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2030 Vision for Nursing in Scotland

Would you like to help shape the future of nursing in Scotland?

As you will be aware, a project is underway to develop a 2030 Vision for Nursing in Scotland.

As part of the consultation process, The Office of the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) would like to meet with nurses working in care homes in the independent sector.

If you are a nurse or a student nurse working in an independent care home we would like to invite you to a focus group taking place on 9 February 2017 from 10.30 am – 12.00 noon at The Renfield Centre, 260 Bath Street, Glasgow, G2 4HZ.

The Scottish Government is looking for up to 20 nurses to take part in this discussion, which will help shape the image of the nursing profession and what it needs to look like by 2030.

Further details are available here

For more information, or to confirm you would like to participate in this important focus group, please contact Katharine Ross on [email protected] – 07427 615880.

For more information about the project see www.scot.nhs.uk/developing-a-2030-vision-for-nursing

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Voices from the Nursing Front Line Event December 6th Edinburgh

 

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Scottish Care are holding a Voices from the Nursing Front Line event in Edinburgh on Tuesday 6th December at the Dovecot Studios. The event from 1pm – 3:30pm, will provide an opportunity to discuss findings of recent publications from Scottish Care including Voices from the Nursing Front Line and Independent Sector Nursing Data Report 2016.

Dr Donald Macaskill, CEO of Scottish Care will welcome attendees before Becca Gatherum, Policy and Research Manager for Scottish Care will provide an overview and discuss findings from the Independent Sector Nursing Data Report 2016.

Katharine Ross, National Lead for Workforce Development will discuss Voices from the Nursing Front Line with Becca Gatherum and event attendees before opportunity for group reflection and discussion on the findings from both reports.

The event is located in the beautiful and unique settings of the Dovecot Studios, 10 Infirmary Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1LT

If you would like to attend please contact Jamie McGeechan at [email protected] or by phoning 01292 270240.

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Event : Voices from the Nursing Front Line Seminar (Workforce Matters, Scottish Care)

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Voices from the Nursing Front Line Seminar

December 6 @ 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Scottish Care is conducting research into the nature of frontline nursing within the social care sector in Scotland. The Voices from the Nursing Frontline report was launched at the Scottish Care Home Conference on the 18th November.

This seminar is an opportunity for all stakeholders to explore the issues raised by that Report.

A full programme will be available nearer the time.

For more information please contact [email protected]

Venue

Dovecot Studios
10 Infirmary Street
Edinburgh , EH1 1LT + Google Map
Phone:
0131 550 3660
Website:
https://dovecotstudios.com/contact/
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Developing a 2030 Vision for Nursing

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A project is underway to develop a 2030 Vision for Nursing and we are looking for your input. If you are a nurse, student nurse, or represent nurses, your contribution and views are being sought.

The goal is to produce a vision for maximising the nursing contribution to health and well-being. It will set out what nursing needs to look like by 2030 and capture the things we do well, along with the things that need to change and be done differently.

Have your say

You can contribute by completing the 2030 Nursing Vision Survey, or by participating in a local engagement conversation. Health Boards, Universities and nursing stakeholders are hosting local conversations so that you can have your say and influence the 2030 Vision for Nursing.

The engagement phase, including the online survey, will run until 9th December.

The survey and local conversations focus on 5 themes:

Modernising public perceptions of nursing
Staff experience
Preparing nurses for future needs and roles
Working in health and social care teams
Nursing practice and health promotion/public health

NMC review

This work is being carried out in the context of the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) Review of Standards for Education. Much of what is said on the future of nursing in Scotland will feed into the NMC review.

What will happen next?

The engagement feedback will be analysed to identify the key messages. The Chief Nursing Officer intends to publish the 2030 Nursing Vision in summer 2017.

 

For more information you can contact: [email protected]

Or Gillian Stocks Tel 0131 244 5615

 

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Social Services Workforce – Making it Easier to Access Knowledge Online

Making it Easier to Access Knowledge Online

 The Office of the Chief Social Work Adviser at Scottish Government is seeking contributions from the social services workforce to a survey on how they access information and knowledge online.

The survey is available at

www.response.questback.com/isa/qbv.dll/ShowQuest?QuestID=4883318&sid=jLJJQrFpJY

The plan is to understand:

  • where the workforce is going for information; what websites they currently use
  • what they find helpful online
  • what the enablers and barriers are to accessing material online
  • what content and features would help going forward, to make it as easy as possible for people to access relevant knowledge for their work

All contributions are encouraged, valued and much appreciated. The survey will take approximately 15 minutes to complete. Please note that the survey closes on 2 December 2016.

If you have any questions about this survey, please contact [email protected]

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Scottish Care has launched two new reports on nursing at our National Care Home Conference 2016

 

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Scottish Care launches reports on care home nursing

Scottish Care has launched two new reports on nursing at our National Care Home Conference 2016

Today (18 November 2016), Scottish Care has published two new reports on the picture of nursing in the independent social care sector.  Both reports were launched by CEO Dr Donald Macaskill at Scottish Care’s annual Care Home Conference 2016, in Glasgow.

The reports, entitled Voices from the Nursing Front Line and Independent Sector Nursing Data 2016, depict both the highlights and challenges of nursing in care homes in Scotland and illustrate the nurse recruitment and retention crisis currently being faced.

Speaking ahead of the reports’ launch, Dr Macaskill said:

“We’re facing an immediate challenge in relation to the shortage of nurses working in our care homes.  In the medium term, we need to attract more people to work in the social care sector and articulate the many benefits of doing so.  However, short term measures are also needed, and require us to work with Scottish Government and other partners, including colleges, universities and health and social care partnerships to find solutions to this challenge.

“We need to work with a range of people and organisations to make social care an attractive career path, and also to make sure they understand how brilliant our care homes can be to live and work in”

Independent Sector Nursing Data 2016 is based on survey data from 50 care organisations, representing 269 individual services and approximately 2,500 nurses from the sector.  It provides some headline facts and figures about the sector in relation to the recruitment and retention of nurses.

Voices from the Nursing Front Line is based on interviews with 28 nurses working in the independent sector, and shares their joys, frustrations and aspirations in their roles through their own voices.  It sets out 10 recommendations which Scottish Care hopes to progress in partnership with other organisations.

Both reports can be accessed here:

Voices from the Nursing Front Line 

Independent Sector Nursing Data 2016

 

The reports will be discussed in further detail at a Nursing Seminar, hosted by Scottish Care and taking place on 6 December 2016 in Edinburgh.

More information can be found on the Events section of the website or by contacting [email protected]

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Tailored Response Service for Evidence-Informed Decision-Making

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Tailored Response Service for Evidence-Informed Decision-Making

 

NHS Scotland are inviting social care workers to use their new tailored response service to support evidence-informed decision-making.  Access to this service is free and requires no password.

Send us your enquiry today by emailing  [email protected] or go to www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk/nesss

 

Aims of the service

The Networked Evidence Search and Summary Service (NESSS) is supported by the Office of the Chief Social Work Adviser as a way to improve use of evidence across the social services sector. The service provides a tailored response service to answer questions so that social services staff can take evidence-informed decisions and actions to deliver best quality care and support.

 

NESSS welcome your questions about frontline practice, workforce development, business development and service delivery. In response NESSS will find the latest high quality evidence from research, practice examples and improvement reports. Services users will have access to summaries of this evidence in a format that helps to make timely and informed decisions.

 

Examples of questions for the Evidence Search and Summary Service include:

 

Service delivery and improvement

  1. What evidence is available to inform development of workforce and workload planning tools for qualified social workers?
  2. What evidence is available to support changes to the guided self-assessment tool for Self-Directed Support?
  3. What innovative and different models of care at home and support services are available throughout the UK and in Scotland in particular?

 

Children and families

  1. What evidence is available to inform decisions about sibling permanence – to keep siblings together or separated?
  2. How effective are social work interventions for children in parental substance misuse?

 

Adults

  1. What evidence is available for effective social work intervention with adults who are neglecting themselves?
  2. What does the evidence say about effectiveness of home share for people with dementia?

 

Deliverables

NESSS provide a range of products. You can choose from:

  • an evidence search – a list of key resources (timeframe – maximum 5 working days)
  • an evidence summary – a brief outline of key findings and conclusions from the evidence sources identified. (timeframe – minimum 5 working days)
  • an evidence review – a substantial theming and analytical summary of available evidence (timeframe – minimum 3 weeks)

 

Would you like to become a demonstrator site?

All social services staff are welcome to use the evidence search and summary service. In addition NESSS would like to identify a few organisations in the third and independent sectors that may be interested to be a demonstrator site. NESSS will work closely with these demonstrators to try to help spread the culture of using evidence across their staff and to support them in identifying and applying evidence to support an agreed organisational priority.  If you would like to discuss becoming a demonstrator site, please contact [email protected] in the first instance.

 

 

 

 

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Collaborative Leadership in Practice

 

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Collaborative Leadership in Practice – Fully Funded spaces available for independent care at home and care home providers

Leadership for Integration : You as a Collaborative Leader

 

NHS Education for Scotland (NES), the Royal College of General Practitioners Scotland (RCGP Scotland) and the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) are inviting expressions of interest in participating in cohorts 3 or 4 of theLeadership for Integration programme – You as a Collaborative Leader – which is scheduled to begin in January and February 2017 respectively.

 

The programme is a fully funded– no fees are payable by participants or their organisations.

 

The programme is aimed at primary care and social care professionals including GPs, senior primary care professionals, and middle or senior managers in statutory, third or independent social care organisations. Participants should already be working in lead roles within localities or health and social care partnerships to shape, develop and deliver integrated care.

 

The You as a Collaborative Leader strand of the programme is aimed at supporting individuals to recognise their own leadership strengths and sources of resilience so to enable participants to lead more collaboratively and effectively in delivering integrated care.

The programme is completed over a period of approximately four months and involves:

  • three 1:1 coaching sessions (one at the start, middle and end of the programme)
  • a 360-degree assessment and feedback exercise on your leadership capability
  • two full-day workshops focusing on leadership capabilities for health and social care integration. There will be some content on the vision for integrated care, and on people, contexts and systems that impact on leadership actions. You will be encouraged to build on what you learn about yourself and your leadership capability to explore how you can lead change more effectively and collaboratively in your locality
  • a tailored personal development plan to help you sustain your learning in practice.

 

To apply for a place on You as a Collaborative Leader please complete the form found here before the 28th November 2016. More detailed information on You as a Collaborative Leader is available on our webpages. For more information contact [email protected] with any queries you have.

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Opportunity to participate in Tests of Change for Technology Enabled Care

Building on the work of the Technology Enabled Care (TEC) programme, funding of up to £15,000 is being offered for around 6 technology enabled care Tests of Change.  This offer is open to any NHS Board, Integration Authority, Housing, Independent or Third Sector organisation and is intended, primarily, as a support to inform local or organisational planning and commissioning activity.

The aim of any application must align with the overarching TEC programme aim which is to support more citizens to make greater use of technology to manage their own health and wellbeing at home and in the community.  A test of change should seek to demonstrate measurable improvement in outcomes either directly to individuals or indirectly through improved service delivery processes.

For more information, please read the letter of invitation.

To apply, you must complete a Test of Change Planning template and table (contained in the above letter of invitation).

These must be submitted to NSS.TEC @nhs.net by the 11th November 2016

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Report on September 21st Workforce Matters Event

By Jamie McGeechan

 

Scottish Care hosted a Workforce Matters Frontline event on 21st September with an engaged and enthusiastic workforce from across the country in attendance at the Renfield Centre in Glasgow.

The event proved to be a hugely insightful day where members of frontline workforce could engage, share their experiences and learn from each other as well as our distinguished guests.

The event was opened by Katharine Ross, National Lead for Workforce for Scottish Care who welcomed those in attendance to the event along with Elaine MacMaster Workforce Consultant.

Speakers at the event included Alan Baird, the Chief Social Worker Advisor to the Scottish Government who gave a personal and thoughtful presentation to delegates focussing on the hugely critical role of the front line workforce in care. Alan paid tribute to the dedication of the workforce as well as their passion and highlighted that everyone who cares has the ability to truly change the lives of others and that they must recognise within themselves their ability to change the world. Mr Baird shared insights and his experience of his own family receiving care and how grateful he was for the quality of that care and the difference it made to his whole family.

Edith Macintosh, Rehabilitation Consultant with the Care Inspectorate gave an engaging presentation on physical wellness and the need for the workforce to look after their own needs as well as the people they support and care for. Edith stressed the importance that we keep ourselves fit in order to truly provide the best quality of care of those we look after. Edith gave the delegates food for thought with suggestions on ensuring physical wellbeing including nutritional concerns, exercise and sleep.

The day took a lighthearted and fun turn with a session led by Vivian Wallace. Vivian who works as an Aging Well Coordinator with Midlothian Council had the whole room on their feet as the group indulged in some Samba style dancing inspired by the Olympic Games in Rio earlier this year. Vivan educated  the delegates on the hugely positive benefits of movement and dance on the wellbeing of workforce as well as those they care for and much fun was had by all.

 

Delegates took part in a number of workshops led by Scottish Care team members which had delegates discussing topics and issues such as “What does wellness mean to me?”, “What do you need to experience wellness?” and “How could I improve my wellness?”  These workshops proved to be hugely thought provoking and useful as delegates shared their own personal experiences from the frontline and with many able to relate to similar experiences and shared understanding working in care.

 

After a short refreshment break Neil McLeod, Equality Advisor from the SSSC provided the delegates with a thought provoking presentation focussing on skills current and future of the frontline workforce. Neil led an inspired and engaging discussion as to what the workforce might look like in the future in terms of skill set and how organisations might best equip their workforce for the challenges of the future.

Dr Donald MacAskill, Chief Executive of Scottish Care gave the final presentation of the day which was an illuminating and fascinating perspective on the wellbeing of the workforce with Dr Macaskill discussing focusing on physical,mental and emotional burnout and how we can best ensure that we best care for ourselves. This was best summed up by the revelation that ” It’s not selfish to look after ourselves, in this sector it’s selfish to not look after ourselves.”

 

 

Thank you to all who came along to this hugely engaging and positive event and we hope you will consider attending future Workforce events, you can find information about upcoming events at www.scottishcare.org/workforce-matters

Upcoming Workforce events include ‘The Spirit Beyond the Letter’ which is being held at the The Renfield Centre on Tuesday 1st November from 11am – 3:45pm.