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Care Matters: Friday 19 August 2022
Covid vaccination update, Cost of living support available in Sutton, Upload your job vacancies to the job portal now, Free training for Care Staff and more. Please share.
Covid vaccination update, Cost of living support available in Sutton, Upload your job vacancies to the job portal now, Free training for Care Staff, and more. Please share.
- Access to Covid vaccinations between booster programs for Care Home residents and Housebound patients.
- The latest advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) on COVID-19 vaccines for autumn 2022.
- Upload your vacancies to the Sutton Care Hub Job Portal now.
- Social Care Recruitment Drive
- Cost of living support available in Sutton
- Free training for care staff – Autism awareness / Women’s wellbeing and the menopause
- National Patient Safety Alert
- SW London Social Care Academy – employer involvement needed
- SW London Registered Manager meeting 21/09 – focus will be on preparing for a CQC inspection
- Covid-19 Update
- DHSC Adult Social Care submission
- A Carers Guide to Home Fire Safety
- Latest Guidance
- Training and Development
- Training and development: Foundations of Palliative Care for registered healthcare professionals
- Guidance changes – Help from London Borough of Sutton Public Health team
- Webinars and Training
- Sutton Care Hub Job Portal
Access to Covid vaccinations between booster programs for Care Home residents and Housebound patients.
The Spring Booster program for the Covid Vaccine ceased on the 30th of June 2022.
The Autumn Booster program is due to start on the 5th of September 2022.
There may be some Care Home residents or Housebound patients who require a Covid vaccination between the booster programs. In these situations, national guidance states that it is important to ensure clinical conversations take place at the point of care about the optimal timing of a booster dose prior to an autumn vaccination programme. It is expected that there will be a minimum interval of 91 days between an individual’s last dose and an expected autumn vaccination offer. Those who enter care homes or turn 75 after 30 June are not eligible for further vaccination until the autumn programme begins. However, newly immunosuppressed individuals should continue to be offered vaccination through the summer period.
If, following clinical assessment and discussion with the patient/resident and their family/carers a vaccination is clinically indicated. Please complete the form by clicking here
The SW London roving team will contact the Care Home or patient directly to book the vaccination.
For any questions, please contact the SW London Vaccination Hub on 0203 8800338 or email [email protected]
Please note the Hub is manned Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm.
The full process is attached below for Care Home residents and housebound patients
The latest advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) on COVID-19 vaccines for autumn 2022.
The following statement, linked below, has just been published setting out the latest advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) on COVID-19 vaccines for autumn 2022.
Upload your vacancies to the Sutton Care Hub Job Portal now!
Sutton Council is currently running a campaign to recruit more people into the social care sector in Sutton.
The social media and digital advertising drive tells job seekers about the brilliant and varied work that social care staff do each day and encourages them to apply for jobs on the Sutton Care Hub Job Portal.
Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to advertise your job vacancies for free!
Upload your vacancies now to the Sutton Care Hub Job Portal to make the most of this campaign.
If you need support to upload your jobs, please email [email protected]. “
Social Care Recruitment Drive
We need more people like you!
Here in Sutton, we can only deliver our high standards of care because of our committed, compassionate staff and service providers. We need more people like you to join us.
To showcase the different roles, techniques, skills and job opportunities in social care, we have opened Sutton Care Works, a ‘shop’ opposite Primark in St Nicholas Shopping Centre. It is open Monday to Friday, from 10am to 5pm. People can pop in to meet local social care providers and agencies to learn more about the jobs on offer.
Sutton Care Works is part of a campaign to recruit more people into the social care sector in Sutton. We are running social media and digital advertising to tell job seekers about the brilliant and varied work social care staff do each day and encourage them to apply for jobs on the Sutton Care Hub job portal.
You may know people who usually work in sectors like retail or hospitality who have the people skills that would make a great care worker. Or you may know someone who is looking for flexible, part time work to fit around their life and family.
Think about your friends, family and social media networks – which people would make brilliant care workers? Will you be an ambassador for social care and help persuade them?
You could:
- Share the Sutton Care Hub job portal link with friends or family so they can apply if they’re interested and tell them about Sutton Care Works at the St Nicholas Centre.
- If you know someone you think would be a good care worker, you could introduce them to your manager by email.
- Follow Sutton Council’s Facebook and Twitter and ‘Like’ and ‘Share’ our posts about the social care recruitment campaign.
- Use your own social media networks to tell people what a great career working in social care can be.
Cost of living support available in Sutton
From money matters to mental health and wellbeing, Sutton Council, local charities, community groups and partners are working together to support residents and those they care about with the rising cost of living.
To find out what support is available or to find out how you can help others, visit sutton.gov.uk/support, call 020 8770 5000 or visit your library or the Civic Offices.
Free training for care staff – Autism awareness / Women’s wellbeing and the menopause
Successful Mums Career Academy has won funding to offer free training to care staff:
- The funding will pay for 7 hours of accredited training (2 half-day workshops) in Autism awareness OR Women’s wellbeing and the menopause
- The training can be delivered either face-to-face or online
- There will be an option to complete a full qualification at a later date (for those that would benefit from more detailed learning)
- The funding will also pay for employees’ time to attend the workshops
- Workshops will start in August / September
To be eligible, employees must be a parent and have a child aged under 12. They must also be earning less than £11.05 per hour and live in Croydon, Sutton, Merton, Richmond or Kingston. However, if there’s a member of your staff who’s interested but doesn’t fit the criteria please still get in touch with Successful Mums as they may still be able to attend.
For further information and/or to express an interest please contact Jane Knight (who’s cc’d into this e-mail) – [email protected]
A Reminder of The National Patient Safety Alert
A national patient safety alert has been issued as hygiene products manufactured by Vernacare are potentially contaminated with Pseudomonas bacteria.
Vernacare have issued a voluntary recall of all ‘in-date’ cosmetic products which include wet wipes, wash mitts, barrier cloths, bed bath washcloths and shampoo caps produced.
It is essential these wipes are not being used in any health and care settings. There are currently no known cases linked to these contaminated products, but it is being investigated.
https://www.cas.mhra.gov.uk/ViewandAcknowledgment/ViewAlert.aspx?AlertID=103209
SW London Social Care Academy – employer involvement needed
Funding has recently been made available for the development of social care academies in London. Academies are programmes that aim to increase and improve recruitment and retention (and workforce development) in specific sectors. The South London Partnership (working collaboratively with partners) is planning to co-ordinate and deliver a social care academy in SW London. In order to make sure the academy meets local needs, Priya Samuel from the South London Partnership is looking to speak to care employers to:
- Identify recruitment and retention challenges, gaps and needs
- Understand the roles in demand
- Learn of ways employers retain their workforce
- Discuss ways to raise the profile of adult social care
- Offer recruitment support through employment brokerage teams
If you’re able to help please e-mail Priya ([email protected]) and she’ll arrange a convenient time to speak with you.
SW London Registered Manager meeting 21/09 – focus will be on preparing for a CQC inspection
The next meeting of the SW London Registered Manager Network is being held on the 21st September (10am – 11.30am at the Braithwaite Hall in Croydon). The focus will be on preparing for a CQC inspection – Mick Feather from Citation will be the main speaker.
This will be our first face-to-face meeting in over two years, and we look forward to seeing you there. The invite with more information (including venue details) is attached.
Covid-19 Update
This is a reminder that it is important for all providers to notify LCRC if you have any positive cases (staff and residents).
It is now more important ever to continue completing the national Capacity Tracker (homecare providers please continue to complete the London ADASS tracker). This information is used by all professionals, so your assistance in completing it daily is required.
DHSC Adult Social Care submission
The information below will help care homes and homecare providers by explaining the timeline for the mandatory submission in more detail.
Submission period for mandatory DHSC Adult Social Care data
Care homes and homecare providers will be required to update their data by 11pm on the 14th day of each month – or the next working day when the 14th is on a weekend or public holiday. Data must be no more than a week out of date i.e. it must be correct to no further back than the 8th of each month.
When the 14th is on a weekend or public holiday, the submission period will be determined by the next working day.
A Carers Guide to Home Fire Safety
Learn how to keep people that receive care safe from fire.
A formal video is now available for carers on the LFB website. Those who wish to view this video will have to input some basic information in order to gain access to it.
What you will learn:
- How to recognise people who are at risk of having a fire
- Identify key high risk factors
- Show what actions can reduce these risks
- Describe what to do in the event of a fire
Please assist and share this link with your teams to complete.
Please click here
COVID-19
Please take a look at the new updates that have been made to the following on the GOV.UK website (updates given on 27/05/2022).
Information and advice for health and care professionals:
PPE use for aerosol generating procedures:
Latest Guidance
The latest guidance has been published about COVID-19 testing for ASC services. Please click the link below to go to the GOV.UK webpage.
For all the latest guidance on the Carehub regarding COVID-19, please click here to view the updated pages regarding;
- Visiting
- Testing
- Outbreak Management
- Admissions
- Infection Prevention and Control
Training and Development
Training and development: Foundations of Palliative Care for registered healthcare professionals
St Raphael’s Hospice is running palliative care foundation courses for registered healthcare professionals.
The Foundations of Palliative Care is running on the 8 and 9 November, and is aimed at/suitable for registered nurses, nursing associates and paramedics.
Topics covered:
- What is Palliative care & What is Hospice Care
- Advance Care Planning
- Symptom control
- Priorities of care for the dying
- Non-pharmacological interventions for symptom control
- Registered Nurse/HCP Verification of Expected Adult Death (simulated learning)
- Syringe pumps and Saf-T Intimas: practical workshop
A light breakfast, lunch and refreshments are included throughout the day. All attendees will receive a certificate that can be used towards revalidation, CPD and appraisal.
For more information & booking please see the St Raphael Hospice website or contact the Education team on [email protected]
Guidance changes? Help from London Borough of Sutton Public Health team
There have been a number of changes in guidance over the recent weeks. If you need any help or advice on the changes please contact the London Borough of Sutton Public health team. Drop them an email [email protected]
Webinars and training
Join senior IPC nurses to learn more about general infection prevention and control training including: MRSA, Tuberculosis, diarrhoea, rashes, wound care, specimen taking, head lice, scabies, respiratory infections, including COVID-19, staff health and more.
Sessions run online every Thursday between 2pm to 4.30pm. Register at Eventbrite to attend.
Weekly Information Sharing FAQs webinar
The COVID-19 pandemic remains an extremely challenging situation globally and we recognise that this is the case for staff working in Care Homes of all types. We are continuing the weekly Infection Prevention and Control and Information Sharing webinar Tuesday mornings at 11:00am.
+44 20 3880 0300 United Kingdom, London (Toll)
Conference ID: 855 305 74#
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Weekly Capacity Tracker webinar
Capacity Tracker Webinars for Care Homes are taking place at 2:00pm every Friday.
Click here to join the meeting on your computer or mobile app Or call in (audio only) on +44 20 3794 0272 Phone Conference ID: 311 948 485#
Sutton Care Hub Job Portal
To support Sutton’s care providers to recruit the best staff for all positions from management, to clinical staff, carers and administrative support, we have created the Sutton Care Hub Job Portal.
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An archive of previous editions can be found on the Sutton Care Hub.
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