Care Matters: Thursday 10 October 2024

Adult Social Care Updates, World Suicide Prevention Day, All you need to know about CHC as a Care Provider, New Nickel Support Coffee Shop Opens in Cheam, Supporting engagement with reablement: a practice guidance resource for reablement services, Healthy You Event and more. Please share.

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• Adult Social Care Update
• 22 October World Suicide Prevention Awareness Day 2024
• Tuesday 26 November – NHSE London Region – All you need to know about CHC as a Care Provider
• New Nickel Support Coffee Shop Opens in Cheam
• Supporting engagement with reablement: a practice guidance resource for reablement services
• Healthy You Event
• British Dietetic Association Care Home Digest
• Sutton Carehub Reference Page
• Clinical Health Team Referrals
• Clare’s Checklist – A Checklist for people with Learning Disability who have Epilepsy
• Medicines Management Information and Support session is now available to book
• Community Equipment in Care Homes Guidance 2024
• Contact details for dementia support
• Outbreak contact
• NHS Health and Care Volunteer Responders: How to make referrals for people receiving care.
• Have your Say
• Good Infection Prevention Control

Adult Social Care Update

– New Chief Social Worker and Mental Health Social Work lead appointed.
– New e-learning tool Digitising Social Care Programme research
– Free webinar on Certificates of Sponsorship
– Preparing for flu and other infections

Please click here to read the updates in full.

22 October World Suicide Prevention Awareness Day 2024

The SSAB and Public Health are hosting a suicide prevention event. This session is in person in Sutton Central Library and focuses on the theme of ‘Changing the Narrative on Suicide’.

Date: Tuesday 22 October 2024

Time: 9:30 – 13:00

Venue: Sutton Central Library, St Nicholas Way, SM1 1EA

To register to attend this event, please follow this link.

The Programme will include presentations from:

• Papyrus: 9:45 – 10:30
• Citizens Advice: 10:30 – 11:15
• Talking Therapies: 11:15 – 12:00

There will be a few stalls to get information including:

• Sutton Mental Health Foundation
• Talking Therapies
• Sutton Men in Sheds
• Citizens Advice Sutton
• Together for Sutton
• Substance Misuse – Inspire / Cranstoun

Tuesday 26 November – NHSE London Region – All you need to know about CHC as a Care Provider – (13:00-16:00) – Via MS Teams

Open to care managers and staff working in Care Homes and/or Domiciliary Providers.  This is a free event.

Who is the session for: ONLY: Care Managers & Staff working in Care Homes and/or Domiciliary Providers.

Aim of the session:  To maintain and develop the knowledge and skills of the participants regarding the topics covered, and to provide an opportunity for participants’ questions to be answered.

**Click on the link to register: All you need to know about Continuing Healthcare as a Care Provider | NHS England Events

New Nickel Support Coffee Shop Opens in Cheam!

Nickel Support have been very busy over the summer and are thrilled to announce the opening of a brand-new coffee shop! Beans and Bloom, located in the historic and picturesque Whitehall Museum in Cheam, which opens out into a stunning walled garden. It is the only coffee shop with a garden in Cheam! This new enterprise is more than just a place to enjoy a great cup of coffee; it’s a celebration of community, inclusivity, and local heritage.

A message from Nickel Support; “What makes Beans and Bloom truly special is our commitment to providing training opportunities for the adults with learning disabilities we work with. This is an exciting new enterprise for us allowing us to offer even more opportunities to our trainees. Particularly those based at our Cheam hub. We are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can learn, grow, and thrive. Our coffee shop will serve as a platform for these individuals to develop valuable skills in a supportive and encouraging setting. By enjoying a coffee at Beans and Bloom, you are not just treating yourself—you are also supporting a cause that empowers people and builds a stronger, more inclusive community.”

The coffee shop is open 10am – 4pm, Monday – Friday to begin with. With plans to open up at the weekend in the future.

Supporting engagement with reablement: a practice guidance resource for reablement services

The Social Care Institute for Excellence (Scie) has launched a new reablement practice guidance on addressing the barriers to securing, maintaining and maximising older people’s engagement with reablement, and the support and collaboration of family members. 

Healthy You Event

This monthly event, at the same time every month focuses on overall wellness, including weight management, nutrition, stress reduction, sleep quality, habit building, and chronic health management. Guests can participate in a raffle. The event offers laptops and mobiles to take home, vaccines, financial advice, exercise and music sessions, mental health support, health checks, and food recipes.

In collaboration with London Borough of Sutton, NHS, and the Voluntary Sector we are focusing on Weight management to bring you the best services to help you with your weight and well being.

Below is the link to Healthy You event. 

https://www.wallingtonint.com

The event takes place on the last Thursday of every month at 10.30-12.30 pm. From September 27th 2024, it will take place at St Paul’s Church, Roundshaw. 

British Dietetic Association Care Home Digest

Menu planning and food service guidelines for older adults living in care homes.

Sutton Carehub Reference Page

Reference

Clinical Health Team Referrals

Anyone can refer an adult who is over 18 years of age with a diagnosis of learning disability, a Sutton GP and is struggling to access mainstream services
Tel: 0208296 4111 Email: [email protected] Visit: www.suttonhealthandcare.nhs.uk

for further information visit the Sutton Community Learning Disability Health Team (formerly known as Clinical Health Team) at Civic Offices, St Nicholas Way, Sutton, SM1 1EA

or Email: [email protected]

South West London Social Care: Academy Coordinator

Secondment opportunity until March 2025 with a possible extension until September 2025.

This is a great and exciting role, for someone to lead a wide range of partners from across the six SWL boroughs, the social care sector, employment programmes, education, skills, and training providers, SWL NHS and London ADASS to work together to promote and ensure access to good jobs, training and career opportunities in the social care sector.

Click here to view job profile and specification

Medicines Management Information and Support session is available to book

The primary objective of these online sessions is to provide individuals with the knowledge they require to manage medication safely and confidently.

Dates:

• Monday 4 November 2024
• Monday 13 January 2025
• Monday 24 February 2025

Book here: https://www.aimsol.co.uk/event-details/free-medicines-management-2025-02-24-10-30

Community Equipment in Care Homes Guidance 2024

New contact details for dementia support

https://www.ageuk.org.uk/sutton/our-services/dementia-wellbeing-support/

From April 2024, dementia support in Sutton will be provided by Age UK Sutton. To access support, please contact 020 8078 0002 or email [email protected].

Carers of people with dementia can also contact the Sutton Carers Centre directly via [email protected] or 020 8296 5611.

Outbreak Contact

If you have a suspected or confirmed outbreak of COVID-19, please report it to the health protection team. Advice for outbreak management latest guidance can be found on the care hub.

Health Protection Team:

• HPT Email: ([email protected]) or call: (0300 303 0450)

Have your Say

We want you to have your say. This is an opportunity to ask questions that will be answered by Sutton’s Commissioners or Public Health Team. Please also use the link to the form below if you have any good news stories or activities your residents have taken part in that you would like to be shared on the Carehub.

https://forms.gle/6fY1pHirsC1gnDFAA

Infection prevention control for Adult social care sector

Good infection prevention and control (IPC) practice remains important throughout the year.

Good infection control practices can help reduce the risk of outbreaks occurring. It is important that adult social care providers refer to the guidance on infection prevention and control:

• Infection prevention and control: resource for adult social care
• Infection prevention and control in adult social care: COVID-19 supplement
• Winter-readiness (infection prevention) information for care homes winter pack 2022/23

If you require any infection control support or advise please contact the London borough Sutton public health team: [email protected]

Guidance changes? Help from London Borough of Sutton Public Health team

If you need any help or advice on the changes please contact the London Borough of Sutton Public health team. Send them an email [email protected] 

Webinars and training

IPC training can be found on Eventbrite

Skills for care – Care Certificate
Care Courses Online – Infection Prevention and Control in Healthcare
Social care institute for excellence – Infection control e-learning course

Care home information sharing webinar

Fortnightly on a Tuesday 1:30 – 3pm

The webinar link;
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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.