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ASC Provider Briefing - 04 August 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 Strong Winds Weather Warning, shout outs to providers with Good CQC Inspection Outcomes, information about making Business Continuity Plans, invitations to share your opinions on Technology Enabled Care, Adult Social Care in Somerset, Adult Social Care Technology, and a call for participants for a study on LGBTQ+ Older Adult Social Care, new resources on Dysphagia from Speech and Language Therapy, the latest Social Work Sessions Podcast on Safeguarding, invitations to Walk for a Life and Care Homes and Dementia South West, 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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Strong winds weather warning - Saturday 5 August 6am - 9pm
Saturday 5 August 2023 A yellow wind warning has been issued for the South West and is in effect between 06:00 and 21:00.
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Unseasonably windy conditions, accompanied by showers or longer spells of rain, will affect parts of England and Wales during Saturday.
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Widely, inland gusts of 35-40mph are possible, with a risk of 45-50 mph especially across parts of south Wales and southwest England. Gusts are expected to reach 50-55 mph in coastal areas, perhaps up to 60-65 mph in the most exposed coastal areas of Wales and southwest of England. Later in the afternoon and through the early evening, wind strengths will begin to slowly ease from the west.
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CQC Care Provider Inspection Outcomes - July 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 (July 2023):
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- Chard Manor (Chard)
- The Winsor Nursing Home (Minehead)
- East Court (Wells)
- Autism Wessex - Middle Path (Crewkerne)
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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Business Continuity – Have You Made Plans?
During Storm Eunice in 2021, 400,000 properties lost power in the UK. An estimated 35,000 in the Southwest.
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There are around 2005 care facilities across Somerset- Have you considered what you will do if your facility was affected by foreseen or unforeseen disruptions?
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The Civil Contingencies Unit has produced a leaflet on making Business Continuity Plans. Download it here.
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Be Part of Technology Enabled Care in Somerset
We're looking for people aged 18+ to help design Technology Enabled Care (TEC) services in Somerset. Find out more here by viewing the poster.
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Alternatively, you can also contact us directly via silcshepton@somerset.gov.uk. If you have any questions or want to book via the telephone, please phone Julian Bellew on 07977 411274.
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We will send you further details of the event once your place is confirmed.
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Help shape the services provided by Adult Social Care in Somerset
You are invited to workshops in August and September where you will help shape the services provided by Adult Social Care in Somerset. Those to attend will have the opportunity to become part of a 'Making it Real ' Board, become part of interview panels, and provide training. Support and training will be provided for all the roles available.
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If you have experience of accessing Somerset Council’s Adult Social Care services, or if you are a carer, we would love to see you.
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The workshops will take place in two wheelchair accessible venues in Somerset 👇
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- Wednesday 16 August 2023, 2.30pm-4.30pm - Albermarle Centre, Taunton
- Friday 1 September 2023, 1.30pm-3.30pm - Glastonbury Town Hall
Tea and coffee will be provided!
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Spaces are limited. The deadline for booking spaces is one week before each workshop.
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Re: Adult Social Care Technology – what could it do to support your care? What are the key areas of improvement?
The South West Academic Health Science Network has teamed up with the Integrated Care Systems of Devon, Cornwall and Somerset to see if we can pull together a bid for funding technology in Adult Social Care settings across the South West.
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We want to make sure that we are aware of all the problems faced on the ground and that we are including the views of all those working in and around the Adult Social Care, as well as those people in receipt of their services and their families.
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We would be grateful if you could complete and distribute the two short surveys, which will allow us to look at the real life problems, areas of potential improvement through technology, themes and challenges faced by carers, families and the cared for:
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All responses are anonymous, by submit your views by 31st August 2023 and forward these links onto any colleagues, carers or families
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Call for Participants: LGBTQ+ Older Adult Social Care Assessment Study
The Older LGBTQ+ Adult Social Care Assessment study (LOASCA: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/loasca) is seeking older LGBTQ+ for interviews about this experiences of social care.
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Social care doesn't do as well as other services (such as healthcare) in providing holistic services to LGBTQ+ people, and their study seeks to understand the reasons and provide recommendations to improve services.
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The study has ethics approval, both from the National Social Care Research Ethics as well as University of Birmingham - they are happy to share these details if you would like confirmation. This study is funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).
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I am reaching out to ask whether you might have any members that fall in this category who would like to take part in our interview. The interviews will be conducted by co-researchers (older LGBTQ+ people that have used social care) and can take place wherever the participant wishes, even online or over the phone.
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I am attaching their 'call for participants' poster (linked) which has some more information and contact details (and which you can share on your social media channels/newsletter), but please let them know if you would like more information, or if there are any other organisations they might reach out to.
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Dr Jason Schaub - j.schaub@bham.ac.uk
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New Dysphagia Resources
The Adult Speech and Language Therapy Service has developed a new Managing Dysphagia Checklist to support staff with managing dysphagia in care homes. In addition to this, we are also changing our referral process to allow care home staff to refer directly without needing to go through a resident’s GP.
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A letter will be sent out to all care home managers to inform them of these changes.
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We will be available to support all care home staff with this transition and answer any questions or concerns that you may have.
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Olivia Blunn
Pathway Lead Speech and Language Therapist for Dementia and Care Homes
On Behalf of Somerset NHS Foundation Adult Speech and Language Therapy Service
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Social Work Sessions – new episode
Episode 5 of the Social Work Sessions has now been released on Spotify, Apple and Amazon.
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This week’s episode is about Adult Safeguarding and features Louise White who talks about her career, the role of her team and why safeguarding is everybody’s responsibility.
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You can listen to the full episode on these streaming services:
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Events
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Walk For A Life - World Suicide Prevention Day 2023
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Somerset’s ‘Walk for a Life’ event, aimed at raising awareness of suicide prevention, returns for a second year, on Saturday 9 September.
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Taking place at Castle House at the Museum of Somerset, the event starts at 10:30am and coincides with the weekend of World Suicide Prevention Day.
This year’s event will feature a poignant walk-through Taunton’s Town Centre, starting at the Museum of Somerset, and passing through meaningful locations to commemorate those impacted by suicide within the County.
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Following the walk, participants are invited to return to Castle House at the Museum of Somerset where local organisations will be on hand to chat about
their services and provide support.
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Find out more at walkforalife.org.uk
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Care Home and Dementia South West Event
26th September, 10am-4pm, Taunton Rugby Club, TA2 8BU
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Care home residents with Dementia: how can we do better together?
Care Home staff report that their greatest challenge is in getting the right and timely support for people with dementia when they are deteriorating, often
leading to an admission which could have been avoidable. Getting the right diagnosis and support requires a collaborative approach, coordinating primary care, community health services, older people mental health teams, secondary care as well as the care staff.
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This multi-professional, cross sector approach to the day intends to bring together the collaborative partners to focus on dementia diagnosis and support, with earlier identification of deterioration, to positively impact on reducing urgent care needs, avoiding admissions, improving discharge processes and improved outcomes for the individuals.
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Upcoming Event and Training Reminders
- Free Mental Health training for the Learning Disability Social Care workforce available.
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Taunton Campus of Bridgwater & Taunton College on the 7th of August.
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- Care Provider Learning Engagement Meeting, Tuesday September 5th, 2-4pm.
- DBS Webinars for Adult Social Care, various dates. Details on Eventbrite.
- Basic Dysphagia Awareness Training, Various dates. Details on PEN.
- St Margaret's Hospice - Training for Care Professionals. 30th November, 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) remain 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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