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Workforce Initiative News

• Trainers events:March 2010 - Do Not Attempt Cardio - Pulmonary Resuscitation
• “Coming of Age: Dementia in the 21st Century”, Information request and Themes outlined
• Support into Work with Job Centre Plus - 23rd March information event Glasgow
• Become part of the Dementia Managed Knowledge Network
• Websites used to deliver personalised services
• Conference: Working together to protect ‘adults at risk’ - 22nd March Edinburgh
• Tayforth Learning Network - March eBulletin
• OU Managing in the Workplace award - meets Registration requirements, register by 31st March
• COSLA claims budget cuts will make care system ‘unsustainable’
• Skills for Care backs National Dignity Day
• National Strategy on Self Directed Support - Consultation Event 18th March Glasgow
• Care Information Scotland (CIS) - a new helpline for older people and their families
• Learning Disability Bulletin - ENABLE Scotland
• Reports of Citizen Leadership events held January 2010
• International Dementia Conference 19th - 21st October 2010 - London
• Kay Carmichael Travel Award sponsored by the ADSW & the Scottish Government
• Telecare for people with a disability - Free Event Falkirk 26th March 2010.
• Care First Careers: A Government Scheme to recruit new young staff into care services
• End of Life Assistance (Scotland) Bill placed before Parliament
• SCIE Personalisation briefing: Implications for nursing homes
• Care Commission issue interpretation of EU Directive on aspects of Registration of Care Services
• Commissioning for Personalisation 18th March 2010, Edinburgh
• ADSW Annual Conference 2010 - Working Together - Shaping the Future
• Caring Careers new website launched
• Free care of the elderly in Scotland a contentious issue
• Using Electronic Technology to Assist People with Dementia
• NHS could save £15bn by treating more patients at home
• Study reveals that Britain’s dementia crisis is being ignored
• Consultation meetings on the national strategy for self-directed support in Scotland
• Urgent information regarding Modern Apprenticeships in Health & Social Care
• Standards campaign targets Care at home
• Spreading and Embedding Best Practice: Mental Health Nurses Working with Older People
• Care News - Winter bulletin
• The National Audit Office express concern over Government’s Dementia Strategy
• Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability
• Workforce Planning Administrators Workshop - Tayforth Learning Network (Free event)
• Learning Network West - January 2010 e-bulletin
• Act now : New (Feb) 2010 Funding opportunity for Modern Apprentices in Health & Social Care
• Participate in a vital European- wide Healthcare Associated Infection (HAI) Prevalence Survey.
• RCN Scotland’s ‘Supporting Better Care’ development event starting in April 2010
• Free Coaching and Mentoring Workshop on Wednesday 10th February Dewar’s Conference Centre, Perth
• Transforming Adult Social Care: Sharing Knowledge - New Web Site
• Scottish Care and Scottish Care at Home Merger
• NHS Lothian and Edinburgh Napier University Inaugural International Conference on Compassionate Care
• Care Commission make process of registering a Care Service simpler
• Public Health Minister thanks Scotland’s care workers
• New Learning Network Portals - North Learning Network
• SSSC Winter News Letter is published
• Royal College of Physicians Report: Oral feeding difficulties and dilemmas
• Sign up for the Awards for Supervisors - Meeting SSSC Registration Requirements
• Social Work Inspection Agency - Launch of Practice Guides - 27th January (Glasgow)
• Joint Improvement Team Winter Newsletter
• Education Facilitators for Care Homes
• Online Care Commission Annual Returns available for completion from 7th January 2010
• An Introduction to Citizen Leadership - Inverness & Aberdeen - Learning Network North
• Scottish Caring & Dementia Congress 17th/18th March 2010 - Murrayfield
• Facilitative Training Courses - February/March 2010 - Learning Network West - Paisley
• NHS to be given bigger social care role
• Swine Flu Update
• Scottish Social Services Council Conference 19th February 2010 - Glasgow (SECC)
• Social Services Knowledge Scotland - Unlocking knowledge for practice
• Partnership Matters Event 19th January 2010 : Aberdeen College
• North Scotland Leadership Community - Seminar 29th January 2010 Aberdeen
• “Leading the Way” free event on Citizen Leadership 26th February at TouchBase, Glasgow
• Supporting Better Care - RCN progamme for Health Care Support Workers/Care Assistants - 2010 dates
• Outcome of the SCQF Handbook Launch & information on a forthcoming information seminar
• Scottish Human Rights Commission & International Human Rights Day
• STARS (Stroke Training & Awareness Resources) - continence management
• Delay on Highland Council care homes project
• Care home for elderly in Stirlingshire to close as it does not meet national care standards
• Care Home charges in Glasgow criticized
• Edinburgh Council faces soaring bill for agency staff in care homes
• Can Gerry Robinson Fix Dementia Care Homes? 2 part Documentary BBC 2 - 8th Dec - 2100 hrs
• The SSSC is calling for all organisations, large or small, to enter this year’s Care Accolades
• LTCAS Conference - how can we achieve person-centredness for people with long term conditions?
• Calling all Care Homes - BAPEN’s Nutrition Screening Week 12-14 Jan 2010
• Citizen Leadership: Everyone’s Business - free event 18th January 2010 - Edinburgh
• A new web site has been launched for the 4 Learning Networks throughout Scotland
• Older people’s vision for long term care in care homes - what they want and need
• What is restraint in the care home context? Examples of Good Practice outlined.
• Care News Online - Winter issue published
• New Scrutiny Bodies update bulletin November 2009
• Research suggests anti-psychotic drugs prescribed inappropriately to Dementia sufferers
• A new ground breaking series of books available on Policy and Practice in Health & Social Care
• Free persoanl care costs rise 11% in Scotland
• Government publishes home care service statistics for Scotland
• Protection of people who use services extended with Care Home Manager Registration fully implemented
• Scottish Credit and Qualification Framework - Guide for Employers
• Dementia Centre Design School Course 3rd - 5th March 2010
• Citizen Leadership Training Material - “Preparing for Change” online now
• “Leading the Way” free training event on Citizen Leadership 9th December - Kilmarnock
• Allan Bowman Chair of SCIE responds to recent Alzheimer’s society report “ Cutting the Cost”
• URGENT RECALL of Medicines
• Association of Directors of Social Work publish a report on Personalisation
• Consultation on Secondary legislation pertaining to Protection of Vunerable Groups Scheme
• Scottish Credit and Qualification Framework - Autumn/Winter update
• Anger grows over City of Edinburgh plans to change care package provision
• RCN Nutrition Now Free ‘Train the Trainer Day’ Friday 4th December 2009
• What Works, IRISS Workshop Series Dec 2009/2010
• Free IT Training provided by Dundee College - Tayside area

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