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Care Provider Survey Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland
November 4, 2019
NOT TO BE COMPLETED BY CARE HOMES OR RESIDENTIAL HOMES This survey invites your views on the training offer that is currently available to you and on any unmet training needs, helping the LSCDG to evolve training to better support you. This is a survey is about overall training rather than individual training needs. Please […]
Care Home Survey For Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland
The Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Care Home Sub Group (CHSG) brings together partners across health & social care, whose aim is to support local implementation of the national Enhanced Health in Care Homes programme. This survey invites your views on the training offer that is currently available to you and on any unmet training […]
ReSPECT Training Information
September 27, 2019
Training material received by the Resus Council UK, as part of the implementation. Download the resources 7-General_How to complete a ReSPECT form v1.0_2017_04_29 8-Young Person_How to complete a ReSPECT form v1.0_2017_04_29 9-Child_How to complete a ReSPECT form v1.0_2017_04_29 19-MCQ_ReSPECT_v1.0_2017_05_03 There is also the ReSPECT Web App, which can be accessed here. The ReSPECT Learning Web-application […]
Useful Resources for Providers
May 18, 2019
Here some resources that would be benefit providers Care Quality Commission Good-and-outstanding-care-guide SfC The guide has proved popular with registered managers, care co-ordinators, owners, operational directors, quality assurance leads, local authority commissioners, business consultants and others. Safe-staffing-guide SfC What is safe staffing? What are the warning signs of inadequate staffing? What are CWC standards […]
Join The Local Registered Managers Network
Run by registered managers and supported by Skills for Care, your local registered managers network offers the opportunity to share best practice in a safe space and discuss experiences and issues. The networks act as a local support. Registered managers can feel a lot of pressure and isolation and the best people to understand how […]
Adult Social Care Recruitment Campaign 2018-2019
February 7, 2019
The campaign will launch on 12th February 2019 with national and regional media engagement This year the Department of Health and Social Care is launching a national campaign to promote careers in the social care sector. The campaign is aimed at addressing the national shortfall in the adult social care workforce and will be delivered […]
Helping to Prevent Pressure Ulcers Resource – For Care Homes
January 24, 2019
Helping to prevent pressure ulcers A quick guide for registered managers of care homes Download the guide here Pressure ulcers resource
Workforce Development Fund
December 24, 2018
You could claim money towards developing your employees If you’re an adult social care employer in England, you can claim the Workforce Development Fund (WDF) towards the costs of your employees completing adult social care qualifications and learning programmes. Due to the introduction of the Regulated Qualifications Framework in 2017 and the new apprenticeships standards […]
Hydration In Care Homes
A practical resource pack to support the hydration of care home residents. Download the file here UWL_iHydrate_Full_VFinal3 Deborah Moussous Specialist Nurse Manager Local Authority Infection Prevention and Control Service Room G59 County Hall Glenfield Leicestershire LE3 8RA Tel: 0116 305 0787 Mob: 07989 376598 Email: deborah.moussous@leics.gov.uk For IPC advice or to report outbreaks […]
Important changes to fluid and diet descriptions – Care Homes / Care Agencies
To whom it may concern, Important changes to fluid and diet descriptions Following on from our previous notification in June 2018, we are writing to inform you that diet descriptions will also be changing to be in use by January 2019. This will follow the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI), as […]