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ASC Provider Briefing - 12 August 2022
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Dear Care Provider Colleagues,
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Welcome to this week's briefing.
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We hope you are staying safe in the hot weather.
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Please join us for our next Provider Webinar and Q&A on Monday August 15th at 4pm - details and how to join below. This week's briefing includes some resources around coping with extreme heat, some more information about our work on falls, and an announcement from the RCPA, as well as our usual event reminders.
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Please find the latest news and updates from Adult Social Care below:
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Heatwave
There is an Amber Extreme Heat Warning active presently, through to 23:59 on Sunday evening.
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Hot weather means a person's body has to work harder to keep its core temperature to normal levels, and this puts extra strain on their heart, lungs and kidneys. This means that they can be at greater risk if they have a heart condition, so it is particularly important to stay cool and hydrated.
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Falls
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We are doing a lot of work around falls at the moment, both falls prevention and post-fall advice and support.
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Falls Prevention
Our Public Health colleagues are exploring the potential to commission services which would include the possibility of having exercise programmes within care / residential homes with the aim of reducing or preventing falls. We would be hugely grateful if home providers could let us know if they already have:-
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- something like this within their setting.
- If so what type of exercise
- If they have found it beneficial / useful in preventing / reducing falls
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Urgent Community Response
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If you have an urgent care need such as a fall where there is no immediate threat to life, please call 999 or 111 and ask for the Urgent Community Response or UCR. For more information, see this presentation slide.
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We are delighted to inform you that following Simon Blackburn’s departure from the post of CEO at the RCPA, we have recently appointed Hilary Robinson as the new CEO. Many of you will know Hilary, who has been managing the RCPA Trusted Assessor Service. Hilary brings to the role a broad range of experience and knowledge and she will be contacting you directly in September, once she has taken up her new role.
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Registered Care Providers Association
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Events
Provider Webinar and Q&A
The next Provider Webinar and Q&A will be taking place on Mon 15 Aug at 4pm. This will be an important engagement session led by Denise D’Souza (Assistant Director for Adult Social Care Commissioning) as we discuss what you want from these sessions going forwards, and we hope you will be able to join us. There will also be a discussion of the latest developments and concerns and the opportunity to ask any questions you may have for us.
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Still Places Available:
Workforce Planning Workshops
Do you want to understand more about social care workforce planning? A good workforce plan will help your organisation be more successful and ensure you have the right people with the right skills at the right time to meet the needs and future opportunities for your business and the local population.
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Skills for Care is working in partnership with Somerset County Council to deliver a free to attend learning and development opportunity for care provider employers across Somerset to engage them in workforce planning and workforce re-design.
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This will consist of two face-to-face half days sessions that will describe what workforce planning is, national and local drivers, how to affect change and workforce transformation, as well as provide a number of practical resources.
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This will be followed by a virtual follow-up session to share ideas, learning, any challenges and hear from others.
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After attending the course, delegates will be able to:
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- Define what is workforce planning
- Explain why it is important
- Demonstrate how find relevant data and summarise using templates
- Interpret data, local and national drivers to establish priorities to create a workforce plan
The workshops are targeted primarily at those with a responsibility for workforce transformation and re-design from any size of organisation, for example senior managers/owners, nominated individuals, registered managers, HR leads.
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These workshops will take place in two cohorts. You can select your preferred cohort when you register.
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Wednesday 14 September 2022 and Tuesday 20 September 2022
10:00 – 13:00 (09:30 registration)
The Albemarle Centre, Taunton
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Wednesday 28 September 2022 and Tuesday 04 October 2022
10:00 – 13:00 (09:30 registration)
The Albemarle Centre, Taunton
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Both cohorts – virtual session
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Thursday 17 November 2022
10:00 – 12:00
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Upcoming Event Reminders
- Application of the Mental Capacity Act for 16 and 17 Year Olds, Tuesday 11th October 2022, 9am to 1.30pm. See the flyer, and book your place here.
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Please continue to share or promote these briefings and our webpage to others in your organisations.
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Our incident room mailbox and contact details (see below) remains operational during core working hours so please get in touch if you have any urgent concerns or queries we can look to assist you with.
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Somerset’s Provider Engagement Team
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Adult Social Care (ASC) COVID19 Response Team
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