For County Durham's independent and voluntary social care & health sector employers
Calling all Health and Social Care Employers
11th January 2012
The Adult Learning and Skills Service (ALSS) aims to create 60 new apprenticeship opportunities for individuals, who live in County Durham, aged 19-24 and 25 +, in Health and Social Care at Level 2 and 3.
This programme will focus on creating new opportunities in the sector, and current employees can also benefit from FREE* Health and Social Care Qualifications.
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WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUNDING CLAIMS
21st December 2011
Don’t miss out on Workforce Development Funding!
Skills for Care have advised us that they plan to amend the WDF contracts in January.
This amendment will be based on the information the partnership lead (decha) provides in their update to Skills for Care.
In order to ensure any submissions you make will be considered you MUST advise us NOW if you plan to submit claims.
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Personalisation Awards
15th December 2011
Celebrating personalised care
The outstanding achievements of care and support service providers in the county have been recognised at an award ceremony earlier this month.
Durham County Council’s 2011 Personalisation Awards took place at the Gala Theatre and were presented to the private, independent and voluntary sector organisations that best help individuals in taking control of their own care and support services.
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Changes to Claiming WDF Funding
12th December 2011
Skills for Care have been receiving feedback that workforce development fund partnerships and their members are concerned about whether they will be able to fulfil the milestones set out in their WDF contracts. There are a range of issues that have been identified as contributing to this situation which have been fully explored and considered by Skills for Care .
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Understand how to support individuals with autistic spectrum
16th November 2011
DECHA have commissioned two additional courses in understanding how to support individuals with autistic spectrum. This one-day training for Care Workers will provide an understanding and is an induction programme for the QCF unit.
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WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUNDING
14th November 2011
As you will be aware the Workforce Development Fund (WDF) has replaced the previous Training Strategy Implementation (TSI)funding. A significant number of DECHA members have over recent years been able to submit units for reimbursement of part of the cost of training their staff.
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MCA/DOLS questionnaire reminder
25th October 2011
A questionnaire to aid in identifying training needs for your organisation can be found in the banner headlines on the right of this page.
If you think this would be useful to your organisation, complete the form and send it to Ed Collins.
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Skills for Care enews
14th October 2011
Don't forget that Skills for Care update their enews every few weeks.
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National Minimum DataSet
13th October 2011
As part of your partnership agreement with decha, and in order to have free access to the training offered by us, it is essential that you have an up to date, fully compliant, nmds-sc registration.
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Fully Funded Training Opportunity for 17 to 19 year olds
8th September 2011
The Princes Trust is funding a GET INTO CARE programme for unemployed 17-19 year olds living in the South West Durham area.
If you are aware of any young people who meet these criteria and are interested in a career in care, please let them know about this opportunity.
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Mental Capacity Act 2005
5th September 2011
Mental Capacity Act 2005
The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards regulations
Durham County Council are receiving an increasing number of requests to provided training in care homes on the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards regulations.
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Skills for Care enews
2nd September 2011
Skills for Care publish a fortnightly enews bulletin in order to bring any current activities to the sector's attention.
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Personalisation Awards 2011
12th August 2011
Durham County Council is promoting the personalisation awards to celebrate excellence across the care and support sector. The awards also promote best practice within the sector and pay tribute to service providers who have demonstrated outstanding excellence within their field of work.
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Dementia Course - Fully Funded - Now enrolling
10th August 2011
Benchmark Learning are now enrolling for the Dementia QCF award.
This course is fully funded, funds provided via the local Workforce Development Council.
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Great British Care Awards
5th August 2011
The Great British Care Awards recognise individuals who have demonstrated excellence within their field of work. They do this at a series of regional events throughout England
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Skills for Care enews
5th August 2011
Skills for care enews can be read online and provides updates on current activities and information about funding availability.
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Skills for Care Accolades 2011/12
5th August 2011
Nominations are now open for Accolades 2011/12
Achieving an Accolade proves you are improving the lives of people using social care services through workforce development.
Does this sound like you or your organisation?
If you provide a high quality service and invest in training, qualifications and development for your staff we want to hear from you. You can also nominate another organisation or employer that you think would be a worthy winner of an Accolade.
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Jay Solutions
8th July 2011
Jamie Penfold, latterly of Business Link has recently established Jay Solutions.
Read further to see a quote from Jamie about what he hopes to do for the sector with his new organisation.
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MORE End of Life Courses in September and October
1st July 2011
We have now commissioned the next round of End of Life Training courses and you can book now for September and October.
This one-day training for Care Workers will provide an understanding of End of Life care and is an induction programme for 3 QCF units
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Apprenticeships
21st June 2011
Pattinson & Milburn Training Limited, a locally based training organisation, are offering Apprenticeships, with FREE Health and Social Care Diplomas.
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Dementia Learning and Development Pathway
21st June 2011
A Learning and Development Pathway has been developed by the North East Regional Development of Skills Group in collaboration with Skills for Health and Skills for Care.
This Learning and Development Pathway is intended to support the National Dementia Strategy which was published by the Department of Health in February 2008.
It is now open for consultation within the sector.
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Free NCFE Safe Handling of Medication in Durham
20th April 2011
Please see flyer for Free Medication Training offered to Decha Members- offered by Release Potential.
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NCFE Safe Handling of Medication in Durham
4th April 2011
Release Potential will be delivering the accredited and nationally recognised NCFE L2 Certificate in Understanding the Safe Handling of Medicines. They are delivering 4 taught sessions, one for each unit generally about 2-3 weeks apart, and there is completion of workbooks alongside the sessions to achieve the qualification. The dates for the sessions are 27/04/11, 11/05/11, 23/05/11 and 15/06/11. We will be delivering at Mt Oswald Manor and Golf Course, South Road, Durham DH1 3TQ, and are planning a morning group 09.30-12.30, and an afternoon group 13.30-16.30.
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Safeguarding Adults See it, Report it campaign
15th March 2011
County Durham Safeguarding Team are working with other Local Authorities in the North East to deliver an information campaign to raise awareness and help protect vulnerable adults.
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Information for Direct Employers
23rd February 2011
Information on the Common Induction Standards for carers has been provided by Skills for Care to assist direct employers.
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