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ASC Provider Briefing - 17 November 2023
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Dear Care Provider Colleagues,
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Welcome to this week's briefing.
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In this edition you can find details about the Connect Somerset Champions, information on CQC's latest update on Local authority assessments, a piece highlighting the underused services of Somerset Urgent Community Response, free Stop Adults Abuse Week 2023 Webinars, form to sign up the Adult Social Care Network event, workshop details from Skills for Care about effective workforce planning, details about Upcoming LEMs, as well as the normal event reminders.
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Please find the latest news and updates from Adult Social Care below:
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Connect Somerset Champions
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Connect Somerset has been launched to improve early help in the community. It is about all professionals and community groups working together to help families and residents to improve their lives. This work also helps to reduce the cost of statutory services.
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Connect Somerset is a partnership between Somerset Council, Somerset NHS, Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprises, and Schools, Colleges and Early Years settings which aims to make it easier for Somerset residents to get the help they need and to get it early.
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Champions are there to join up public services and connect to the Voluntary, Community, Faith, Social Enterprise (VCFSE) sector, improving the efficiency of how these services work together.
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Champions work collaboratively with public services, ensuring that they are designed to meet the needs of local communities. Champions do not work directly with families and residents.
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If you work with residents, working with your local Champion can help you to:
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- Be connected to your community and increase your understanding of the local early help offer delivered by Statutory Services, Education and VCFSE organisations.
- Improve local processes such as the Team Around the School, Data Sharing, and the Transform database.
- Be more proactive and increase the volume of early help.
- Lead a wider strategic view of local needs and a place-based approach to future planning.
View the Connect Somerset Champions map to find your local Champion and how to get in touch.
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CQC update on Local authority assessments – published today!
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Assessing how local authorities meet their duties under Part 1 of the Care Act (2014) is a new responsibility for CQC.
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During the pilots, CQC looked at 9 of their quality statements to assess how well each local authority is meeting its responsibilities. This enabled them to give an indicative rating of the same.
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Urgent Community Response (UCR)
Referrals for UCR will be taken via the existing route for all care homes, which is through Somerset Primary Link (SPL) between 8am and 8pm via 01749 836700, option 1.
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Urgent community response runs 8am to 8pm 7 days a week.
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UCR's aim is to respond to falls within 2 hours, reducing the concerns around long lies and thus reducing pressure to ambulance services if there is no medical need for conveyance to hospital, also providing support when a change to presentation is recognised as a preventative measure.
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You can watch a video explaining the Somerset UCR at:
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Please note that the falls lifting equipment and education has already rolled out to care homes.
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You can also find more information on this website for details of services they provide and are not just limited to falls.
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Free Webinars - Stop Adult Abuse Week 2023
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Next week is the National Safeguarding Adults Week as well as the regional Stop Adult Abuse Week. To bring people’s attention to this critical area, we have events taking place and have posters raising awareness of self-neglect.
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You can download all the posters here:
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As part of this weeklong campaign, starting Monday 20 November 2023, there will be series of jointly held online workshops that will be free to access for any practitioner working with adults across Somerset, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Bristol, and Bath & North-East Somerset.
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Monday 12:00-13:00 - What’s My Role in Safeguarding Adults?
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Tuesday 12:00-13:00 - Let’s Start Talking – Taking the Lead on Safeguarding in Your Organisation
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Wednesday 12:00-13:00 - Who Cares for The Carers? Secondary and Vicarious Trauma
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Thursday 12:00-13:00 - Adopting a Trauma Informed approach to Safeguarding Adults
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Friday 12:00-13:00 - Listen, Learn, Lead – Hearing the Voice of Adult
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Booking is now open, please follow the link to book onto these workshops: Book Here
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REMINDER: Adult Social Care Network Event
Our next Adult Social Care Network event will be held on Thursday 30th November 10:00am-12:30pm. At this event we will be showcasing digital technology and innovation in Adult Social Care. Please contact us if you would like to promote a project or piece of work you have been working on by emailing: harriet.bennett@swahsn.com / nikki.taylor@swahsn.com
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Events
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Start planning, stop panicking - Effective workforce planning workshops - Somerset
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The workshop is facilitated by experts with real-life experience of workforce planning in your area. They will guide you in how to anticipate and respond to the changing needs of the local market and identify what staff you need to future-proof your business.
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- the principles of workforce planning
- the latest plans for your local care market – provided by the commissioners leading these plans
- how your Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set can help
- how to use Skills for Care’s practical workforce planning tools and resources to help you write a detailed action plan for what you need to do next.
The Somerset Integrated Care System have commissioned this workshop on behalf of the sector so that employers can attend free of charge. This workshop will be delivered over two days
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- Day one: 29 November 2023, 10:00 - 15:00 delivered face to face
- Day two: 31 January 2024, 10:00 - 13:00 delivered virtually.
By registering for this workshop means that you will automatically register for the virtual follow up workshop, taking place on Wednesday 31 January 2024.
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REMINDER: LEM Agenda
- 2:00pm Lucy Champion – I&PC update
- 2:15pm Gemma Beasley – residential and nursing homes - where are we going and what do we want to do,
- 3:00pm Atha and Deb – CSE – keep your home warm presentation.
- 3:30pm Amelia Wood – Contractures guidance
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Please do get in touch if you would like a specific topic, training, guest speaker to attend. The LEMS are a resource for you, our Somerset Care Providers!
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Upcoming Event and Training Reminders
- Basic Dysphagia Awareness Training 30th November 2023. Details on PEN.
- St Margaret's Hospice - Training for Care Professionals. 30th November, Yeovil, details on PEN.
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Please see below the dates and links to Eventbrite to book on.
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Please continue to share or promote these briefings and our webpage to others in your organisations.
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Somerset’s Provider Engagement Team
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Somerset Provider Briefing
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