Watch our webinars covering different areas to help you manage your service:
Drawing on experiences of Skills for Care’s integration lead and providers benefitting from working with integrated care systems (ICSs), this webinar looks at person-centred approaches and what the CQC might expect. It also focuses on practical ways to build mutually beneficial relationships to enable communities to work together in delivering integrated care.
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Fostering positive cultures is critical to the performance, wellbeing, inclusivity and quality of your teams. This webinar shares valuable insight into why having a positive, inclusive, compassionate and collaborative workplace culture matters and it highlights best practice and practical ideas for you to consider in your own organisations. Hear from an employer about their experience and the impact a positive and inclusive culture has been for their service. We also share the latest thinking about how you can make a difference, including building and embedding the Culture Iceberg Model and how to effectively demonstrate evidence to the CQC.
This webinar provides practical tools and advice about the new CQC inspection focus and Quality Statements. During this webinar, you’ll gain insight into the new CQC Single Assessment Framework, and you’ll hear from managers and directors of other services on the CQC changes and what they are doing to be ready for the new inspection focus.
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How do you prepare to have the evidence at hand for CQC assessments, monitoring and inspection?
Delivered in partnership with The Outstanding Society, this webinar provides insight into how other adult social services gather and share evidence with the CQC. From who to involve in this process, to how to manage and maintain robust evidence, you’ll hear from other frontline managers on their tried and tested methods. With live panel discussions and debate, you will learn how other services are adapting to meet the evidence requirements of the new CQC Single Assessment Framework.
You can also take a look at our GO Online: inspection toolkit.
This webinar is for all new managers and will provide an introduction to how Skills for Care can help you to be successful. It covers practical ways to recruit, develop and lead your teams, as well as how to further your own development and different ways to connect with peer support and local expertise.
This webinar is aimed at frontline managers and nominated individuals. It provides insight into successful ways to recruit Board and Trustees and showcases practical examples of how their expertise can benefit people, staff and managers. It also looks at how appointing the right mix of board members and trustees can add value to your service, helping you to meet the expectations of a well-led service.
In partnership with the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman, this webinar provides an introduction to the relationship between CQC and the Ombudsman. It focuses on the importance of effective complaints handling and how learning from complaints can be used to drive service improvements. Best practice guidance is shared and resources and support available to managers is highlighted.
Explore how the pandemic has helped adult social care providers establish new partners and successfully build upon existing ones. It will look at mutually beneficial relationships with a range of different partners, including examples from outside of the usual partnerships between health and social care.
Whether responding to the pandemic or other factors impacting your service, risk assessments are an important part of the day-to-day running of all types of adult social care services. This webinar provides a summary of the key things to build confidence in risk assessments and learn how to take positive risks even during challenging times.