ASC Provider Briefing - 30 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: a request for your input on this briefing, Summer Mental Health and Wellbeing Updates from Public Health, the NHS and Social Care Coronavirus Life Assurance Scheme, an invitation to this months Learning and Engagement Meeting on July 4th, new dates for Learning Disability Mental Health Upskilling, 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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What do you want in your provider briefing?
Do you have anything you would like to share or see in this briefing? Whether that is training or collaboration opportunities, resources you find useful, upcoming events, good news from your care work, send it via email to max.perry@somerset.gov.uk. This can also include topics you would like to see covered here or on the Provider Engagement Network!
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Any other feedback on the briefing is also welcome.
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Summer Mental Health and Wellbeing Updates from Public Health
Training
Suicide Prevention Training
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Every Life Matters will now be delivering their programme of free online Suicide Prevention Training until March 2024. Further dates will continue to be added to the Eventbrite page (currently only July dates are available). The courses include Suicide Awareness (60 mins), Suicide Alertness (3.5 hours – Orange Button Scheme qualifying course), Safety Planning (2 hours). More info and booking available here: Every Life Matters - Somerset Events | Eventbrite
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Events
Walk for a Life for World Suicide Prevention Day – Saturday 9 September 10:00 – 13.30 Museum of Somerset. Please save the date! More information will be available soon via the website: Walk for a Life
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Upcoming campaigns
#SomersetMyHappyPlace Campaign for Mental Health Awareness Week
As part of Mental Health Awareness Week Public Health organised the #SomersetMyHappyPlace social media campaign, lots of people submitted photos of places they go in Somerset which help them to feel calmer and happier. These have now been plotted onto a digital map which is available here: Somerset Happy Places – Google My Maps
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Updated ‘Looking After Yourself’ Post Incident Leaflet
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We have updated the ‘Looking After Yourself’ leaflet to support those that have been impacted by flooding. View the new version here.
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We have created a new ‘Suicide – Language Matters’ poster - this document provides information and guidance around the use of language when talking about suicide. The language we use can impact those who have been touched by suicide and by using different language we can help to reduce the stigma surrounding suicide.
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We are close to having 900 Orange Button holders in Somerset. Please continue to promote the scheme within your networks to help to raise awareness of it. We have new posters to advertise the scheme. Download them here.
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The NHS and Social Care Coronavirus Life Assurance Scheme
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This scheme provides financial support to families and dependents of eligible health and social care staff who sadly died from Covid-19 contracted while delivering frontline care during the pandemic. The scheme pays a tax-free lump sum of £60,000 to the deceased’s appropriate person, regardless of their salary. Full details of the scheme and the claim form are available here: NHS and Social Care Coronavirus Life Assurance Scheme 2020 England | NHSBSA
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Events
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Care Provider Learning Engagement Meeting
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Please put name and where you are from in the chat box, also contact details if you are happy to share with the wider audience.
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- Amy Giles – EOL team
- Jo Jones – Business Change provider funding updates
- Lee Summers – YDH LD services and offer of support
- Gemma Richards – Introduction to new role (TEP)
- Oliver McGowen training offer
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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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New Dates: Learning Disability and Mental Health Upskilling
New dates for the free Mental Health training for the Learning Disability Social Care workforce are available. 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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The dates and venues are:
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10th & 24th July at Wynford House, Yeovil (free parking available on site)
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And Taunton Campus of Bridgwater & Taunton College on the 7th August.
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Free Online Event - Going Digital Myth-Busting with DiSC and RCPA - July 6th
RCPA are pleased to announce that we will be holding a free online event alongside the DiSC team (Digitalisation of Social Care team) on Thursday 6th July at 1.30pm.
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There are many digital products and services available to your organisation and it can be hard to know which ones to focus on and how they will benefit your organisation, your staff and clients.
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We will be hosting a workshop to answer any questions you may have around adopting digital technologies and services, along with helping you stay safe in the digital world using the DSPT (Data Security & Protection Toolkit). There are currently funding opportunities available to assist your organisation in going digital and this will also be discussed at the event.
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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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