Welcome to this fortnight's edition of the Skills for Care London e-news.
Over the coming months we will be sending a regular bulletin listing all the latest news, views and updates. We hope that you find it useful and informative, and we welcome your contributions.
News headlines
Skills for Care London's 'Successful Supervisory Management Programme' nominated for national award
Skills for Care London's 'Successful Supervisory Management Programme', which was developed in partnership with Capita Learning & Development, was shortlisted in the Best Externally Developed and Delivered Programme category of the annual Training Journal awards.
Although we didn't win, we are very proud of having secured a nomination at this major awards event, and are grateful that the programme, which received extremely positive feedback from participants, gained national recognition.
Let's Talk Care - Summer 09 Edition now available
The summer edition of Let's Talk Care, Skills for Care London's newsletter, is now available to download here.
Articles include:
- An update on Train to Gain (an interview with London Brokerage Ltd)
- Transforming social care and the Third Sector
- Recruitment and Selection toolkit for small and medium sized employers
- Apprenticeships - spreading the word
and much more.
Department of Health Social Enterprise Investment Fund 2009/10
Money is available from the Department of Health to improve the quality of care with the opening of the Social Enterprise Investment Fund for 2009/2010.
Projects in both health and social care can apply for a share of more than £70 million to spend over the next three years: Social Enterprise Investment Fund
Find out how the CQC will assess care services in 2009/10
The CQC have published plans setting out how they will assess the provision and commissioning of health and adult social care services over the next year: Find out more
More help for carers
The Department of Health celebrated the one-year anniversary of the carers strategy with the launch of a new website and free helpline. Carers Direct is a one-stop information service developed with the leading carers' charities, and includes financial help and advice on staying in or returning to work, education and training and how carers can look after themselves. It is part of the Government's New Deal for Carers, designed to help improve support for the growing number of carers in England: Carers Direct
NMDS-SC London Focus Group - Your needs and benefiting from the outputs
Skills for Care London would like to invite a group of participants to share their thoughts, feelings, attitudes and ideas on the National Minimum Data Set for Social Care (NMDS-SC). Specifically, we'd like to discuss what London's social care providers want out of the NMDS-SC in terms of the reports the system is able to produce.
During 2009 Skills for Care London will be focused on increasing awareness of what the NMDS-SC can provide in terms of helping you as employers with your workforce planning needs.
This focus group session will provide Skills for Care with a deeper insight into the specific needs employers across the capital have when looking at using the outputs of NMDS-SC.
Your contribution will influence the type of reports produced for the region and will provide clarity on what NMDS-SC currently offers you.
There are only 10 places available at this session, which is being held at 2pm on Tuesday 21st July 2009 in central London. To reserve your place please email sfc.london@skillsforcare.org.uk with your name, organisation, job role and contact telephone number.
Events
Skills for Care London Regional Conference 2009
Date: 30th September 2009
Venue: Westminster Central Hall, Storey's Gate, SW1H 9NH
Cost: £85 + VAT. Early bird booking rate to be made available. Discounted places will also be available for people who use services and delegates from charities/voluntary organisations that employ less than 25 staff.
One of our keynote speakers has been confirmed as Ian Winter, Deputy Regional Director for London at the Department of Health.
We are pleased to announce that Alzheimer's campaigner Barbara Pointon will also be contributing to the day.
Workshops will be run on a range of topics, including:
- The Qualifications and Credit Framework
- Dementia
- Apprenticeships
- Learning in Action
- The Principles of Workforce Redesign
and many more
The video of last year's conference can be viewed here: (please note that you need QuickTime installed on your computer in order to run this).
If you are interested at exhibiting at this event, please download the exhibitor booking form here
To amend your contact details, be added to our distribution list, or to provide us with your feedback, please e-mail sfc.london@skillsforcare.org.uk
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