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ASC Provider Briefing - 20 January 2023
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Dear Care Provider Colleagues,
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We hope you are staying safe in the cold weather.
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Welcome to this week's briefing.
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This week in the briefing: learning disability mental health upskilling sessions, a dementia wellbeing roadshow, information about carers groups run by Spark Somerset, and information about our Proud to Care campaign.
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Please find the latest news and updates from Adult Social Care below:
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Learning Disability Mental Health Upskilling Sessions
Free Mental Health training for the Learning Disability Social Care workforce is available this spring. The hope is that this will help colleagues who support those with a lived experience of mental health, and also explore the different ways in which mental health presents in individuals who also have a Learning Disability.
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The content has been designed alongside colleagues working in Learning Disability Social Care, and will be delivered by local training partner Optimise.
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The topics which are covered by the training are:
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- How dementia presents in individuals with Learning Disabilities
- Suicidal behaviour in individuals with Learning Disabilities
- Dual-diagnosis of mental illnesses and Learning Disabilities
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Positive behavioural strategies
- Schizophrenia
All sessions run 10am-5pm and are free to attend, but please bring your own lunch.
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When booking, please select a first and second choice date and contact jean.painter@nhs.net who will reserve your place.
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- Fri 24 Feb 2023, Room 3, Bridgwater Hospital
- Capacity of 14, Free onsite parking
- Fri 03 March 2023, St Margaret’s Hospice, Yeovil
- Capacity 18, Free onsite parking
- Fri 10 March 2023, Yeovil College GO16
- Capacity 24, £1 parking, name and reg need to be given to reception on sign in
- Tues 18 April 2023, St Margaret’s Hospice, Yevoil
- Capacity 18, Free onsite parking
- Fri 21 April 2023, Yeovil College
- Capacity 24, £1 parking, name and reg need to be given to reception on sign in
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Dementia Wellbeing Roadshow
The Dementia Wellbeing Service are doing a roadshow in Somerset starting in February.
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Virtual Dementia Tour (training) will be offered at each location, with two training sessions a day. Each session has 12 spaces. Eventbrite booking will be shared in the coming weeks.
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Here is the information about the Virtual Dementia Tour - here
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Ilminster, Ilminster Arts Centre - Monday 27th February
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Wellington, Wellington Rugby Club - Thursday 9th March
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Wincanton, Wincanton Memorial Hall - Friday 17th March
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Taunton, Flook House - Monday 20th March
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Burnham on Sea, The Princess Theatre - Tuesday 4th April
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Minehead, Minehead Memorial Hall - Friday 14th April
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Cheddar, Cheddar Village Hall - Friday 28th April
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Yeovil - Westlands - Friday 5th May
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Frome – Location to be confirmed Monday 15th May
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Somerton – Location to be confirmed Friday 12th May
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Bridgwater – location to be confirmed Thursday 20th April
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Wells – location to be confirmed Monday 22nd May
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Street - date and location to be confirmed
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Carers Groups
Meet other Carers for mutual support and friendship at one of the many groups running across Somerset. There are 21 groups that take place across Somerset, as well as online groups. Please share with any unpaid carers you work with.
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My Time to Care
On Monday 16th, our brand new marketing campaign 'My Time to Care' launched. This campaign was created in collaboration with the NHS and the RCPA.
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Please have a look at the videos here and share out social media posts on on Twitter and Facebook through your own social media channels.
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It's also linked with a recruitment activity, and for that to be successful, we need to know about your vacancies. Please email us at proudtocare@somerset.gov.uk with details (as brief or as detailed as you would prefer) with any vacancies so that we can work with you to place candidates in those roles.
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Events
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Upcoming Event Reminders
- Care Provider Learning Engagement Meeting, 7th February, 2-4pm
- Conference: Making Research Matter in Practice, Wednesday 8th February 2023, in person (Bristol) and virtual. Details on Eventbrite.
- St Margaret's Hospice - Training for Care Professionals. Various dates, details on the Provider Engagement Network.
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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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