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Care Providers give critical support to the most at-risk citizens in our communities, and the leadership of social care in Wales is proud for your continued commitment and hard work.
This information bulletin should be read in conjunction with the most recent advice from Public Health Wales (PHW) and Welsh Government.
The aim of this briefing is to keep providers informed of the latest updates, provide advice and respond to general enquiries.
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SCIE – Social Care Institute for Excellence
Free E-learning courses & CPD accredited paid-for courses
| Social Care Institute for Excellence have a range of new or updated resources for children's and adult social care staff including free online courses Free Courses include:
CPD Accredited paid-for courses include:
You can find details of all SCIE e-learning courses here: e-Learning courses - SCIE There is also a directory of resources and best practice relating to Covid-19, these can be found here: Coronavirus (COVID-19) advice for social care |
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Swansea University
Fully funded scholarships available for Welsh public sector employees to advance Value-Based Health and Care understanding
| Swansea University has newly launched the Value-Based Health and Care Academy, a hub for world-leading VBHC educational programmes, innovative research and bespoke consultancy services. It is designed to support the successful adoption of VBHC across organisations from Health Systems and Social Care to the Third Sector and the Life-Science Industries.
To support the successful adoption of VBHC, a number of fully funded WG ILA scholarships are available to those working within the Welsh public sector to study a DBA, Master’s or
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WCVA | ||
Developing a volunteering framework for health and social care in Wales | A project is underway to develop a framework to support better Wales wide understanding and planning for volunteering in health and social care.
Please take part in our survey. Participants also have the option of attending one of the regional focus groups in order to engage in more in depth conversation.
Read more about the project, which is a partnership involving WCVA Helpforce Cymru, Bevan Commission, Social Care Wales and Richard Newton Consulting Ltd. | https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/MRJ63P5 (Cymraeg) https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/MRGZCNL (Saesneg)
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Welsh Government | ||
Reopening children's playgrounds and outdoor play areas: coronavirus
| Guidance for those in charge of playgrounds or outdoor play areas to keep children safe during the coronavirus pandemic. | https://gov.wales/reopening-childrens-playgrounds
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Getting your COVID-19 vaccine
| Find out more about the COVID-19 vaccine programme and how the vaccine will be rolled out. | https://gov.wales/getting-your-covid-19-vaccine
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Operational guidance for schools and settings to support limited attendance at alert level 4
| How schools and other providers can make their sites safe for staff and learners during limited attendance. | https://gov.wales/operational-guidance-
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Creating safer public places: coronavirus
| Guidance for owners and operators of public places to keep people safe when restrictions are relaxed and urban spaces become busier. | https://gov.wales/creating-safer-public-places-coronavirus
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Guidance on protecting people defined on medical grounds as clinically extremely vulnerable from coronavirus (COVID-19) – previously known as ‘shielding’
| Information for protecting people defined on medical grounds as extremely vulnerable from COVID-19. |
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COVID-19 testing strategy
| The updated COVID -19 strategy also looks at the role of testing alongside vaccinations. | https://gov.wales/covid-19-testing-strategy
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Notices disapplying changing school session time requirements
| Temporarily removes the requirement for governing bodies and local authorities to comply with procedures for changing school session times. | https://gov.wales/notices-disapplying-changing
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Written Statement: Publication of refreshed COVID-19 Testing Strategy and Community Testing Framework for Wales
| Vaughan Gething MS, Minister for Health and Social Services | |
Face coverings: guidance for public
| Face coverings become mandatory in indoor public places across Wales on 14 September.
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Written Statement: Education provision for vulnerable learners, children of critical workers and learners who need to complete essential exams or assessments
| Kirsty Williams, Minister for Education | |
Coronavirus control plan: alert levels in Wales
| Describes the measures to control coronavirus at 4 alert levels and how the level will be set. | https://gov.wales/coronavirus-control-plan-alert-levels-wales
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Pledge to support youth with extra £9.4m investment in children and young people mental health services
| "I am committed to ensuring support is available for changing mental health needs," says Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing as more than £9million will be available specifically to support children and young people in Wales. | https://gov.wales/pledge-support-youth-extra-ps94m
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Care home visiting pods - access to hardship fund and criteria | Claiming reimbursement of costs relating to visiting pod hire under the visiting pod pilot scheme Visiting pod specification How to make a claim for a costs of a visiting pod Claiming additional insurance costs relating to visiting pod hire under the pilot scheme:
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Employees Assistance Programme | The employee assistance programme (EAP) has been in place since 4 December 2021, offering a range of well-being support to those employed in the social care workforce in the private and voluntary sectors in Wales.
There is a webinar on the EAP, for all managers in social care from both private and voluntary sectors in Wales being held on 17 February 2021 at 3.30pm, you can book a place at the adjacent link. | Further information can be found on the Social Care Wales website
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Wellbeing support line for health and social care workers | Samaritans has launched a new confidential support line for NHS and social care workers in Wales. Their volunteers are here to support you when you’ve had a tough day, are feeling worried or overwhelmed, or just have a lot on your mind and need to talk it through. Sometimes, a friendly voice, some time to reflect and a listening ear can make all the difference. It’s more important than ever that we look after ourselves and each other.
Call the free confidential support line 0800 484 0555 (Open every day, 7am to 11pm) or the free confidential support line in Welsh 0808 164 2777 (Open every evening, 7pm to 11pm). | https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/health- |
Smoke-free laws - Changes from 1 March 2021.
Changes apply to:
Smoking rooms in adult care homes and adult hospices | New legislation is being introduced on 1 March 2021 which will make more places in Wales smoke-free. To protect more people from harmful second-hand smoke, those working in others homes, such as care workers will be able to work in a smoke-free environment. Only residents and those aged over 18 will be able to use smoking rooms in adult care homes and adult hospices.
Full details of the changes are provided in the Welsh Government guidance.
Section on Dwellings has details on working in others homes and the section on Adult care homes and adult hospices sets out the changes in those settings. | https://gov.wales/smoke-free-
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Visits to care homes: updated guidance for providers
| An updated version of the guidance, “Visits to care homes: guidance for providers” has been published.
The updated guidance includes additional detail around the use of visiting pods, advice on physical contact (hand holding) during visits, and the use of lateral flow tests in accommodating visitors. | |
UK Government | ||
UK Government’s Tell Us Once Service – New Video Slideshow
| This Tell Us Once video explains simply and compassionately how the Tell Us Once service is there to help bereaved citizens inform many government organisations and public sector pension providers, just once, of a death.
The video slideshow is less than three minutes long and can be accessed here. We hope to also add the link to the ‘What to do when someone dies’ page on GOV.UK in due course.
We’d also encourage you to share the link internally to increase your colleagues’ personal awareness of how it’s there to help them too.
We thank you in advance for supporting this award-winning service.
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