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ASC Provider Briefing - 09 June 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: Weather warnings this weekend, an opportunity to get candidates for summer holiday bank and weekend roles, an update about the ASC Covid Inbox, some good news about CQC inspection outcomes, a training opportunity for First Steps into Research, a joint contracture awareness video, an invitation to webinars about DBS checks for adult social care, 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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Weather warnings are in place for today and tomorrow in the South West
Friday 9 JUNE 2023: An AMBER Heat-Health Alert has been issued for the South West and is in effect between 09/06/2023 at 09:00 and 12/06/2023 at 09:00.
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Significant impacts are probable across the health and social care sector due to the high temperatures, including observed increase in mortality across the population, particularly in the 65+ age group or those with health conditions. Impacts may also be seen in younger age groups.
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Saturday 10 JUNE 2023 Thunderstorm warning 10 am - 9 pm
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High temperatures developing across parts of England and Wales on Saturday are expected to trigger a scattering of showers across this area, some of which are likely to be torrential and thundery, bringing 30-40mm in an hour. The odd place affected by multiple showers could see more than this, perhaps in excess of 60mm. As well as rain, hail, strong gusts of wind, and lightning will be additional hazards. Despite all of this, many places in the warning area will remain dry, or only see small amounts of rain, due to the well scattered nature of the heaviest showers.
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Providers: Are you looking for bank or weekend staff over the summer holidays?
Next week, Proud to Care will attend Richard Huish at a Careers’ Fair for their Health and Social Care Level 3 students. We’ll be collecting the details of all the students who are looking for summer and weekend work now that their studies are over.
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Want to be linked up with new candidates for vacant positions at your organisation? Fill out our Providers’ form and we’ll put you in touch.
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ASC Covid Inbox Retirement
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CQC Care Provider Inspection Outcomes – May 2023
Somerset Council would like to formally recognise and send our congratulations to the following care providers in Somerset who achieved Good ratings in latest inspection reports published last month (May 2023):
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- Daneswood Care Home, Winscombe
- Humanicare Limited, Street
- Tidings, Minehead
- Crimson Hill Support Limited, Taunton
- St George’s Care Home, Taunton
- Way Ahead Care, Taunton
We know how hard our care colleagues work to provide personalised and compassionate care for the people they support and recognise the many demands and challenges continuing to face the sector.
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Such inspection outcomes are a great achievement and help Somerset to continue to deliver the high-quality care we all aspire for.
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NIHR First Steps into Research Programme
Applications have just opened for a new programme delivered by the National Institute for Health and Care Research’s Clinical Research Network for the South West Peninsula, called the ‘First Steps’ programme.
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The First Steps programme is open to anyone working in public health or social care, in roles such as Occupational Therapists, Health Visitors, Public Health Practitioners, Care Home Staff, Analysts, Community-based positions and many more roles – these are just some examples of the roles the programme is open to. The aim of the programme is to develop your research skills and knowledge, allowing you to work on and with NIHR research studies, and to integrate research into the workforce of Local Authorities. The programme also has a very strong focus on providing the knowledge and skills to helping attendees develop a career pathway in health and social care research. The programme will consist of 10 learning days, which will be backfilled in order to ensure protected learning time and will start in September 2023 and finish in January 2024. The structure of the programme will consist of two face-to-face sessions, seven online sessions, and one self-directed day. You will also be assigned to a mentor throughout the programme who will support your progress. Attached is both an information sheet and an application form if you are interested applying, alongside an equality and diversity monitoring form. A successful application would also require approval from your line manager – we have also attached a guidance for managers document.
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Jack Brazier has been involved in designing the course content and the general planning of the wider programme, so if you are interested in applying and have some questions then please do not hesitate to get in touch with him. Alternatively, in the information sheet for applicants document, you will find the contact details of Pauline McGlone, Helen Chenoweth and Elly French, who are based within NIHR and are leading the programme.
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Joint Contracture Awareness Video
Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust have produced a short (9 min) video for carers to highlight the risks associated with the development of joint contractures and practical preventative steps.
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Reminder: Training Questionnaire for Care Providers
Following on from the online event earlier in the year and conversations, training has been a topic which appears frequently.
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Can I please ask you complete the form below transparently by the 14/06/2023.
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This will be cascaded on other platforms so only one completion is required.
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Any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
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Senior Commissioning Officer – Care Homes.
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Commissioning - Adult Social Care
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Events
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DBS webinars for adult social care sector
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is holding a series of webinars for the adult social care sector. The webinars will cover a range of topics including:
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- the DBS disclosure process
- the different stages enhanced checks go through
- the local police stage process
- DBS COVID-19 Fast and Free
- Adult First Checks
- the Digital Identity Process
DBS processes and issues DBS checks. It also maintains the Adults’ and Children’s Barred Lists.
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The webinars are open to anyone who has a responsibility for engaging with DBS processes within their care organisation. There are five planned webinars, from 19 June until 19 July. Please register to attend any of the five webinars.
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Upcoming Event Reminders
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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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