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ASC Provider Briefing - 04 November 2022
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Dear Care Provider Colleagues,
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Welcome to this week's briefing.
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This week in the briefing: an invitation to have your say about social care, a recap of this week's Learning Engagement Meeting and an invite to the next one, the South West Care Home Winter Resource Pack from the NHS, the Covid Update, information about the Love to Pedal Challenge, the new DHSC recruitment campaign 'Made with Care', an update on Adult Speech Therapy, as well as new events like Stop Adult Abuse Week and event reminders.
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Please find the latest news and updates from Adult Social Care below:
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Somerset residents vote social care as their top priority – now it’s time for YOU to have your say!
How can we improve social care in Somerset? Where should we be prioritising our spending? What are the challenges facing adult social care in Somerset? Please fill in this short survey to help us understand what’s important to you, and how we can improve adult social care services across the county: bit.ly/caresurvey22
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This year we’ve spoken to over 5000 residents across Somerset about what their priorities are for council spending - and the results made it clear that Adult Social Care is a top priority, coming in second place after protecting children and improving education.
We were recently at Burnham-on-Sea for the EAT Festival, and were fortunate to get to speak to 229 people on day. Joined by our Executive Member for Adult Social Care, cllr Heather Shearer, we had some excellent conversations with members of the public about all things social care. One thing that was very clear, is that adult social care is a top priority for people of all ages across Somerset, with a wide cross section of people voting it into their top three priorities. This is great news for hardworking staff across the sector, but means that our strategy – our shared plans for the future – is absolutely crucial to get right…
Help us improve our services by sharing your views – it’ll only take a few minutes: bit.ly/caresurvey22
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Somerset Care Provider Learning and Engagement Meeting
1st November 2022, that’s a wrap on another great Learning and engagement meeting.
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Thank you to the Guest speakers;
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- Trusted assessor Team Kylie, Cara and Lobeth, Nicky Cooper OT Locality Lead,
- Lucy Champion IPC,
- Lucy Sealey Complex Care,
- Teri Underwood Public Health
It really was great to have you attend and share your expertise and knowledge.
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Thank you to all that joined the meeting, I look forward to seeing you all at the next LEM.
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The LEM was recorded and you can rewatch it
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- LARCH team – Mini Taster session on Meaningful Exercise Activities and Person-Centred Terminology - person centred care plan
- Nicky Cooper feedback on optimal handling.
- Lucy Sealey – Sepsis
- Claire Bunclark – Urgent Community Response – presentation and Q&A (including falls response and funded offer for equipment and training)
Followed by the transference of care discussion; Hospital Discharge – to kick start this discussion a couple of topics for consideration:
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- discharge planning meetings,
- discharge summaries
- training to facilitate discharge (diabetes and PEG)
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Please do get in touch if you would like to see certain speakers, have particular health and social care colleagues in attendance, provide topics for discussion or offer to be a guest speaker sharing a good news story. It is so important to share the positive experiences. The LEM is the Care Providers of Somerset Resource so please get in touch: ASCContractsandQualityMonitoring@somerset.gov.uk
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I look forward to seeing you very soon.
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Rachel Caunce, Care Provider Support Officer
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South West Care Home Winter Resource Pack
Many of you may recall that to support the Care Homes during COVID and Winter we collaboratively developed a Resource Pack with some simple and accessible information on some of the guidance and resources that might be of help. This was not to replace policies but to offer the information in a different format, which could be printed and put in staff areas or used as aide memoires. In previous years, teams and systems had found this helpful as it can be adapted and edited for specific local support as well. It is specifically left in a PowerPoint format so that local logos, phone numbers etc can all be added if needed, and each page can be used individually rather than as a whole pack if useful.
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This pack has been refreshed for this winter with some newer additions reflecting different support now available. We hope that this is of some use to local teams and Care Homes. The pack can be found on the FutureNHS Platform here:
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Inevitably as we go through winter it is likely that there may need to be further iterations; if you feel there is a topic missing, or, that information needs further updating please do get in contact.
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Thank you to all the contributors for your time in bringing this together
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Latest Covid-19 Outbreak update
(Friday 04 November 2022)
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We are currently seeing increased numbers of care home outbreaks. Coupled with the flu we will need all of you to continue your focus on infection prevention and control and to continue to work with us to reduce the opportunities for disease transmission. We also want to remind you of the important of the Winter Boosters in protecting against Covid-19. We are still experiencing high levels of system pressure.
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Love to Pedal Challenge
Love to Pedal is a SASP cycling project aimed at encouraging cycling for all; regardless of age, ability or confidence. Whether you participate with a chair pedal exerciser, exercise bike or regular outdoor bike, why not set yourself a new challenge by pedalling at your own pace, adding up your minutes and seeing how far you can get with one of three virtual challenges?
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There are three levels of challenges that can be completed. Choose the correct level for you based on how much pedalling you think you can achieve between these two dates. You can participate as an individual, a family or other team – perhaps you want to group together with residents in one of our Love to Pedal care homes for example? The choice is yours but every minute counts no matter what the speed and will be accumulated towards your overall total.
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Beginner - Complete all 12 filmed Love to Pedal virtual cycle rides of Somerset totalling approx. 220mins (3hrs 40mins).
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Intermediate - Cycle West to East and North to South of Somerset using the locations of our virtual cycle rides in these areas. Overall total: 424mins (7hrs 4mins)
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Advanced - Cycle a virtual loop around all 12 Love to Pedal rides starting and finishing in Minehead: Approx 775mins (12hrs 55mins)
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Create an account and track your progress here. You can take part in our challenges with your work colleagues, community groups, friends and family or challenge yourself.”
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Aging Well and Falls Prevention
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Age UK have a newsletter on Aging Well and Falls Prevention. Sign up here.
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DHSC Launched 'Made with Care' Campaign
The latest phase of the Department of Health and Social Care’s national adult social care recruitment campaign has now launched to support the adult social care sector's winter recruitment activity, and will run until March 2023.
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With advertising planned across England, the ‘Made with Care’ campaign will reach millions of people via video on demand, radio, and digital channels, raising awareness of the rewarding nature of care work and increasing the number of quality candidates that apply to roles.
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The ‘Made with Care’ campaign shows the amazing work that staff across the adult social care sector do. It celebrates the way they empower the people they support and shines a light on the emotional rewards of the role to inspire more people to consider a job in adult social care.
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Campaign advertising will direct job seekers to adultsocialcare.co.uk. Here, they will be able to find everything they need to research a career in adult social care and, crucially, search and apply for adult social care jobs near them through DWP ‘Find a Job’.
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The campaign includes a suite of new, free resources to help you advertise your job opportunities locally.
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Using the free resources to make recruitment easier
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The website has free, easy-to-use campaign assets and advice and templates for planning your local recruitment activities.
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Post your vacancies on DWP’s ‘Find A Job’ site by following these instructions
The national advertising will direct people to adultsocialcare.co.uk, where they can research careers in adult social care and search for jobs near them through the ‘Find a Job’ platform. To benefit from this interest, make sure they can find and apply to your jobs via this site, in addition to posting them on other job boards or websites you may use.
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Adult Speech Therapy
From the 1st November Fresenius Kabi will be taking over the enteral feeding contract from Nutricia. This means that thickener will change from Nutilis Clear to Thick and Easy Clear.
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Thick & Easy Clear is now being used across Somerset and is first line on the formulary and we would like to invite you to a virtual training session. If you would like to join us in the session we can send you a “Goodies Parcel” in the post so that you have the materials you need to mix Thick & Easy Clear in your home for your residents on thickened fluids. We can also email you a tips and tricks sheet, medication guide and poster. Please feel free to print these resources out and display them in your home. There is no limit on who can attend the training and we encourage anyone that makes thickened drinks to come along. We would also be more than happy for members of the kitchen to attend the training as well, as we will be discussing texture modification.
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These sessions are going to be held on the 7th and 15th December at 2pm. You are welcome to join both sessions if you wish and you are welcome to forward to invite on to your team so that they can also join the session. If you would like to join the session please contact rosiec.baker@fresenius-kabi.com and we will forward you a link to the teams meeting. It will last for approximately 2 hours, with a break.
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The course is going to include training on:
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- Dysphagia – signs, causes and referrals
- IDDSI levels and guidelines
- Thick & Easy Clear – and how to mix it
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Events
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Next Week: Somerset Winter Readiness Briefing
Support your local communities to stay well and cope with rising living costs this winter. This online event on Thursday 10 November between 11am and 12.30pm will give you an overview of who is more vulnerable in winter and how to signpost to the range of support available in Somerset.
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👉 Keeping warm – places and help available to keep warm this winter
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👉 Keeping well – immunisations and emotional wellbeing and support
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👉 Financial wellness – how to manage finances when costs are rising
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👉 Essentials – support with food and other essentials
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👉 Planning for cold and extreme weather
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This online briefing is for health and care professionals, paid and unpaid carers and volunteers working with people and communities who may be more vulnerable this winter.
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Stop Adult Abuse Week
Monday 21st to Friday 25th
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Lunchtime sessions every day from 12pm to 1pm.
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The theme this year is: Responding to Contemporary Safeguarding Challenges
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Mon 21st – Adult Exploitation
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Weds 23rd – Safeguarding in Everyday Life
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Fri 25th – Domestic Abuse & Technology
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Reminder: Optimal Handed Care
Tuesday 8th and Wednesday 9th
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Morning and afternoon sessions: 9am – 12.30pm, 12.45pm to 4.15pm
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What is this event about?
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We’re excited to invite you to an interactive session where you’ll learn more about the optimal handed care approach, its benefits and the steps for implementation. We’ll be looking at the latest evidence, examples and case studies from some of the many local authorities who have already adopted this approach. We’ll be exploring potential barriers and/or resistance to implementation, as well as solutions to the current challenges from an integrated perspective across all sectors of health and social care. We’ll have a range of innovative equipment on display including the Robin, ToTo and Molift Raiser, and will be demonstrating use on 5 different workstations.
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All managers, system leaders and directors responsible for hospital discharges and care in the community, as well as clinical leads, commissioners, care providers, moving & handling trainers, key trainers, therapists, social workers, adult social care practitioners, GPs, district nurses, community and village agents, and councillors.
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The events takes place on 8th and 9th November 2022. There are two repeated sessions each day, so you only need sign up for one of them.
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The venue is at The Canalside, Marsh Lane, Bridgwater TA6 6LQ (01278 456 545) - you'll find us in the Hollinsworth Hall.
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There is plenty of free parking at the venue.
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Upcoming Event Reminders
- Technology Enabled Care Come and Try Event, Shepton Mallet Independent living Centre, Thursday 10th November, 10am-4pm. Details on website.
- Age UK Somerset Flexercise Workshop Wells, Wednesday 9th November, 10.30am to 12.30pm. More details on website.
- Optimal Handed Care, 4 sessions on 8th and 9th of November. Book on Eventbrite.
- Mouth Care Matters: Looking After People's Oral Health; A Training Session for Health & Social Care Professionals, Tuesday 6th December 9.30am to 11.30am. More details on Maxcourse
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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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