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ASC Provider Briefing - 28 April 2023
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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: we want to hear your views about a joint RCPA and Proud to Care Event, a Proud to Care Staff Appreciation opportunity, the Somerset Care Providers Survey 2023, updates from SASP, Lifeline, and SILC, a learning brief on Oral Health from LeDeR, information about Accessible Somerset, news about the Cost of Living payment, information from the Alzheimer's Society, a consultation about Social Care Workforce pathways, as well as the usual event reminders.
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Please find the latest news and updates from Adult Social Care below:
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The RCPA and P2C are hosting a joint event with funding from Skills for Care and we would very much like to hear from you about what would benefit you and your service. This could be presentations from key note speakers from the Social Care field, connecting you with other Care Providers, learning more about international recruitment, introducing you to training or development opportunities, and more!
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We know how precious your time is, so we want to tailor this event to be as useful as possible. We are holding the event on Thursday 8th June 2023 at Canalside, Bridgwater and at around lunchtime for a few hours (light refreshments available); there are other options listed in the survey in case that timing doesn't suit your schedules.
Please fill out your preferences in the questionnaire to help us build a truly valuable event for you and your teams.
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If you could kindly complete by Tuesday 2nd May as to enable us to organise speakers and source materials.
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Staff Appreciation
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We know you have some amazing staff on your team, and we want to share the fantastic work they do for a social media campaign around social care heroes! If you have an employee of the month or any staff members who you want to highlight, please email proudtocare@somerset.gov.uk with a photo and a description of why you are thankful for them.
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Somerset Care Provider Survey (2023)
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Today marks the launch of our 2023 Care Provider survey. Our last survey was undertaken during the pandemic back in June 2021, seeking to understand how supported providers had felt and what more assistance was needed. At this time, 88% of survey respondents reported feeling well or very well supported by the Somerset health and care system. A number of 'asks' were made to continue to progress certain areas in partnership. These included: fair rates of pay; more work to support care sector recruitment/retention/training; recognising care providers as equal partners that are part of the solution to shared challenges; more investment in communities and micro-provision; and continued communication, collaboration, support and engagement with a 'one stop shop' website.
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In response to the feedback, a range of work was undertaken which included the development of a provider engagement website, these continued weekly provider briefings, the re-launching of monthly Learning Engagement Meetings, investment in Proud to Care Somerset and recruitment campaigns and more!
We are really keen to hear again from you, whatever type of care provision you work within, as we look to review the local Health (NHS Somerset) and Social Care (Somerset Council) system's existing support offer and ensure it meets your wants and needs wherever possible. This might include the support of our sourcing care service, quality improvement/CHC teams, safeguarding or social work teams; or the input from LARCH or our Enhanced Health in Care Homes Clinical Leads for example.
We really value your time in responding to this survey, which will close on Wednesday 31st May 2023. Please share with your teams and networks.
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Somerset Active Sports Partnership (SASP) Active Ageing partner resource detailing all the activities SASP have created to keep people fit and well in Somerset. SASP provides online workshops around supporting older adults to move more and live longer better. Information attached and also available on their website https://www.sasp.co.uk/
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Somerset Independent Living Centres (SILCs) We continue to promote our SILC Service and encourage you to raise awareness with the people you support and / or with your local community. All our promotional material has been rebranded and you can request postcards and posters through completing this brief form https://forms.office.com/r/m6kDbByYMc . We are here to help people in Somerset find equipment and solutions to stay active, independent and make life easier. Appointments can be booked via email adults@somerset.gov.uk or call 0300 123 2224. Visit www.somerset.gov.uk/equipment for more details.
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Learning from Lives and Deaths of People with Learning Disabilities and Autistic People (LeDeR) Learning Brief no 2 - Oral Health
The LeDeR programme, which aims to improve care, reduce health inequalities, and prevent early deaths of people with a learning disability and autistic people, have published a learning brief around Oral Health.
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Help make Somerset more accessible: your views needed
A year-long project to make Somerset more accessible for Disabled people was launched on 1 April 2023.
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‘Accessible Somerset’ is an ambitious project which will ask Disabled people how their life could be improved in various areas. The project is seeking volunteers to share their views and is asking for individuals and organisations to get involved by contacting Disability.Inc@wecil.org.uk.
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‘Accessible Somerset’ will begin by working with local Disabled people and organisations to help map the areas of need across Somerset. This will help to identify the key areas of focus for the project.
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To deliver this project, Somerset Council has teamed up with WECIL Ltd – a Disabled People’s Organisation who offer a range of services which support independent living. WECIL have been working with both public and private sector organisations since 2016, supporting senior management teams, HR professionals and Equality Diversity and Inclusion officers to create accessible, inclusive environments.
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Alzheimer’s Society Somerset
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Teresa Mason from the Alzheimer’s Society will be joining the June Learning and Engagement Meeting, and has asked that we share the leaflet and referral form.
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Families to receive £301 Cost of Living Payment from today
The government also announced that over eight million households in the UK will receive a £301 cost-of-living payment from today (25 April).
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This is the first of up to three payments for those eligible on means-tested benefits, including Universal Credit, Pension Credit and tax credits, totalling £900 through 2023/24. These payments will be accompanied by a £150 payment for people on eligible disability benefits this summer, and a £300 payment on top of Winter Fuel Payments for pensioners at the end of 2023.
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will send payments automatically and directly to recipients’ bank accounts, with a reference of their National Insurance number followed by ‘DWP COL’.
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Care workforce pathway for adult social care: call for evidence
This call for evidence will inform the development of a new care workforce pathway for adult social care. We would like your views on what should be included within the pathway. We will consider those views when developing the first iteration of the pathway, which we intend to publish in autumn 2023. We will provide more information on this and planned implementation to the sector in due course.
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This call for evidence will run for a period of 8 weeks and is open to everyone.
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Events
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Optimal Handed Care Review Day
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Tuesday 16th May - Morning Session 9am to 12.30pm, Afternoon Session 1.30pm to 4.30pm.
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We’re excited to be holding an Optimal Handed Care Review Day, where we will be sharing the progress towards reaching our program goals, to embed this approach into day-to-day practice in Somerset. The morning session is where we’ll be sharing our learning and achievements; discussing the barriers to implementation; designing leaflets; and developing our support networks.
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The afternoon session is open to care provider managers and key trainers from both domiciliary and care home settings.
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- sharing our success stories
- discussing the barriers to implementation which our OHC Ambassadors are experiencing
- exploring how to manage the required system-wide cultural change
- planning how we will cascade train our workforces
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Learning and Engagement Meeting
- Lucy Champion – IPC service update and presentation
- 2:25pm Emma Savage and Kerrie Jose – update on Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF)
- 2:40pm Amy Rogers – Safeguarding session
- Jamie Brockhurst – Redcrier Training Offer
- Nigel Pluckrose – SILC update
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Opportunity for audience to share updates and ask questions.
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Transference of care discussion and future topics in the LEM - 2023 suggestions
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Upcoming Event Reminders
- Mouth Care and Swallowing Matters, April 29th, 10am to 12pm. Details on PEN.
- Care Provider Learning and Engagement Meeting, 2nd May, 2pm to 4pm. Details on PEN.
- Skills for Care Celebrating International Nurses day, 24th May, 10am to 2.30pm. Details on website.
- South West Care Home Network, June 22nd, 10am to 12.30pm. Details on website.
- Basic Dysphagia Awareness Training, Various dates. Details on PEN.
- Learning Disability Mental Health Upskilling Sessions. Various dates and locations, details on PEN.
- Dementia Wellbeing Roadshow. Various dates and locations, details on PEN. Booking for Virtual Dementia Tour.
- St Margaret's Hospice - Training for Care Professionals. Various dates, details on PEN.
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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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