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Employer Engagement Events: Skills for Care are running a series of events across the Eastern Region, the aim of which is to:

• Update you on the latest workforce developments within social care
• Provide you with information on Skills for Care tools and products
• Give you an opportunity to obtain support with your nmds-sc updating or completion
• Provide you with networking opportunities

 

The programme will include:

 

• The Qualifications and Credit Framework
• Apprenticeships
• The national minimum data set (nmds-sc)
• Other recruitment and retention and workforce development initiatives

 

Please click here for details:

Employer Engagement events 2010 and 2011

Please click here for programme details:

Employer Engagement event programme 

 

Partnership working with Job Centre Plus

 

A recent case study highlights an excellent example of partnership working to facilitate the return to work of someone claiming Employment Support Allowance. Stephen Gard, 48 from Canvey Island is helping make a real difference to people's lives and has changed his career in the building trade to work as a Care Assistant where he is making a real difference to older people, and those with dementia and stroke injuries in his community. The wake up call for Stephen came after he suffered a head injury and found himself claiming Employment Support Allowance. He had previously worked for 25 years as a Tiller and whilst being unemployed began exploring the possibility of other careers that might be available to him with the help of his New Deal for Disabled People Adviser.

 

Please click here to see the case study: Stephen Gard

 

 

Eastern Region Annual Conference 2010

 

For the speakers presentations on the day please click here:

Regional Conference 2010 speakers presentations

 

 

 

Apprenticeships - Growing Your Own, June 2010

For further information on Apprenticeships, please click here:

Apprenticeships June 2010

 

 

Examples of Effective Learning Organisations

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"UNSUNG HEROES IN A CHANGING CLIMATE" - a report by Cambridge Older People Reference Group (COPRG)

In 2007, discussion on the possibility of a community study was undertaken with statutory and voluntary sector service providers. In particular, support and advice was given by the Help the Aged development worker. In 2008, financial support was made available by Skills for Care, Eastern Region for this study to begin. The executive summary gives details of this work where COPRG explored the nature of community groups in which older people are involved. They discovered many of the activities undertaken by the community groups and some knowledge of the people involved in these groups. The executive summary also looks at the emerging implications of workforce development.

The summary report is available here: COPRG report

The full report is available here: COPRG Full Report

Analysis of the questionnaires, focus groups and emerging findings is also available - via email to: Lee.Stribling@skillsforcare.org.uk

With thanks to Dorothy Runnicles and the members of COPRG for this excellent piece of work.

  

Accolades 2010

In 2009, Outlook Care were winners in the category of Best employer of over 250 staff. Whose turn will it be in 2010 ? Go to the national website for information on the categories (it's on the left hand side, under Accolades").  If you would like help with determining the best category or categories for your organisation to enter, talk to Lee Stribling on 078113 92584 or email her at Lee.Stribling@skillsforcare.org.uk

GOOD LUCK!

 

 

National minimum data set (nmds-sc): use it or lose it!

All unactivated accounts will soon be deleted

Are you one of the employers who completed a paper version of the nmds-sc some time ago and have not yet gone online to refresh your information or to activate your online account? Skills for Care have been holding your information on your behalf, but it is now significantly out of date and needs to be refreshed. You can do this by logging onto the nmds-sc online system. You will previously have been sent a password and log in details. If you have lost those, or if the person who originally collated your information has left and you need new log in details, please contact the helpdesk on 0845 8730129. If you would like to know more about the nmds-sc, you can either visit the website at :http://www.nmds-sc-online.org.uk/or contact Lee Stribling, who runs the project in the Eastern region on 07811392584 or at lee.stribling@skillsforcare.org.uk.We may also be able to offer you some support with this, so contact Lee for more information.

 Information on how to access your account, update your details, or add worker information are available on the nmds-sc pages of this site.

 

 

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