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:
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 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
This free webinar, hosted by the Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Staff Health and Wellbeing Team, aims to help health and social care professionals navigate grief in the workplace by learning practical tools to foster a compassionate approach to supporting colleagues during times of loss.
Learning outcomes: • Understanding of Grief’s multifaceted nature and impact. • Cultural Sensitivity to support diverse colleagues. • Empathy and skills to support grieving colleagues. • Empowerment to take ownership of the healing journey. • Strategies to foster a compassionate and inclusive workplace.
‘NHS England South East Region have been working in partnership with Reflect Learning to offer a FREE, online career planning workshops for individuals considering the next step in their career whether it is applying for a short course, an apprenticeship, preparing for promotion or just to develop levels of confidence.’
Learning outcomes:
Understand how to create a personal statement for a job or course application.
Be able to present the best version of you in your application.
Explore interview types, what to expect and how to manage them and secure a successful outcome.
Understand how to use the STAR model to provide evidence based answers to interview questions.
Visit ExCeL London on 29th November and 30th November 2024 for two days of networking opportunities, CPD training andinsights from industry experts at this free event.
The event programme includes talks on the following topics:
Is recruitment and retention improving under Labour?
Diversity: how it can help recruitment and boost franchise performance
The life-changing power of values-based recruitment
University Hospitals Sussex are hosting a series of in-person events to give health and social care professionals across Sussex the opportunity to help shape the future of their ‘Trust Strategy’.
Event description: ‘This event is a great opportunity for stakeholders to come together and think about how we can work together to tackle the problems that our health and social care system faces and how we can solve them together through partnership working, ensuring our strategy aligns with the needs and priorities of our local healthcare system and communities.’
Horsham: Monday 21st October 2024, 09:00am – 12:30pm Roffey Millennium Hall, Crawley Road, Horsham, RH12 4DT Click here to book tickets →
Worthing: Wednesday 23rd October 2024, 09:00am – 12:30pm Field Place, Manor House and Barns, The Boulevard, Worthing, BN13 1NP Click here to book tickets →
Chichester: Friday 25th October 2024, 09:00am – 12:30pm Chichester City Council Hall, North Street, Chichester, PO19 1LQ Click here to book tickets →
Please note:
Tea and coffee will be provided on arrival and mid morning.
CareLineLive will be hosting a free 30-minute ‘Lunch and Listen’ session this Friday 4th October between 12:30pm – 13:00pm. The webinar will be presented by Josh Hough, the Managing Director of CareLineLive, who will take you through what to be aware of in software offerings, pricing, contracts, onboarding and support.
Presented by immigration experts JMW Solicitors in collaboration with the South East Social Care Alliance (SESCA), this webinar is aimed at adult social care providers in the South-East who are sponsoring migrant care workers.
What will this webinar cover?
Changes to the immigration rules
Key legal case studies
Undefined CoS applications (sponsoring in-country migrant workers), lead times, and compliance
Tips for maintaining compliance, SMS best practice, and ethical standards
Insight into SESCA’s new “supported sponsorship” scheme