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South West Ambulance trust provide verification of death training for nursing homes throughout Dorset.

They now have more dates for the next 3 months further details can be found under related documents.

There are only 10 places on each course so there is a limit of 2 people from one home on any course.

To book your place on one of these sessions please contact either Ellenor Peaty ellenor.peaty@swast.nhs.uk or phone the Admin Team on 01202 851332.

A new date for establishing Local Healthwatch in April 2013 has been announced to align this closer to the establishment of other new bodies such as the health and well being boards. The extension will also support preparations for implementation and enable Healthwatch England (which will be established in October 2012) to provide the leadership and support to Local Healthwatch organisations.

Here is a letter from David Behan, Director General for Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnerships, with more details: Click here to download

Following the recent “Shaping HealthWatch” consultation, which included a number of focus groups, questionnaires and engagement events, I am also pleased to be able to distribute the attached Discussion Document and Report of Stakeholder Engagement.

These documents are aimed at all those interested in how Local HealthWatch is provided for Bournemouth, Dorset & Poole and we would welcome your views.

The documents can also be found here: Click here to download

If you have any feedback on this report please send us any responses by February 29th 2012 to shapinghealthwatch@bournemouth.gov.uk

Hilary Evans
Community Strategy Manager
Borough of Poole

Under related documents you will find the Skills for Care Policy Briefing document produced towards the end of 2011. Whilst it is clear that things are moving on quickly in the Adult Social care sector, we hope you find some information useful and will be pleased to forward our Spring Policy Briefing Document on to you once it is published.

South West Skills for Care Team

Have your say about The Big Plan, The Bournemouth and Poole Health and Social Care Commissioning Strategy 2012-15, before the consultation period ends on the 10th February. The Big Plan explains how Bournemouth and Poole will work together to provide health and social care services for adults with learning disabilities.

In December 2011 two really informative consultation events were held with over 120 people with learning disabilities, carers and people working with or for people with learning disabilities giving their views.

The consultation period ends on 10th February 2012. Anyone wishing to learn more about The Big Plan and have their say, can do so by visiting www.boroughofpoole.com/thebigplan and completing the online survey. Alternatively, by telephoning 01202 633646 and requesting a copy of The Big Plan and questionnaire to be sent by post.

Thank you for your help.

Jannie Bowen

Learning Disability Partnership Board Co-ordinator
Adult Social Care - Commissioning and Improvement
Borough of Poole
01202 633646

Please find our second newsletter under documents downloads for your perusal. We trust you find it informative.

Also, please note for your diary our third Mental Capacity Act Conference at Merley House on the 14th March 2012 aimed at home and hospital staff.

To apply for a place please return the attached nomination form by the 17th February 2012.

NB if you wish to be removed from the mailing list. Please advise by return.

Anna, Paul and Mark Mental Capacity Act Team NHS Dorset, Vespasian House, 1st Floor, West Wing Bridport Road, DORCHESTER, Dorset, DT1 1TS

Phone: 01305 368913 Fax: 01305 368947

Web: www.dorset.nhs.uk

Please send all DOLS forms to: mca.team@dorset-pct.nhs.uk

Produced by Partners in Care, for Skills for Care, this DVD showcases the work undertaken as part of a European Social Funded (ESF) Project. With record numbers of apprentices taking up careers in adult social care, it is becoming one of the most popular routes into a long term career in the sector. That’s why Skills for Care in the South West applied to the ESF’s Innovation, Transnationality and Mainstreaming programme – Ageless@Work

The Partners in Care Prime Programme took this forward. The overall aim of the project was to support older workers in the sector to access training that took into account their lifestyles and working commitments. Other aims of the ESF funded programme in the South West included helping employers to operate in flexible ways to meet the needs of service-users and workers.

The DVD can be viewed using the following links:

• On youtube via: Please click

• On facebook via: Please click

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The following changes have been made to the Skills for Care website

A new section on what to do when setting up a care home/opening a domiciliary care agency has been added to the ‘How can we help you?’ page

The CQC Advice Notes have been updated with new links to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society publications and some other tweaks to the copy.

Please see to the right (under document downloads) a slightly revised template for Workforce Planning for User Led Organisations developed by T Blackmore – Disability Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, J Waddington-Jones – DOTS CIC and V McCririck – Workforce Adviser.

This document sets out a Template for Workforce Planning for User Led Organisations (and other organisations in the social purpose sector), based on the experience of two ULOs in the South West who successfully bid for workforce capacity building funding from the Department of Health – South West: Disability Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Ltd, and DOTS Disability CIC/Access Dorset. The template is based on their experience of applying the Skills for Health Six Step Methodology to Integrated Workforce Planning (2008).

14 December 2011

Have you got a concern about something you’ve seen or experienced at your place of work? We have published a quick guide on whistleblowing to help you decide what to do next and how you can tell us about it.

Our quick guide has been written for health and care professionals that need to raise a concern about their workplace. It gives you helpful advice on speaking out about poor care and what protection you will have from the law if you do.

Download the quick guide to the right to find out more about whistleblowing and what happens after you contact us.

Those of you who attended the Innovations in Care conference in the summer will remember the inspiring presentation by Leen Stevens from the Dignity in Care project. She talked about the sTimul programme where people from the care sector can experience what it is like to be cared for. The aim of the project is to learn first-hand how you can improve the way that you deliver care to others. There is a now an exciting opportunity for you to attend one of the sTimul projects in the Netherlands or Belgium in 2012 and 2013.

More information will follow shortly, but in the meantime if you would like to find out more please contact Katie Bennett at katie@picbdp.co.uk

Partners in Care (PIC) are very pleased to announce the recent appointment of Sophie Trim as their Business Development Manager. Part of Sophie’s role will be looking for new and innovative opportunities to further develop the work PIC has carried out on behalf of the care sector over the past 11 years.

Sophie can be contacted via strim@christchurchandeastdorset.gov.uk.

Skills for Care has developed a practical guide for employers implementing social care Apprenticeship programmes.

The guide includes information about the Apprenticeship framework, the benefits of apprentices to your business, how to introduce them into the organisation and useful case studies. There are also sample job adverts and induction plan documents available to download from our website.

Visit www.skillsforcare.org.uk/apprenticeshipsguide or email marketing@skillsforcare.org.uk to order a hard copy of the guide.

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