Within this page you will find useful information, advice & guidance along with best practice for Registrered Managers of Care Providers with Staffordshire. The Registered Managers Network is supported by the Care Market Development Team and the Chair of the meeting Natalie Dibble can be contacted through the Care Market Development Team email:- cmdt@staffordshire.gov.uk
What Managers say about the network meetings ..............
"A safe place to network with other managers who share compassion and determination to get through the most challenging of times, an opportunity to share thoughts and feelings whilst supporting each other with constantly changing guidance". - Trish Jones, Grace Care Group, Stoke Registered Manager Network
"I have found the WhatsApp group extremely helpful and supportive. At a really difficult time it helps to have the knowledge, advice and support from others who understand our unique situation". - Clodagh McGurrin, CEO and Registered Manager, Ordinary Lifestyles
Dates for future meetings
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Venue |
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07 April 2022 |
10am – 12.30pm |
Rudyard Suite, Staffordshire Place 1, Tipping Street, Stafford, ST16 2LP |
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07 July 2022 |
10am – 12.30pm |
Rudyard Suite, Staffordshire Place 1, Tipping Street, Stafford, ST16 2LP |
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06 October 2022 |
10am – 12.30pm |
Rudyard Suite, Staffordshire Place 1, Tipping Street, Stafford, ST16 2LP |
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12 January 2023 |
10am – 12.30pm |
Oak Room, County Buildings, Martin Street, Stafford, ST16 2LE |
Happening in 2022 - shared by Shirley Way:
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Skills for Care CEO – Oonagh Smith message to Managers
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Commissioning the right support for autistic people – webinars
Skills for Care, National Development Team for Inclusion and the National Autistic Society developed three resources to support health and social care commissioners improve how they commission services that support autistic people and improve the outcomes for them and their families. We’ll be running two webinars about how to use these resources on:- Webinar 1
Wednesday 12 January 2022 | Time: 10.00 – 12.30
Autism strategy, Introduction to the commissioning toolkit, understanding the population calculator, cultures and context, examples of good commissioning and panel discussions. - Webinar 2
Wednesday 19 January 2022 | Time: 10.00 – 12.30
Using the toolkit, co-production and partnerships, learning and development, influencing culture and panel discussions.
Who should attend?
Commissioners in health, social care and children’s services and associated roles, members of autistic led groups/local autism partnership boards.
⇨ Register for this event - Webinar 1
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These are now on the website here
Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) decisions and good practice: Respecting and protecting people’s rights and wishes.
We’ve developed a range of guidance and best practice resources to prepare for when someone becomes ill suddenly due to Covid-19 or other serious illness. The resources include
- A discussion of why and how DNACPRs can be part of good advance care planning
- key findings and recommendations from the Care Quality Commission’s report Protect Respect and Connect.
- An at-a-glance poster covering key principles
- Hospital bag checklist
- A detailed factsheet
Other Resources
- National Bereavement Alliance weekly webinars for bereavement service managers and practitioners
Register for webinars here = https://ncb.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=93ca41ab24380caf57761bd37&id=cbfd70efda&e=33de8adeb2
5th November 2021
Presentation by Acacia Training to ICS Group added to downloads area.
A variety of fully funded recruitment and training solutions.
COVID-19 webinars to support Registered Managers
Skills for Care are continuing to develop a series of webinars on a range of topics to support managers and their service during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are delivered live to a small number of participants and recorded for further viewing.
Skills for Care Wellbeing and Registered Managers offer - see attached documents
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December 2021
ASC-WDS official launch and benefits bundle
Skills for care spent the last two years making regular developments to the Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set (ASC-WDS) to bring more features and value for users. This week they are officially launching the service and are excited to tell you about all the fantastic benefits it offers.
Around 20,000 care providers are already using the service to access funding for training, safely manage staff and training records and benchmark their workplace against similar providers.
The data collected in the service is vital and is used by the government, the Department for Health and Social Care, local authorities, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and other decision makers as they plan, fund and monitor the sector.
SfC are also introducing our brand-new ASC-WDS Benefits Bundle for both new and existing users. The bundle contains special offers and discounts across products including savings on resources within our bookshop and special prices on eLearning.
To find out more about the benefits bundle, learn more about the ASC-WDS service or create an account, visit our dedicated webpage.
MAY 2021
Local College Social Care Coordinators for Qualifications and Placements
The following links can be used to access qualification learning / make contact with the named curriculum leads:
Newcastle & Stafford Colleges Group
- www.staffordcoll.ac.uk Newcastle College: Nichola Warburton Apprenticeship Manager | email: nichola.warbuton@nscg.ac.uk | Tel: 01782 254182
Stafford College: Meryl Cotton Curriculum Manager | email: meryl.cotton@nscg.ac.uk | Tel: 01785 275614 or Zoe Pickard | email: zoe.pickard@nscg.ac.uk | Tel: 01785 275614
Tamworth, Cannock & Lichfield and South Staffs College
- www.southstaffs.ac.uk South Staffs College: Claire Peake Employability Coordinator | email: claire.peake@southstaffs.ac.uk | Tel: 0300 456 2424 or Mobile: 07387 645761 or Jo George Curriculum Manager | email jo.george@southstaffs.ac.uk
Burton & South Derbyshire College
- www.bsdc.ac.uk Burton & South Derbyshire College: Amrit Virk Director of Curriculum | email: amrit.virk@bsdc.ac.uk | Tel: 01283 494565 or Mobile: 07590 940915
Anna Evangelou Curriculum Team Leader Health, Care | email: anna.evangelou@bsdc.ac.uk | Tel: 01283 494596
Acorn Training
www.acorntraining.co.uk | email: claire.wright@acorntraining.co.uk | Tel: 01782 827827 | email: info@acorntraining.co.uk
Acacia Training
www.acaciatraining.co.uk Hannah Breeze | email: hannahb@acaciatraining.co.uk | Tel: 01782 646346
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SEPTEMBER 2020
The Skills for Care Midlands team was delighted to host a new virtual event for registered managers using Zoom on Monday 14 September:
Here are the presentation slides from this event, excellent informative event
Here is the recording of the event
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JUNE 2020
During the COVID 19 crisis there will be no physical Registered Managers Meetings. However Skills for Care have arranged a series of virtual meetings so you can still access support and ask questions to the network. To join the meeting just click on the “Join Zoom Meeting” when its due to start and follow the instructions If you have any queries then please either contact CMDT or Shirley Way at Skills for Care.
Dates of further meetings are :
- Topic: Midlands RM network - Stafford, Time: Jul 21, 2020 03:00 PM London
Presentations are available for downloading from this page:
- Topic: Midlands RM network - Stafford, Time: Aug 18, 2020 03:00 PM London
Presentations are available for downloading from this page: - Topic: Midlands RM network - Stafford, Time: Sep 22, 2020 03:00 PM London
Slidedecks from these virtual meetings can be viewed / downloaded on right:
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MAY 2020
Our partners at Skills for Care have opened an Advice Line, Closed Facebook Group and Whats App Group. and email inbox to provide you with support and answers to your questions. Availability is 9.00 – 17.00 Monday to Friday. Click here to see how you can receive help and read our FAQs here.
Advice line: 0113 241 1260 / RMAdvice@skillsforcare.org.uk
January 2020 Newletter from SfC
This quarter we’re sharing information and good practice drawn from a number of networks across England. The newsletter includes:
- an introduction to the benefits of having a co-chair for your network from Martyn Davies, co-chair of the Trafford Registered Manager Network
- a brief update on when the application window for funding to run your network in 2020-2021 will open
- top tips from networks across England on how to grow and maintain attendance at your network.
If you have any questions about anything in the newsletter please let me know or email RM.networks@skillsforcare.org.uk. If you’d like to feature in the newsletter or have any comments on how we can improve it for you, please email rm.networks@skillsforcare.org.uk
Workforce Development Funding link to ASC-WDS,
https://asc-wds.skillsforcare.org.uk to website where new registration information is available and also includes more detail in terms of future development etc.
Skills for Care: Size and structure of the adult social care sector and workforce in England report 2019
New: ‘Guide to developing your staff’
Skills for Care have identified four simple steps to create a learning plan for your service including templates to use in the planning process, different ways you can develop your staff and how to evaluate the learning. Regular learning and development will help ensure workers can remain up-to-date with best practice to provide the best care and support.
Improving your service ensures that you deliver the high quality, person-centred care and support that people expect and deserve, and meet the CQC’s fundamental standards.
At the beginning of 2018, 21% of regulated adult social care services in England were delivering care that didn’t meet the CQC's fundamental standards - this puts the people you support, your staff and your organisation at risk. It’s vital that you address any areas for improvement immediately.
Skills For Care ‘Guide to improvement’ explains how to identify, plan and implement improvement across your service. It draws on ‘good’ and outstanding’ practice to help your service to, not only meet CQC expectations, but exceed them.
It includes checklists and examples to help you to identify what your service needs to improve, and to develop an action plan to implement the required changes.
This guide is for anyone involved in driving improvement in CQC regulated adult social care services including directors, board members, registered managers, nominated individuals, quality assurance leads, champions and learning and development leads.
If you want to improve your service, we recommend you read the full guide. If you want to strengthen a particular part of your service, look at the contents page to find the relevant section.
Displaying CQC Rating
Following engagement with trade associations and stakeholders from all sectors we recently made a minor amendment to our guidance. The amendment makes clear that if we assess that your rating is not displayed as required, we will follow our Enforcement Policy to decide our response. Our response and use of enforcement powers will be proportionate to the circumstances of each case.
The regulation also sets out what must be included in the displayed information and CQC has developed posters and digital products to help providers do this easily. We will continue to work with partners to improve our guidance and ensure that providers meet the regulation.