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Supporting people who employ their own care and support staff 29 th July 2014

Supporting people who employ their own care and support staff 29 th July 2014. Care Act 2014 & Supporting people who employ their own care and support staff. Ossie Stuart. Significance.

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Supporting people who employ their own care and support staff 29 th July 2014

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  1. Supporting people who employ their own care and support staff 29th July 2014

  2. Care Act 2014 & Supporting people who employ their own care and support staff Ossie Stuart

  3. Significance • The Care Act 2014 is simply the most important piece of welfare legislation in generations because it is the first overhaul of the social care statutes in England for over 60 years. • It brings into statute (that means give legal force) to a whole range of social care actives that did not enjoy this in the past. • The Act is made up of 80 Sections, of which all but sections 15, 16, 28, 29 and 72, will take effect from April 2015. The remainder will take affect on April 2016.

  4. The Care Act imposes seven new general responsibilities on local authorities.

  5. Promoting individual well-being: • Preventing needs for care and support: • Promoting integration of care and support within health services: • Providing information and advice: • Promoting diversity and quality in provision of services: • Co-operating generally: • Co-operating in specific cases:

  6. Other Sections that are important for the Individual Employer workforce

  7. Eliminate the concept of ‘self-funders’: • Adult Safeguarding:

  8. Individual Employer Resources

  9. Helping you make the choice… • Range of small leaflets • PA Toolkit & CDs & downloadables • Videos around employing Pas • Vast library of other SfC materials – Dignity Toolkit, “Finders Keepers” …helping you employ

  10. Induction Standards • Common Induction Standards • Management induction standards

  11. Qualifications and Training • Pre-entry, knowledge qualifications • Occupational Competency and Apprenticeship qualifications • Specific, professional development qualifications and training

  12. Pre-entry, knowledge qualifications • Level 1-3 (very basic to intermediate difficulty) • All knowledge • Mapped against Common Induction Standards • Can be done at college, often at nominal fees, as evening courses “Level x Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care”

  13. Occupational Competency Quals • Occupational Competency = Diplomas (NVQ replacements) • Assessed on the Job with practical demonstration of knowledge • 6 months to a year • Candidates must carry out a range of tasks at work • Mostly, these have to be paid for

  14. Apprenticeships • Centered around the Diploma, with the Knowledge qualification added AND Maths and English training and tests • Often free for candidates 16-24, mostly have to be paid for above 25

  15. Specific, professional development qualifications • Qualifications of different sizes at different levels, mostly delivered in weeks, around specialist areas like Physical Disabilities, food safety and nutrition etc • Accessed through colleges and training companies • Have to be paid for

  16. SfC provide funding for individual employers to train their staff and themselves http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Funding/Individual-employer-funding/Individual-employer-funding.aspx

  17. SfC Funding Process • Identify what training you and your PA need • Find who can provide this and ask for a quote • Complete the SfC application form using the guidance • SfC will assess your application and send you the money • Have the training and pay your training provider • Send SfC the evidence of training

  18. Who we are • Local, user-led charity • Supporting individuals regardless of age, disability, impairment, health, or capacity • To live independently at home and in the community. • Wide range of services

  19. Advice for Independent Living Pooling Budgets Children’s Personal Budget Pilot Advocacy Volunteering Connecting Communities GoLocal Money Advice Project Sitting and Befriending Service New Horizons Information and advice for employers and their PAs YourSay find-a-pa

  20. How it developed • Paper based PA register in Richmond since 2004 • Need to streamline matching • Online service launched 2011 • Dating sites informed development • DP clients part of trials • Clients use independently or Ruils supported • Gradual improvement of functionality since 2011

  21. What is it? • Confidential matching service • Allows PAs and employers to add their profile and details of support needed • PAs and employers can search to find suitable matches • Messages can be sent securely on line to make initial contact.

  22. Who can use it? • DP clients and self funders • Richmond, Kingston, Hounslow • Licence with DASL in Lambeth • Partnership with POhWER in 4 areas

  23. Small charge to employers, free for PAs • Message protocol for efficient running • Upload facility for photos, references, DBS and JDs • Employers responsibility for making checks (employ-a-pa.co.uk supports this) • Emergency page for when employers need help in a hurry (no additional charge)

  24. How it works • Register as a PA or employer • Employers pay via membership code or paypal, debit card, bank transfer • Verify email address. • Make your profile • Upload references and job descriptions • Publish your profile • Search for PAs / employers • Save those you like in favourites. • Send messages to make contact.

  25. www.employ-a-pa.co.uk Guides employers through the process of interviewing, checking, employing and managing the PA relationship

  26. New Look

  27. New Facilities • Improved accessibility - translation / visual • Admin facility for partners • Partner area branding • Partner information and news pages • Flexible payment options and memberships

  28. Contact us Paula Buckton Independent Living Advisor paulabuckton@ruils.co.uk 0208 831 6088

  29. Introducing our Personal Assistant Register

  30. About Vibrance • We are a social care charity that provides a range of services • We work across 11 Local Authorities • We are celebrating our 25th birthday! • We have been providing self directed services in Bromley since 2012 • In March 2014 we launched LinkMeUp

  31. What is LinkMeUp? • LinkMeUp is our online Personal Assistant register • Aims to bring together people looking for support and PAs • All PAs are referenced, and have DBS/Right to Work checks • www.linkmeup.org.uk

  32. Our Film

  33. Why did we develop LinkMeUp? Listening to our stakeholders... • Finding PAs – particularly suitable ones • Responsibility of being an employer can be overwhelming • Finding work as a PA • Isolated role • Support from Skills for Care

  34. How did we develop LinkMeUp? Worked with a wide range of partners... • People employing or thinking about employing a PA • People working as a PA or thinking about working as a PA • Commissioners in Bromley • Skills for Care • Developers

  35. The future of LinkMeUp • A ‘one-stop-shop’ for all aspects of Self Directed Support • Support for self funders • Easy access on the go • The opportunity to network with peers • Pooling budgets & community connecting

  36. Contact us Website: www.linkmeup.org.uk Email: linkmeup@vibrance.org.uk Twitter: @linkmeup_UK Telephone: 0208 290 6639 Address: Unit E, 216 – 218 Homesdale Road, Bromley,BR1 2QZ

  37. Dignity

  38. Introduction • at the centre of everything we do • focuses on the value of every person as an individual • respecting other’s views, choices and decisions • not making assumptions about how people want to be treated • working with care and compassion

  39. Activity When do we think about our own dignity and what it means to us? a)Think of a time in your life where you have felt embarrassed or you have felt like your dignity has been compromised b)Think of a time when your dignity has really been upheld in your life

  40. Media clip – ‘little things make a big difference’ • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueLqAJRxKpQ

  41. Why is dignity important? • Empowerment • Choice • Control

  42. http://www.ccpdignity.com/

  43. “Crabbit Old Woman” Poem What do you see, what do you see?Are you thinking, when you look at me-A crabbit old woman, not very wise,Uncertain of habit, with far-away eyes,Who dribbles her food and makes no replyWhen you say in a loud voice,I do wish you’d try.Who seems not to notice the things that you doAnd forever is loosing a stocking or shoe.Who, unresisting or not; lets you do as you willWith bathing and feeding the long day is fill.Is that what you’re thinking,Is that what you see?Then open your eyes,nurse, you’re looking at me.I’ll tell you who I am as I sit here so still!As I rise at your bidding, as I eat at your will.I‘m a small child of 10 with a father and mother,Brothers and sisters, who loved one another-A young girl of 16 with wings on her feet,Dreaming that soon now a lover she’ll meet,A bride soon at 20- my heart gives a leap,Remembering the vows that I promised to keep.At 25 now I have young of my ownWho need me to build a secure happy home;A woman of 30, my young now grow fast,Bound to each other with ties that should last;At 40, my young sons have grown and are gone,But my man’s beside me to see I don’t mourn;At 50 once more babies play around my knee,Again we know children, my loved one and me.Dark days are upon me, my husband is dead,I look at the future, I shudder with dread,For my young are all rearing young of their own.And I think of the years and the love that I’ve known;I’m an old woman now and nature is cruel-Tis her jest to make old age look like a fool.The body is crumbled, grace and vigordepart,There is now a stone where I once had a heart,But inside this old carcass, a young girl still dwells,And now and again my battered heart swells,I remember the joy, I remember the pain,And I’m loving and living life over again.I think of the years all too few- gone too fast.And accept the stark fact that nothing can last-So open your eyes, nurse, open and see,Not a crabbit old woman, look closer-See Me. 

  44. Becoming a Dignity Champion • Dignity in Care network • http://www.dignityincare.org.uk/

  45. Thankyou

  46. we help people who do a great job do it better Skills for Care resources to support value-based recruitment Laura Anthony – Area Officer (SW London)

  47. Value-Based Recruitment Toolkit • Developed in partnership with DH, NSA and McIntyre • Toolkit launched July 2013 by Care Minister Norman Lamb • Includes job descriptions, profiling tool, interview questions and links to further resources • Supports the employer’s “usual” recruitment practices • Results of evaluation due shortly

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