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The care exchange from Skills for CareS4 E9: We have a few lifers and don’t spend any money on recruitment!Listen to Claire Callaghan talking about why her staff never want to leave and how she has not spent a penny on recruitment in years. She credits this to a great recruitment process, a person-centred induction and a ‘listen to’ culture. Claire also talks about their organisational commitment to diversity in the workplace and the support they provide around LGBTQ+, neurodiversity and menopause
Resources
Induction toolkit (skillsforcare.org.uk)
Data and publications (skillsforcare.org.uk)
Using social media for care recruitment (skillsforcare.org.uk)
2024-06-2648 min
The Health and Social Care Business PodcastInnovative Approaches for Domcare Providers - Individuals Service FundChristopher Watson, Founder of Self Directed Futures, shares insights on Individual Service Funds (ISFs). With extensive experience in enhancing health and social care systems, Chris specializes in commissioning, brokerage, training, and practical ISF implementation. ISF empowers domiciliary care providers, enabling better outcomes.
Learn more about ISFs in England through these resources:
https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/resources/documents/Support-for-leaders-and-managers/Workforce-commissioning-planning/Individual-service-funds/Supporting-and-developing-the-workforce-for-Individual-Service-Funds.pdf
https://individualservicefunds.com/sds-network-england
https://citizen-network.org/library/supporting-people-with-isfs.html2024-05-1734 minThe care exchange from Skills for CareS4 E7: The Single Assessment Framework represents an opportunity’Hear from Isabel De La Haye, a recently qualified solicitor who talks a lot about the new CQC assessment and shares her tips on how you can prepare for any forthcoming assessment by understanding your current position. She talks about the importance of checking the factual accuracy of your CQC report and understanding how your rating is created.
Resources:
Data Security and Protection eLearning - Digital Care Hub
Digital Care Hub - Run by social care providers for social care providers.
Digital, data and technology (skillsforcare.org.uk)
Integration (skillsforcare.org.uk)
Local networks for managers (skillsf...2024-04-2446 minThe care exchange from Skills for CareS4 E6: Recognise it, record it, evidence itMaddie Watts, the owner and Registered manager of the outstanding rated Inchwater home care chats to us about the preparation she is doing for assessment under the new single assessment framework and how to evidence good practice for CQC. Maddie talks about evidencing feedback of partnership working with other professionals and the benefits of reflective conversations to the continuous improvement journey.
Resources
Go Guide: Single Assessment Framework edition (skillsforcare.org.uk)
Inspection toolkit (skillsforcare.org.uk)
Being prepared for CQC inspection seminar (skillsforcare.org.uk)
2024-03-2749 minThe care exchange from Skills for CareS4 E4: I get most of my success on SundayStephen Forster joins the Care Exchange to talk about his success in recruiting 1000s of care workers. He shares his top tips on attracting workers, including how to create an amazing recruitment journey for each candidate and how to reduce no shows. We also chat about sending top tips to candidates before interview, creating attractive job adverts and value-based retention.
Resources
DBS checks (skillsforcare.org.uk)
Values-based recruitment (skillsforcare.org.uk)
Application and selection process (skillsforcare.org.uk)
BHI Website (betterhiringinstitute.co.uk)
2024-01-3151 min
Sex in Space#42 - Mike Parish / Dementia support in the queer communityTW: mention of abuse. For this episode, Jane had the pleasure of chatting with Mike Parish. Mike spent 40 years as an officer in the London Fire Brigade training in disaster management. In 2018 he co-founded www.forbrian.co, a dementia interventions company. Then in 2021, he founded the LGBTQ+ Dementia Advisory Group, which provides advice, support, knowledge and expertise in supporting LGBTQ+ people living with or caring for someone with dementia. Mike is also the husband of Tom Hughes, who he met in 1975 and lived in a beautiful, loving relationship with until Tom passed away with dementia in 2022. 2024-01-091h 09The care exchange from Skills for CareS4 E3: What if I say the wrong thing?For most of us, the answer to the question ‘what is most important to you?’ would be our personal relationships. Join us for a fascinating discussion with Dr Claire Bates about how we can, and should be, supporting people to continue the relationships that are important to them.
Dr Claire Bates, who set up and runs the ‘Supported Loving’ network, talks candidly in this episode about how we should be helping people to have meaningful relationships, including where people want to continue with intimate or sexual relationships, and she asks the question ‘should a double bed be offered as de...2023-11-2951 min
Candour ConversationsHow Workforce Data is Improving Care Homes with Will Fenton and Mark MouldingData is essential for improving the quality of care in care homes. It can be used to track residents' health and wellbeing, identify areas for improvement, and plan and deliver personalised care.The Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set (ASC-WDS) is a free online data collection service that covers the adult social care workforce in England. The service helps care providers run their business and manage their staff training needs. It can also provide access to the Workforce Development Fund, a valuable source of funding for staff training.The data collected i...2023-08-3123 min
The Caring View - The Social Care PodcastMeet Skills For Care - Developing Yourselves as Care Professionals Episode 2Series 4 of The Caring View Podcast! Series 4 has been made possible through sponsorship with Florence. Find all their details below.
In Episode 2 of this series, we get to meet two of the many fantastic Skills for Care Locality managers, Wendy Adams and Pia Rathje-Burton, who work hard to bring the skills and knowledge to social care professionals around the country.
Pia and Wendy join us to give a POV from Skills for Care when it comes to developing ourselves as care professionals and we discuss,
💡Who are Skills...2023-06-1258 min
CMM - OFF THE PAGECMM OFF THE PAGE | CARING FOR PEOPLE AT THE END OF LIFEEpisode 4: Caring for people at the end of lifeThis episode of CMM OFF THE PAGE explores how to achieve excellence in end of lifecare and discusses the importance of choice for people living in a care setting at the end of their life. Podcast co-host Nadra Ahmed CBE, Executive Chairman at The National Care Association, highlights how care homes should consider cultural needs and Paula Plaskow, End of Life and Palliative Care Lead at Jewish Care, recalls how the hospice has gone above and beyond to create lasting memories for families and for people...2023-06-0651 min
3 FILMS THAT HAVE IMPACTED EVERYTHING IN YOUR ADULT LIFE: A Britflicks Podcast with screenwriter Stuart WrightWhen The Clapping Stops - 5 Reasons Why We Made A Film About Care WorkersScreenwriter Stuart Wright talks to director Cameron Perry and writer Sam Briggs about their short film WHEN THE CLAPPING STOPS & 5 Reasons Why We Made A Film About Care Workers
The Current Plight of Carers
Why this film?
Covid as a backdrop
This is a story that affects everyone
The next steps
Resources: https://www.unison.org.uk/ AND https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Home.aspx WHEN THE CLAPPING STOPSLogline: A short film about the desperate state of the UK care sector. Written by a care worker.S...2022-09-0432 min
CQC ConnectSexual safety through empowermentIn this episode we discuss our 'Sexual safety through empowerment publication' and launch Skills for Care's new guidance on supporting personal relationships. You can find the guidance here https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Learning-development/ongoing-learning-and-development/self-care/Supporting-personal-relationships.aspx2020-11-2625 min
Be The Leader You DeserveS1 E7- Personality Types- How Well Do You Know Yours?In this episode, we discuss an overarching component that we feel is key to being an effective leader and working with others. Resources from this episode: EQ- https://globalleadershipfoundation.com/geit/eitest.html. Color- https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Documents/Leadership-and-management/well-led/Day-1-17/1.4.1-Colour-Personality-Test-FULL.pdf2020-08-2115 min
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POD-CACHES1E07 - Dawn learns about the I Care Ambassadors with Anna McLaren from Skills for CareHi and welcome to POD-CACHE, the portable CPD and best practice podcast from CACHE, presented by Dawn Newman - Editor of www.CACHEAlumni.org.uk
In this episode, Dawn talks to Anna McLaren, Project Manager for recruitment and retention for Skills for Care. Anna looks after the I Care Ambassadors initiative, helping to raise the profile of caring roles and supporting employers to attract & keep caring staff with the right values.
Dawn and Anna talk unfilled vacancies, values-based recruitment and talk about the I Care, Ambassadors, who get involved with Skills for Care to share th...2019-10-0831 min