A fantastic way to encourage people to get involved in #sharedlives , check out Bradford Council‘s new Shared Lives microsite:
sharedlivesbradford.org

Our Better Care Fund Support Programme learning lunches continue next Weds (1 May) with a session led by our Senior Data Analyst David Maguire.

David will provide insight into the 'myth of the winter wave', and how pressure builds on the health and social care bed base in winter.

Are you Interested in Helping People Regain their Independence in Leeds? A Support Worker helps people in the community regain their independence at home, through rehabilitation support with personal care and daily activities. Visit SkILs Recruitment: [email protected]

As part of our 'Transitions that Matter' commentary series, Prof Catherine Needham and members of the Centre for Care Voice Forum and the University of Birmingham Lived Experience Panel explore why so few people continue to transition to direct payments:

centreforcare.ac.uk/commentary/202…

In 2022 Kyle Simpson (a care worker) from Springfield Healthcare asked about increasing the number of men working in social care. We put together a team & applied for research funding. NIHR Research contract is signed & we're off! A pic of the MEND study team👇 stay tuned for more info

New from The Telegraph, a fantastic article on the huge benefits Homeshare can bring to people who want to share their lives and homes. Great examples from Homeshare UK members Homeshare Oxfordshire & Homeshare Gloucestershire. telegraph.co.uk/money/property…

📣Out now!

The #AdultSocialCare  Reporting Minimum Data Specification (RMDS) has been developed for Digital Care Plans with the aim of decreasing the reporting burden on #CareProviders  and improving information sharing and insight ✨

Read more 👇
beta.digitisingsocialcare.co.uk/news/step-towa…

'No time for that! Practicing relational care in the UK homecare sector'

In this new commentary, Nick writes about his current research and the obstacle of time to practicing relational care in the context of homecare:
centreforcare.ac.uk/commentary/202…
#socialcare #homecare

Thanks to The Dunhill Medical Trust who funded the pilot, Socialudo, and our partners Jeremy Porteus and United St Saviour's. It's been great working with you!

Alongside @SkillsforCare, we are #CelebratingSocialCare by encouraging our members to share their good news stories, hold in-person, online events and more to recognise and uplift the incredible people who work across adult social care!📣

🔗skillsforcare.org.uk/news-and-event…

PhD Studentship in Dementia Homecare - help care workers to develop new skills in dementia support, and join a prestigious national cohort of dementia PhD students all funded by NIHR Research. Supervised by Yvonne Birks + me.
york.ac.uk/study/postgrad…

Room with a view. Good to be in #Bridlington for Humber & North Yorkshire Health & Care Partnership Leaders' Forum: how we improve services and tackle poor health in our 6 areas; achieving the NHS big 4 outcomes; working closer with the #voluntary sector

If you are interested in finding out more about Age-friendly Communities then have a look at our Age-friendly resources, we have key publications, toolkits and more available to download. #AgeFriendlyUK

Take a look: ageing-better.org.uk/age-friendly-r…

The Making Data Count team deliver a wide range of training modules to improve your data skills. All are free and modules are CPD accredited. For a full list of dates & registration links join our futures site & download this document #plotthedots future.nhs.uk/MDC/view?objec…

Our latest Social care 360 review highlights that adult requests for social care have hit a record high of 2 million and that the key measures all point towards a social care system that is under intense pressure. Read our full analysis 🔎 kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-an…

This April we're #CelebratingSocialCare & the 1.5 million people working in the #AdultSocialCareSector 💙 Thank you for everything you do 👏 Help us celebrate
🔗 bit.ly/CelebratingSoc…

Rising costs have put intermediate care, a vital part of health and care, under pressure.

Our new analysis finds that the average local authority spend on a single episode of care in 2022/23 was 27% higher in real terms than in 2019/20.

Read more ⬇️
health.org.uk/publications/l…

Today’s report also explains in more detail why people are dissatisfied with social care. Here’s a full list: pay and conditions of staff, eligibility for care and carer support are the top 3, affordability and lack of integration next.

✨If you work in #QualityAssurance and want to understand more about how you can support providers to strengthen their data protection using the DSPT, then join us at our webinar Tues 2nd April, 2pm!

Register your attendance here: (buff.ly/494FFA8)

#ChampioningRMs - Supporting deputy managers to grow

Our deputy manager networks are a place to connect with peers, share experiences and challenges & learn with others.

Find a deputy manager network near you
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