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Information about the Learning Exchange Network, and notes from the December Hub meetings and the latest Newsletter are attached below:
LEN information sheet
(241KB - pdf help) December 2009 Meeting Notes (239KB - pdf help) Winter Newsletter 2009/10 (174KB - pdf help)
LEN Hub Meetings
Please find details of the next LEN Hub meetings in Februay 2010. A PDF version of the flyer is attached, which includes a reply form to be returned to the LEN Co-ordinator, Christiana Fisher.
LEN February Meetings.pdf (226KB - pdf help)
If you need further information please contact Christiana on 07590 713763 or by email to: christianafisher.len@googlemail.com
Address: c/o Devon Care Training, Room 222, County Hall, Topsham Road, Exeter. EX2 4QD
Updated information on vaccination clinics for Providers in Devon is available on the Provider Engagement Network page on the DCC website: The web page URL is http://www.devon.gov.uk/sc-partnerships/providerengagement/
Alternatively click here to open a link.
On 30 July 09, HPA published Managing influenza-like illness (ILI) in nursing and residential homes during the current influenza pandemic (WHO Phase 6). This guidance aims to provide advice on the generic management of cases or outbreaks of flu-like illness in nursing and residential homes and provides specific guidance appropriate to pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza. The guidance can be found at http://www.hpa.org.uk/web/HPAwebFile/HPAweb_C/1248940854313 .
A PDF version is of the Guidance Summary is available here (60KB - pdf help)
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You will find articles or links to the following topics on this page:
Please look here for the 2009 - 10 training programme
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DCC - New dates for
Supporting People who have Dementia Level 2 Awareness
DCT members can access places on these courses starting in January 2010. Please find attached course information (14KB - pdf help).
All bookings should be made via the DCC online booking system www.devon.gov.uk/onlinebookings. If you are unable to access this please contact the DCC Training Admin team on 01392 383461 or email hrtahelp@devon.gov.uk
The next quarterly meetings will take place in January 2010.
East Devon locality (Exeter, East Devon and Mid Devon ) meeting will take place on Tuesday 19 January 2010 - The Isca Centre, Summer Lane, Exeter EX4 8NT, 2.00pm - 4.30pm
North Devon locality meeting will take place on Thursday 21 January 2010 - Barnstaple Rugby Club, Pottington Road, Barnstaple, EX31 1JH, 2.00pm - 4.30pm
South Devon locality (Teignbridge, South Hams and West Devon) meeting will take place on Wednesday 27 January 2010 - Dartmoor Lodge, Peartree Cross, Ashburton, Newton Abbot, TQ13 7RB, 2.00pm - 4.30pm
Venue details and an agenda for each meeting will be circulated in due course.
The Co-chairs of the Provider Engagement Network are Richard Cawthorne, Richard Newcombe and Geoffrey Cox.
If you go to this page here, you can see the structure and terms of reference for these forums and also the aims and objectives.
All DCT members can now register with Devon County Council to access courses that they are running. DCT will pay for members to attend these courses but in order to book these you will need to go to this website and follow the instructions. Please be aware that even though DCT will pay for you to attend we will pass on any cancellation fees incurred if you cancel your place or do not attend - these charges vary depending on the course and who is running it - more details are on the on-line site.
We do not recommend that members access courses such as Supervision Skills or similar courses as these are very policy heavy and are targetted at public sector staff. DCT will be running our own courses around these topics.
Please note that we cannot help with this system so please contact the Training Admin team at DCC for any assistance you may require.
There is a full programme of Safeguarding Adults Training, incorporating the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguarding. Places can be booked via the on-line booking system. The whole programme is also being updated, and will include an e-learning programme on basic awareness. Further information and a link to the booking system can be found here.
Please note that if you are based inside Torbay or Plymouth, the courses they run may be more relevent.
For more information you can contact Richard Rainbow on 01392 38 3388 or email him here
If you would like help with your NMDS survey, or have any questions, please contact the NMDS-SC project worker for Devon, Linda Prior, on 01752 242688 or by email at linda.prior@blueyonder.co.uk.
More information is available on the website; click here to create your account.
Train to Gain is a funding initiative coming through Business Link Devon & Cornwall. For businesses, getting the right skills advice is essential to choosing the best and most appropriate training. Train to Gain helps you to do this by using experienced Skills Brokers who can:
offer free impartial and independent advice to businesses
match any training needs identified with training providers
ensure that training is delivered to meet business needs.
One of the key goals of the service is to make sure that both the training and the skills advice are impartial, flexible, responsive, and offered at a time and place to suit businesses. This marks a cultural shift in how skills training will be delivered, and will ensure that the delivery of training is much more responsive to the needs of every business.
You can find out more by contacting Caroline Murphy by phone on 07747014254 or by email here
If you want to read more about Train to Gain please follow this link here
There is a Care Ambassador section to the website but this is currently being updated. You can look at some of the pages here.
This is a social care resource library located in South Devon in Dartington. There is now an online search facility of its resources. You must log in through the membership pages to access this. If you do not have your logon details please contact us and we can send them out. The resources are free to borrow and you can do the whole thing online and by phone and post. Alternatively you can arrange to visit the Gallery if you prefer. You must be a member of the Gallery to use it, but this is free to DCT members. You can download an application form here
The next edition of the newsletter is due to be published in February. In the meantime you can access the current and previous editions here:
2009 - March (649KB - pdf help), June (1.73MB - pdf help), September (2.79MB - pdf help), December (1.89MB - pdf help)
2008 - March (3.36MB - pdf help), July (810KB - pdf help), December (627KB - pdf help)
2007 - March (404KB - pdf help), June, September (628KB - pdf help), December (550KB - pdf help)
If you have any ideas or wish to contribute an article to either the newsletter or to the website please contact Lynne (for Newsletter articles) and either Eoghan or Lucy (for website articles) at DCT on 01392 38 2071/ 38 3257/ 38 3591
If you follow the link here you can have a look at some of our member organisations and find out more about them.
The National Minimum Data Set is now online. For more information please look at the Skills for Care website or you can go here to see their new dedicated NMDS web site.
Now you can set up your own blog to help pass on your learnings to people working in the same fields as you. This way we can all share our skills and knowledge in a public forum.
We will maintain a semi regular blog at this address, but please add your addresses to this blog if you use the service at Blogger.com
Here is our blog address: devoncaretraining.blogspot.com/
We are a consortium of many employers spanning all of Devon, currently there are over 1200 member organisations, representing over 400 establishments and a significant proportion of staff working in care in Devon.