Follow up and presentation from the RM v-meeting Thursday November 7th 2024
Recording of the meeting
RM MTG NOV 24 – MAKING THE MOST OF TRAINING, FUNDING & A NATIONAL CARE SERVICE IN SOCIAL CARE – RM MEETING – https://youtu.be/lDrwN8s8d64
Petition to get the social care sector exempt from increased ENI. Please sign this and get your friends and colleagues to sign as well.
Toolkit for delegated health tasks – https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/resources/documents/Developing-your-workforce/Care-topics/Delegated-healthcare-interventions/Governance-toolkit-delegated-healthcare-activities.pdf
Check your insurance, or talk with your broker to make sure that you are fully covered. There is a concern that many ASC providers are not adequately insured in this area.
Social Works – John Buttle – https://socialworksltd.co.uk/ an update on the DH&SC ASC training funding stream – john.buttle1@btinternet.com
Presentation
Social Works LDSS funding update Oct 24
Carevision – Rishi Jawaheer – The importance of digitisation to the future of social care organisations, get onboard now. Rishi mentions that he is happy to help with advice on this area – rishi@care-vision.co.uk
Where to find and view Carevison software / app
https://www.carevisioncms.co.uk/
Skills for Care – Ali Porteous – Update from SfC in light of the budget and the forthcoming changes to employment law
Presentation
Skills for Care AP Presentation RMN 7-11
Unison – Stepanie Kearns – It’s time for radical change and that’s why UNISON members are campaigning for a National Care Service
To give you a flavour of what’s UNISON offers that might of interest members and care providers you work with;
GLR Care Members Facebook Page – https://www.facebook.com/LondonCareWorkers/
GLR Care Members Website – Greater London Care Network | Campaigns | UNISON Greater London
UNISON National Care Service Campaign
Social care is broken, the current system is unfit to meet the needs of everyone who relies upon it. It’s time for radical change and that’s why UNISON members are campaigning for a National Care Service. Sign the petition, and find out more about the campaign and other ways you can get involved yourself here
UNISONs Ethical Care Charter – Click Here
UNISONs Residential Care Charter Click Here
UNISON’s Charity, There for You
Members facing financial and emotional difficulties can contact There for You, which provides confidential advice and support services for members and their dependants. Find out more about the support available to you here
Free Immigration Helpline
We provide free immigration telephone advice to members who have come to work in the UK from another country. We work with the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) to provide this support. Find out how to access this helpline and more here
UNISON Migrant Workers Network
The UNISON Migrant Worker Network is an informal network of UNISON members with a first-generation immigrant background including overseas and migrant workers, EU settled status workers and workers who have subsequently naturalised as British citizens or who have indefinite leave to remain. Joining the network will enable UNISON to target advice, support, and information more effectively for migrant worker members. If you identify as a migrant worker, join the network here
Better Hiring Toolkit – https://www.betterhiringinstitute.co.uk/industry-best-practice/health-social-care due for an update and revised version new year
https://www.betterhiringinstitute.co.uk/resources-hub/employ-with-convictions
This area has been asked for, please read.
Mpox update
You may have already received an email from UKHSA colleagues announcing the first detection of a single confirmed case of Clade Ib mpox in the UK but I am sharing the key points from this here, in case it didn’t reach you. The full press release was published this afternoon and can be found here: UKHSA detects first case of Clade Ib mpox – GOV.UK
The key points from this announcement we would like to draw your attention to are:
- The risk to the UK population remains low
- The case was detected in London and the individual has been transferred to the Royal Free Hospital High Consequence Infectious Diseases unit.
- They had recently travelled to countries in Africa that are seeing community cases of Clade I mpox. No further details will be disclosed about the individual.
- Close contacts are being follow up. Any contacts will be offered testing and vaccination as needed. They will be advised on further care if they have symptoms or test positive.
- We are working closely with NHS colleagues and academic partners to determine the characteristics of the pathogen and further assess the risk to human health.
- While the existing evidence suggests mpox Clade I causes more severe disease than Clade II, we will continue to monitor and learn more about the severity, transmission and control measures.
- We will initially manage Clade I as a high consequence infectious disease (HCID) whilst we are learning more about the virus.
Reminder: UKHSA: Cold weather communications toolkit 2024/25
The Cold-Health Alerting system, jointly provided by UKHSA and the Met Office, went live today (Friday 1 November).
UKHSA and the Met Office are encouraging organisations to sign up for Weather-Health Alerts, which are distributed via email and used by organisations to plan for adverse weather conditions.
To assist in spreading cold weather messages, UKHSA has also updated its cold weather communications toolkit for 2024/25.
Registration form: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=mRRO7jVKLkutR188-d6GZn06Ss-xPLpCuYeyOZ-eFiFUMEVIMDRTOE5FVzFFM0NXNjFMWUlWMkJVMCQlQCN0PWcu
Winter toolkit: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12Al2E8x1x1sCVksJe4g_phJqr8gq_NLP
Government
Adult Social Care Reform: The Cost of Inaction
Inquiry
Successive governments have presented reform ideas for adult social care, yet few of these have been implemented. This inquiry seeks to understand what this inaction is costing. We will investigate the cost of inaction to individuals, the NHS, local authorities and also to the wider economy and HM Treasury, focussing not only on the financial cost, but also on the personal costs and on potential benefits that are being missed. The inquiry will consider social care for both older and working age adults.
https://committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evidence/3449/
https://committees.parliament.uk/work/8583/adult-social-care-reform-the-cost-of-inaction
Guidance for those of you with sponsored / international recruits
Workers and Temporary Workers: guidance for sponsors part 3: sponsor duties and compliance
Guidance for sponsors on sponsor duties and compliance. Please make sure that you use the most up to date information.
Home Office – UKVI, Sponsorship Journey and Compliance LCAS – October 2024
The next RM meeting is on December 4th this is a face to face one at The Braithwaite Hall Croydon, 10.30 with Fulcrum Consulting & others, all welcome
Please use the registration process, so we know numbers for catering. If you have food allergies, please let us know.
DBS FEES RISING fron 02/12/2024
Enhanced DBS increasing by £11.50 from the 02/12/2024
(The fees below are the actual fees from DBS and do not include any administration fees that your umbrella body imposes)
From Monday 2nd December 2024, fees for DBS checks will change.
The new fees will be as follows:
- Update Service – £16 (per year)
- Basic DBS check – £21.50
- Standard DBS check – £21.50
- Enhanced DBS check – £49.50
- Enhanced DBS check with Barred List(s) – £49.50
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is funded by the fees paid from DBS check customers, and therefore fee changes can be required to meet the increased operational costs of delivering DBS’ safeguarding service. Each DBS check has its own price that is designed to cover all costs of that specific check, and each check’s fee is scrutinised separately.
DBS reviews its fees on an annual basis, and based on operational and legislative requirements, fees may change. Fees have been reduced in the past, where it has been possible to do so. For example, pre-October 2019, a Standard DBS check was priced at £26, and a Basic check was £25. Both are higher than the new rate of £21.50 that will be coming into place on 2nd December.
The new fees have been analysed and approved by the DBS board, Home Office, HM Treasury, and Minister for Safeguarding, and fall well below the Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rates.
These changes are necessary to maintain the highest quality, to allow DBS to effectively safeguard our society.
Quality remains at the core of what DBS does in its products, in the services DBS provides, and in the decisions that it makes, and the new fees will help maintain the high-quality service that DBS provides to safeguard our society
If you have enquiries regarding this message please contact your Account Manager, if you have one, or the Customer Services Team via Customerservices@dbs.gov.uk
Regards
Disclosure and Barring Service
Follow DBS on social media:
Twitter and Facebook: @DBSgovuk
LinkedIn: Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
For any queries, please contact
Peter Webb peter@lcasforum.org 07956878901
Or
Dudley Sawyerr dudley@lcasforum.org 07984466130
E&OE.
