The Care and Support West open resource library is a collection of videos, texts, PowerPoint presentations, websites, and instructional modules from workshops, conferences, and training sessions Care and Support West has hosted over the years.
This content sits outside of the ‘Members Area’, is organised in date order, and is available to everyone. We hope you find this useful and needless to say, if you can’t find what you’re looking for, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
National Guidance on wearing of Face Masks
Please see information regarding the wearing of face masks in all settings. Please make sure that this guidance is followed.
Nursing Apprenticeship - BNSSG Levy Bank
Calling all would be Apprentices.
Have you considered career progression or recruitment through the Apprenticeship Route?
Maybe you have thought of applying to do a Nursing Apprenticeship – did you know you can and apply for Levy transfer for a Nursing Apprenticeship through the BNSSG Levy Bank.
Would you like to find out how the Apprenticeship scheme works?
Maybe you have considered another type of Apprenticeship? There are many types available in the Social Care. If you have then Levy transfer is available through any of the following schemes
WTPN (Western Training Provider Network) levy transfer system (application form attached)
Bristol City Council have a levy transfer (application form attached)
Levy Pledge: large organisations across the region have committed their unused apprenticeship money on the GOV. website, access through the levy pledge page: Find a business to fund training for your apprentices (manage-apprenticeships.service.gov.uk)
Are you aware, if your organisation supports an Apprentice, there is funding available to support their business in the form of the Workforce development Fund. Contact Karen.Holley@careandsupportwest.com for more info.
If you do apply for levy transfer through any of these routes and /or if you would like more information, please can you contact Richard Francis @ richard.francis7@nhs.net
Annual General Meeting 2022
The Care and Support West AGM was held on 15th November, please find all of the meeting notes and resources references attached below:
Down Syndrome Act Guidance
Please find attached slides which explain the engagement asks in respect of the Down Syndrome Act.
Social Care Nurse Conference ‘22
Following on from the event earlier in October, please see the post-event materials below.
If you did attend and haven’t yet provided feedback, however, please do so on the link below ASAP.
Please find the link to download the slides from the day below, too – we have not attached them directly to save inbox space. Any issues downloading them, please do send a message back to confirm.
Integrated Care Systems and Integrated Care Partnerships Conference
On 2nd March we opened our doors to an exclusive Care & Support West symposium on the future of Integrated Care Systems and Integrated Care Partnerships. Taking place over one half-day. Download the event flyer and agenda here. Speaker slides and a full recording of the event can be found below.
Download the speaker presentations here:
The Provider Position - Oona Goldsworthy, National Care Forum
ICP Development Challenge - Ros Cox, Integrated Care Partnership Bristol
To the ICS and beyond - Jeff Farrar, Integrated Care System for Bristol
Watch the Integrated Care Symposium recording on our YouTube Channel here.
Mandatory vaccination for care staff webinar - a legal update from Royds Withy King 10th August 2021
Conference 2021
Please find copies of the speaker slides, which are available for download on the links below:
Neil Eastwood, CEO, Care Friends - ‘Finding and keeping care staff in the West of England: Best practice & new trends’
Mary Lewis, Director of Nursing, Sirona Care & Health - ‘Reflection on Developing Partnerships’
Sophie Coulthard, Judgement Index - ‘Building a culture of wellbeing’ (tbc)
Vic Rayner, Executive Director, National Care Forum - ‘Making Care Count – Voice, Vision and Values’
Thangam Debbonaire, Member of Parliament for Bristol West & Shadow Leader of the House of Commons (No slides, but talk available via our YouTube channel here.)
Dame Carol Black, Government Advisor on Health at Work - ‘Creating Health and Wellbeing at Work’
Cllr Asher Craig, Deputy Mayor, Communities, Equalities & Public Health - ‘COVID-19 and Race Inequality from the perspective of staff in the care sector’
Rob Assall, Deputy Chief Inspector South West & London, CQC - ‘An update from CQC – our new strategy and what this means for regulation’
Hugh Evans, Interim Exec Director, People Bristol - ‘Market Sustainability, Commissioning/Coproduction & Integrated Care’
If you were unable to make it to this year’s conference, you can watch both days live-stream replay via the Care and Support West YouTube channel.
Archive:
1st July 2020:
22nd January 2020: Continuous Learning, NHS Digital, Writing Nominations, WFD
Presentation 1: Nominations that Jump off the Page; 3 sample nominations
Presentation 2: Lisa Gridley, Citation: Continuous Learning
Presentation 3: Workforce Development
Presentation 4: Nurseline : Recruitment and Retention of Nurses in the Care Sector
Presentation 5: Keith Strahan NHS Digital and Social Care
AGM Materials 2019
Agenda, Minutes, CEO report, Chairs Report, Development Director’s Report, Draft Accounts
General Meeting November 2019
General Meeting September 2019
Sweet Silent Disco / Mark Sweeting Presentation here
Oomph presentation (too big to load)
Power Direct Case Study: Windmill Care savings here
General Meeting July 2019
Conference May 2019: PPTs
Technology In Care (Paul Kaye, Quiqcare) HERE
CQC presentation: HERE
Integrating Care: Keith Strahan: HERE
Electronic MAR: HERE
BNSSG CEPN Training Review Document
FAQ on Preparing for NO DEAL BREXIT
General Meeting March 2019: slides
Importance of planning: Mike Dunkeley, Dunkeleys Accountants. HERE
Fees, funding, advice for potential clients and why it’s acceptable to talk finance. Louise Osborne HERE
Insights from an outstanding provider: Manor Community, Sophie Chester and Deian Glynn HERE
Referrals, fee challenges & occupancy: Tony Thiru, Fulcrum Care HERE
BNSSG CEPN Training: upcoming programme
Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act: Explanatory document here about Liberty Protection Safeguards and the process of the act, from Edge
SAB Training Course: Managing Complaints Effectively
DBS: information about online services: here
EU Exit:
Cover letter from Sir Christopher Wormold: here
Operational readiness: here
Guidance from BCC, pages from BD11231 Impact assessment: here
General Meeting November 2018
Acorn ‘n’ Oaks presentation here
Building Age Friendly Bristol here
Keeping Community Engagement Alive here
Pledges from the day: here
AGM November 2018
General Meeting September 2018
Citation Notes and Feedback from Session on Policies and Procedures here
Avon LMC Jane Bennett here
Towergate Cyber risks here
Citation Mick Feather here
RWK James Sage no slides.
Bad weather information
ACAS travel and bad weather guide: here
Citation bad weather guide: here
Citation Winter Driving: here
General meeting April 2018
Tracy Winter Safeguarding Law and Employee legal issues: here
Lindsey Thomas: Dignity: here
Laura Picton: CQC Medicine Management, new NICE guidelines for social care: here
Judy Eke: Making Safeguarding Personal: here
General Meeting January 2018
C&SW Training Platform Notes
Skills for Care: access to Learning & Development page
Mik Alban: contact Mik.Alban@careandsupportwest.com
General Meeting November 2017
Conference 2017
Update from CCQ: here
Care Planner, Challenging Times Ahead: here
Leadership Centre : here
My Home Life : here
Alive: Creating Community Connections: here