Introducing The Care Exchange podcast
Posted by: Pia Rathje-Burton and Ali Rusbridge, Posted on: 28 January 2021 - Categories: Information sharing, Workforce
Skills for Care launched its monthly podcast series ‘The Care Exchange’ in November 2020. In each edition, its hosts talk to social care leaders and managers and invite them to share their experiences and learning, inspiring other managers and reassuring them they are not alone in the challenges they face.
In the current situation, opportunities to network with other managers are scarce, but listening to their podcast conversations is easy. Taking time to listen might also help your wellbeing - find out more!
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Posted by: Peter Howitt, Posted on: 1 October 2020 - Categories: Care and support, coronavirus, Information sharing
This week, the Department of Health and Social Care published a new PPE (personal protective equipment) strategy, which sets out how PPE will be delivered to the health and social care frontline until the end of March 2021. This is a good opportunity to firstly thank the health and care workforce for everything they do - and have done - during the exceptional circumstances we all find ourselves in.
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Posted by: Deanne Mitchell and Rebekah Luff, Posted on: 7 August 2020 - Categories: Care and support, coronavirus, Information sharing
One of the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic has been how to deal with the massive amounts of information and guidance being produced by the government and across the whole social care sector. At the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), their approach has been to reach out and engage the social care sector to find out what they need in terms of good practice guidance and support.
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