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Issue 355: 20 February 2024
This bulletin covers:
*Workforce:* individual employer funding for training
*Training and development: *supporting LGBTQ+ residents and workforce; autism central programme; nursing associate peer network; sustainability
*Health and wellbeing:* finding missing people
*Get involved:* connecting volunteers to opportunity
*Have your say: *experience of health and care services; information standards
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Workforce
*Individual employer funding for training*
People who employ personal assistants can apply for money [
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The opportunity is open to people who receive a social care direct payment and those who use their own money to employ personal assistants.
If you have a question, would like more information or need support completing the application process, you can email funding@skillsforcare.org.uk or call 0113 241 1275.
Closing date for applications is *31 March*.
Meanwhile, Skills for Care is hosting an online event on *07 March *for individual employers and those supporting them. It will run from *10:30am* to *2:00pm*.
Register your place [
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Training and development
Supporting LGBTQ+ residents and workforce
Delivered in partnership between The Outstanding Society and Skills for Care, this webinar is aimed at frontline managers, senior care workers, and others supporting LGBTQ+ residents and workforce.
It will look at how services can treat people as individuals, celebrate diversity, and support the wellbeing of the LGBTQ+ community within your service.
It’s on *29 February* and will run from *10:00am* to *11:00am*
Register your place [
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*Autism central programme *
Autism Central [
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Parents and carers can also find help with a free one-to-one from the south east regional hub [
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*Nursing associate peer network*
If you’re a nursing associate or student nurse working in adult social care and looking to connect with peers, you can join Skills for Care’s online networking meetings.
Whether you’re currently working, on placement, or intending to work in adult social care, here’s an opportunity to share best practice and discuss challenges.
It’s on *28 February* and runs from *1:00pm* to *2:30pm*
Book your place [
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Looking at sustainability
The MILE pathway is an online resource [
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which offers learning and development opportunities in management and leadership.
Its aim is to support registered managers and others who work in social care to make informed continuing professional development (CPD) choices.
MILE stands for Managers Investing in Leadership Excellence.
This issue of MILE newsletter [
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Health and wellbeing
Finding missing people
Sussex Police is raising awareness of two missing persons schemes which can help speed up police searches when a vulnerable person goes missing.
The first is the ‘Herbert protocol’ which is for people with dementia or Alzheimer’s and the second is the ‘Philomena protocol’ which is for children and young people in a care setting, though it can be used be more widely by families.
The protocols are essentially forms to complete which record key information about someone who is at higher risk of going missing.
In a care setting, the care provider or family can fill in the form to record key information. It should be stored securely, reviewed and updated regularly.
Police only need the form when the person is reported as going missing. It can be emailed to a 101 call taker or handed to the attending officer.
More information and to download forms:
Herbert Protocol | Sussex Police [
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Philomena Protocol | Sussex Police [
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Get involved
Connecting volunteers to opportunity
The Tribe Project [
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is a free online platform and app that connects people who want to volunteer with local opportunities.
We’ve partnered with Tribe, and the voluntary action organisations in East Sussex, to list voluntary roles on the Tribe website and app.
Paul Rideout, ESCC policy manager (third sector), said: “Volunteering is a great way to give back to your community and develop skills.
“The Tribe Project offers a range of flexible opportunities that accommodate people’s availability, location, and skillset.
“This means that regardless of age, background, or experience level, there will be a suitable opportunity. There is also the opportunity to volunteer for one-off events, as well as more long-term positions.”
You can access the Tribe Project for free on their website or download the app via Google Play or the Apple App Store.
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Have your say
Experiences of health and care
NHS Sussex wants to hear about people’s experiences of health and care.
Anyone living in Sussex can take part in this survey [
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* current services
* what’s working well
* where further improvements could be made
It takes around 20 minutes to complete and closes on *03 March.*
More information: let’s talk about your experiences of health and care in Sussex [
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If you’d like the survey in Easy Read, community languages or another format, you can contact:
Email: sxicb.involvement@nhs.net
Post: NHS Sussex, Wicker House, High Street, Worthing BN11 1DJ
Phone: 0300 140 9854
Information standards
If you have views on proposals for the procedure to be set out in regulations around preparing and publishing information standards [
] for health and adult social care, now is your chance to share them.
Information standards in relation to the health and adult social care sector are standards relating to the processing of information, prepared and published under section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act (HSCA) 2012 as amended by the Health and Care Act (HCA) 2022, and as proposed to be amended by the Data Protection and Digital Information (DPDI) Bill, which is currently before Parliament.
Respond to the Department of Health and Social Care consultation [
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The consultation closes on *28 March.*
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