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We know many factors go in to managing an adult social care service, we have webinars and useful resources to help in all areas of managing a service.

Choose a topic area of our managing your service webinars:

 

Providing impactful feedback in your ΢΢²ÝÊÓƵ assessment

Providing impactful feedback in your ΢΢²ÝÊÓƵ assessment has never been more important as this now directly impacts your ΢΢²ÝÊÓƵ rating. In this webinar we chat to Louie Werth, Director of Care Research who shares practical advice on how to enhance your current feedback approaches, how to gather good feedback from the people you support, family, staff and partners and how to prepare your staff for interviews with ΢΢²ÝÊÓƵ inspectors, plus much more.

Duration 58 mins 41 secs

 


 

΢΢²ÝÊÓƵ Single Assessment Framework - Key learnings from the first six months and beyond

Presented in partnership with , this webinar explores what is being celebrated as Good and Outstanding care from some of the newer areas of assessment focus, what is causing providers to fall below expectations, and what are your best opportunities to showcase the quality of care you provide. The webinar highlights some of the obstacles providers have experienced and share tips and resources to overcome these.

Duration 1 hour 1 mins

 



Delegated healthcare activities: Practical ways to apply guiding principles in your service

Watch our webinar for social care managers for an introduction to the voluntary guiding principles for delegated healthcare activities and supporting resources. You'll find out from ΢΢²ÝÊÓƵ and those using the principles about practical ways for you to apply them within your service.

Duration 57 mins 36 secs

 


 

New managers - What resources and support is available

This webinar introduces new managers to the support and resources available from ΢΢²ÝÊÓƵ and where you can find this information on the website.

Discover how ΢΢²ÝÊÓƵ can support you with recruiting and developing your staff and explain the support available to help you effectively lead your organisation, develop best practice and keep up-to-date with guidance as well as how to further your own development and different ways to connect with peer support and expertise.

Duration 1 hour 39 secs

 


 

Integrated care - Practical ways to raise the voice of the adult social care sector

Drawing on experiences of ΢΢²ÝÊÓƵ’s integration lead and providers benefitting from working with integrated care systems (ICSs), explore person-centred approaches and what the ΢΢²ÝÊÓƵ might expect. It also focuses on practical ways to build mutually beneficial relationships to enable communities to work together in delivering integrated care. 

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Duration 59 mins 27 secs

 


 

A caring culture – Practical ways to set and promote a positive workplace culture

Fostering positive cultures is critical to the performance, wellbeing, inclusivity and quality of your teams. Gain valuable insight into why having a positive, inclusive, compassionate and collaborative workplace culture matters and it highlights best practice and practical ideas for you to consider in your own organisations. Hear from an employer about their experience and the impact a positive and inclusive culture has been for their service. We also share the latest thinking about how you can make a difference, including building and embedding the Culture Iceberg Model and how to effectively demonstrate evidence to the ΢΢²ÝÊÓƵ.

Duration 56 mins 39 secs

 


 

Providing evidence to the ΢΢²ÝÊÓƵ

How do you prepare to have the evidence at hand for ΢΢²ÝÊÓƵ assessments, monitoring and inspection?

Delivered in partnership with The Outstanding Society, gain insight into how other adult social services gather and share evidence with the ΢΢²ÝÊÓƵ. From who to involve in this process, to how to manage and maintain robust evidence, you’ll hear from other frontline managers on their tried and tested methods. With live panel discussions and debate, you will learn how other services are adapting to meet the evidence requirements of the new ΢΢²ÝÊÓƵ Single Assessment Framework.

Take a look at our GO Online: inspection toolkit for further support.

Duration 44 mins 16 secs

 


 

Good governance - the benefits of board and trustee support

Aimed at frontline managers and nominated individuals. Providing insight into successful ways to recruit Board and Trustees and showcases practical examples of how their expertise can benefit people, staff and managers. It also looks at how appointing the right mix of board members and trustees can add value to your service, helping you to meet the expectations of a well-led service.

Duration 32 mins 21 secs

 


 

Managing complaints - practical tips in effectively responding to feedback

In partnership with the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman.

An introduction to the relationship between ΢΢²ÝÊÓƵ and the Ombudsman, focusing on the importance of effective complaints handling and how learning from complaints can be used to drive service improvements. Best practice guidance is shared and resources and support available to managers is highlighted.

Duration 31 mins 20 secs

 


 

Practical approaches to working in partnership

Explore how the pandemic has helped adult social care providers establish new partners and successfully build upon existing ones. explore mutually beneficial relationships with a range of different partners, including examples from outside of the usual partnerships between health and social care.

Duration 30 mins 47 secs

 


 

Risk assessment - key principles to apply to protect your people, staff and service

Whether responding to the pandemic or other factors impacting your service, risk assessments are an important part of the day-to-day running of all types of adult social care services. This webinar provides a summary of the key things to build confidence in risk assessments and learn how to take positive risks even during challenging times.

Duration 29 mins 52 secs

 

 

Managing a service

Learn more about the many factors that go in to managing an adult social care service, and explore our guidance and tools to help.