Black Country Excellence in Care Awards

Nominations Closing Soon!

This is an exciting opportunity to recognise the amazing efforts of the adult social care sector across the Black Country.

As there are so many amazing care staff across the area, we want to recognise as many as possible.

Nominate someone for a Care Award and get entered into our prize draw to win one of five £100 Amazon vouchers!

The winner of each Care Award category at the Grand Final on the 27th Octobe r will receive a trophy and £500!

Nominations CLOSE on Friday

8th September, so click on the link below for more information and to nominate someone for an award.

Funding to boost NHS capacity with 900 beds

Click here for more information. 

National Survey of Adult Social Care Workforce

The Government has launched the first major national survey of all care workers in all care roles in adult social care in England.

The national survey of care workers, conducted by Skills for Care, Ipsos and the University of Kent on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care, is gathering information about working conditions, organisational characteristics, and workplace culture, to understand how work-related quality of life and wellbeing is affected.

Click here to find out more and complete the survey.

Improving Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in a Care Home Setting

Promoting, managing and regularly encouraging equality and diversity in your care home is key to making sure your business thrives. Whether you employ hundreds of people or you only have a small team, you’ve got to make sure all your employees are treated fairly.

You’re already spinning a lot of plates when it comes to HR & Employment Law, so the Citation experts are here to help you get to grips with some of the initial Equality & Diversity considerations you need to make as an employer.

WMCA Partner Feature: Person Centred Software (PCS)

PCS provide a suite of integrated solutions covering the full ecosystem of care management within social care.

Within their Connected Care Platform, care providers can use one solution on its own or multiple that connect, all through a single device. Each area focuses on a particular part of care and, when used together, provides a complete solution to improve resident outcomes, the lives of care workers, the delivery of person-centre care and the overall efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance of a care setting.

Click here to find out how Person Centred Software can help you manage all aspects of your care services.

Details of all WMCA Partners are listed at the bottom of this newsletter.  Remember to quote " West Midlands Care Association " when you contact them.

WMCA News & Updates

For all the latest news and updates relevant to the social care sector, check out the "News and Info" section of our website.

Latest information from:-

• CQC
• Dept of Health & Social Care
• National Care Assoc
• Skills for Care
• and many more

FREE Hoists available for collection

Due to a care home's recent closure,  there are two hoists available FREE (see pics). The hoists were used mainly to assist with lifting people from chairs.

Anyone interested should call Jagjit Surae directly on 07771 701422 . The items will need to be collected from Bilston.

Data Protection in General (online)

29 August 2023

10.00am - 11.00am

Birmingham and Solihull ICB DISC Drop in Session (online)

30 August 2023

10.00am - 11.00am

Data Protection in General (online)

Lunch & Learn with Careline Live (DISC event)

6 September 2023

12-12.30pm (Virtual)

Lunch & Learn with Cura Systems  (DISC event)

12 September 2023

12-12.30pm (Virtual)    

Lunch & Learn with One Touch Health (DISC event)

14 September 2023

12-12.30pm (Virtual)