Care Academy Blog

Friday, October 03, 2008

The Department of Health has announced that The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Skills for Care and the General Social Care Council (GSCC), are to be examined.

The review, which will be conducted over a three month period, could recommend structural changes and moves to reduce current overlaps between the three organisations, while also inspecting the combined £95m funding that the bodies currently receive to develop the adult care sector and workforce.

All three bodies welcome the review. GSCC chief executive Mike Wardle said: "effective workforce regulation" was needed to ensure adult care staff could deliver on personalisation, and this would become important as more groups were registered.

Jenny Owen vice-president of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services also encouraged the review but warned the Department of Health against cutting its overall spend on the organisations.

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

The Department of Health has recently announced that they are to open the Social Care Register to domiciliary care workers and managers.

This announcement has been particularly welcomed by the General Social Care Council (GSCC) who recommended in July 2006 that this workforce should be allowed to register.

To view this article please visit the GSCC's website.

Thursday, June 22, 2006

The New Combined Induction Standards come at a time of change in the industry, where both training managers and compliance officers are under greater pressure to deliver and prove good quality induction training.

1. CSCI are looking for more detailed reporting on individual training plans.
2. CSCI are also looking to address bad practices in homes – how do you prove you are addressing these?
3. GSCC Registration of Care Workers 2007.
4. Recruitment in Social Care is growing, with TV and Radio adverts prominent.
5. There is still high turn over in the industry – some of our clients induct 500 – 1000 people per year.
6. IT usage in the industry is becoming more prominent, driven by initiatives such as the Electronic Patient Records.
7. Health & Safety compliance is a hot topic – and hence training is being pushed to deliver more.
8. Legislation is continually changing – resulting in constant changes in training materials.
9. Many care homes struggle to prove training has taken place.

So it's not just a training issue - health and safety, compliance, management and employees all need consideration.