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Skills for Care hosts local and national events and networks to support the adult social care sector with their workforce development needs.

Search for events in your local area by region and by topic. If you're looking for network event in your area and can't find it on the listing below, please contact your locality manager.

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02

May

Online event

Free

Occupational therapy workforce event: Tools for influencing future workforce and practice

Online

This event will bring together a range of speakers from different organisations, who will provide updates on current strategies in the world of occupational therapy, and will help to increase your confidence in working systematically within the sector.

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10

May

Online event

Free

Celebrating social care nursing on International Nurses Day

Online

An Introduction from Deborah Sturdy the Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care followed by exceptional stories from exceptional people. This virtual event will be a celebration of all things social care nursing, with people who draw on care and support and from all fields of practice including our wonderful nursing associates in the sector.

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15

May

Online event

Free

Understanding the opportunities for restorative clinical supervision for nursing in social care

Online

In this session, we will explore the importance of restorative clinical supervision in retaining the nursing workforce. We will be joined by the Foundation of Nursing Studies and hear about how the Resilience Based Clinical Supervision model is supporting nurses and nursing associates in the sector to enhance well-being, develop resilience and improve person centred care.

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16

May

Free

RM webinar: Workforce wellbeing – Practical and cost effective ways to support your team

Delivered in partnership with The Outstanding Society, this webinar will look at simple and effective ways to best support your workforce, helping them manage the latest pressures and workload.

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16

May

Online event

Free

Northern individual employer and personal assistant network

Online

This network is for anyone in the North East, North West or Yorkshire and Humber, who are individual employers, personal assistants or who have an interest in supporting individual employers and personal assistants to share good practice, highlight new and innovative ways of working and provide opportunities to support and network with others.

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23

May

Online event

Free

Registered managers mentoring programme

Online

Mentoring is a partnership between two people and is about developing opportunities as well as solving problems. Being trained as a mentor gives you the opportunity to mentor others, whilst learning new skills, developing greater self-awareness and reflecting on your practice. This programme is intended to provide you with a better understanding of the structure of the mentoring process and of the intellectual design behind mentoring. The programme will include: What mentoring is and the benefits of mentoring Mentoring core skills The mentoring relationship Tools for the mentoring conversation Action planning and reflection The programme is FREE and exclusively for registered manager members of Skills for Care. You will need your membership number when you register; you can find this on the certificate you would have received as a new member, or on your membership home page (click here). If you cannot find this or you think you do not have access to it please email membership@skillsforcare.org.uk.

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05

Jun

Online event

£144

Delivering outstanding care seminar

Online

This full-day interactive seminar is for services who want to understand what outstanding care looks like and how to deliver and evidence this. You will also learn how to strengthen each Key Question and Quality Statement. This seminar is primarily aimed at services currently rated Good but who want to progress to Outstanding, as well as newer services hoping to achieve this accolade in their first inspection.

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06

Jun

Online event

Free

Digital champions community event

Online

This event will bring together digital champions local to your area, across England, and anyone else who is interested in becoming a digital champion in the adult care sector. This will be the third in a series of events aimed at supporting and raising the profile of digital champions to advocate and support the use of technology in the delivery of care, and to build on topics covered in previous sessions. Digital champions are individuals who work in the adult social care sector, who support and empower staff to use digital technology more effectively in the delivery of care, and who have increased confidence, understanding and motivation. During this event, you’ll be able to share learning and find out more about how other digital champions are supporting their colleagues and people drawing on care and support. You will also have the opportunity to work together to hear about solutions to common issues and find out about new digital and technology innovations, and resources that can support the continuous professional development of your workforce. This event will help us to build a community of digital champions who can work together to embed digital across the adult social care sector. Learning outcomes: To gain a deeper awareness and understanding of the role of digital champions and practical ways of fulfilling this role. Find out more about the resources available to support you as a digital champion or as an employer who supports digital champions.  Connect with other digital champions in your local area and identify feasible steps, individual or collective, in how to support each other.

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06

Jun

Online event

Free

Registered manager webinar: Leading induction for a positive workplace culture

Online

Induction is a critical time for anyone joining social care – it’s an opportunity for managers and leaders to embed organisational values and culture, as well as support that new person to set a positive ongoing career experience. Good quality induction significantly reduces turnover rates and reduces the time taken for someone to become effective and productive in their role. This improves their knowledge and confidence, positively impacting peoples’ experience of care from the beginning of their careers. This webinar will show managers and leaders that a quality induction doesn’t need to be complicated, it needs to be planned and considered, creating a genuinely supportive culture. A panel of providers will highlight the importance of enabling your expectations to be clear, goals and ambitions to be shared and ensuring newcomers feel welcome and important to the team. Join us to hear about practical ideas that you can consider in your own organisations, ways in which to effectively demonstrate evidence to the CQC, and how you can make a difference

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11

Jun

Online event

Free

Take a virtual tour of the Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set (ASC-WDS)

Online

Have you ever wondered what’s involved in using the Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set? Join us to see first-hand the tools and benefits that your organisation could be missing out on! This session is designed to give social care providers who do not yet have an ASC-WDS account a demonstration of how the service works. Care providers who already use ASC-WDS may wish to join to be reminded of how they can make the most of their account.  20,000 care providers already use ASC-WDS and can access a range of benefits including: Eligibility for funding opportunities. Record information about your staff. Manage your training records. Define mandatory training for each role. Receive alerts when training is expired or expiring soon. Benchmark your service against similar providers. Access discounts and offers from Skills for Care and endorsed training providers. Allow us to create vital intelligence which is used by sector stakeholders and decision makers. This webinar will be run on Zoom.

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