoral Care Circles
Regular wellness activities and support sessions
Who is this programme open to?
CQC-registered adult social care providers in the South-East who are SESCA members
International care workers who are registered with SESCA
Displaced care workers who are in contact with SESCA
Welcome to another update on What’s New in Adult Social Care, where we share the latest courses and resources for health and social care managers and teams in Sussex.
This course from The Medication Training Company aims to teach health and social care professionals how manage, report and learn from medication incidents. The course will run online via Zoom on 17th December 2024, 21st January 2025, and 5th February 2025 between 09:30am – 13:00pm.
Learning outcomes:
Understand why it’s best to focus on harm reduction rather than trying to reduce medication errors
See errors as opportunities to learn (OTLs)
See how some of the world’s safest care providers achieved a reduction in harm from errors
Create a reporting system to ensure the whole organisation learns from incidents
Outline what an ‘outstanding’ incident reporting system looks like to CQC (KLOE S6)
Explain which medication incidents need reporting to Safeguarding and CQC
Use the Incident Decision Tree to understand when staff need support vs intervention