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The next Training Provider Forum will Take place at the Flybe Training Academy, Exeter on Wednesday 25/01/2012
To reserve a place at this event please contact Helen Hodsman by email at dcttrainer@devon.gov.uk stating your full name organisation and contact number
A map of the location is attached here
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This years conference was a great success. We had nearly 300 delegates and some very good speakers. As promised we are uploading presentations as we get them.
Click on the presentation to download it
Tim Golby - Market Position Statement
There are New Courses added to the Training Page. Additional Courses & Dates will be added on a regular basis
LEN Hub Meetings
Please find details of the LEN Hub meetings 2011.
Exeter LEN Hub Meeting - information is here
Torbay LEN Hub Meeting - information is here
Plymouth LEN Hub Meeting - information is here
If you need further information please contact Christiana Fisher on 07590 713763 or by email to: christianafisher.len@googlemail.com
Address: c/o Devon Care Training, Room A301, The Annexe, County Hall, Topsham Road, Exeter. EX2 4QD
Workforce Development Funding is now available for 2011/12 for NVQ’s and QCF Units completed since January 2011 onwards.
Please see the Workforce Development Funding Application Pack (89KB - pdf help) for 2011/12
TSI Funding is no longer available
Skills for Care (SfC) Funding does not fund First Aid, Food Hygiene, Common Induction Standards and Moving & Handling of People Qualifications anymore.
Please See the List of Eligible Units (206KB - pdf help) funded through the Workforce Development Fund
Timescales for Workforce Development Funding 2011/12
•Funding is provided for units completed (assessed and verified) between 1st January 2011 and 16th March 2012
•Deadline for NVQ Claims: 21st October 2011. No NVQ claims units may be claimed beyond this date.
•Deadline for QCF Claims: 9th March 2012
A partnership form is required for all organisations wishing to claim WD Funding, please complete the form (9KB - pdf help) and send in to the address below at your earliest convenience
If You have any queries relating to the Workforce Development Fund please contact Rachael Murrin or Helen Hodsman
A301, The Annexe
County Hall
Topsham Road
EX2 4QR
Email: rachael.murrin@devon.gov.uk Tel: 01392 383197
Email: helen.hodsman@devon.gov.uk Tel 01392 384389
Other news on this page:
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Please look here for the new 2010-11 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 be taking place throughout the year, please see dates and venues listed below:
South Devon Locality (South Hams, Teignbridge and West Devon)
November
Tuesday 15th November
13:30 - 16:00
Venue: Finlake Holiday Park, Chudleigh, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ13 0EJ
http://finlake.haulfryn.co.uk/howtofindus
North Devon Locality (North Devon and Torridge)
November
Wednesday 16th November
13:30 - 16:00
Venue: The Barnstaple Hotel, Braunton Road, Barnstaple, EX31 1LE
http://www.brend-hotels.co.uk/TheBarnstaple/Home.cfm
East Devon locality (Exeter, East Devon and Mid Devon)
November
Thursday 17th November 2011
13:30 - 16:30
Venue: Westbank Centre, Farm House Rise, Exminster, Exeter., EX6 8AT
http://www.westbank.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24&Itemid=109
Please check the website for copies of agendas and minutes.
http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/socialcare/sc-partnerships/providerengagement/
The Co-chairs of the Provider Engagement Network are Phil Hartley (North) Richard Newcombe (South) and Geoffrey Cox (East).
Important Update!!
All DCT members can now register with Devon County Council to access courses that they are running. Due to the current financial constraints DCT will no longer be able to pay for members to attend these courses. Any costs incurred must be met by member organisations. Members who wish to book staff onto the DCC courses will need to go to this website and follow the instructions.
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 relevant.
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.
There is a Care Ambassador section to the website but this is currently being updated. You can look at some of the pages here.
The Learning Gallery has now been reloacted to County Hall. The DCT Team will be managing it for the time being and so you can direct enquiries to lgallery@devon.gov.uk
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. Currently the gallery is undergoing a complete stock take but this will not affect requests for resources. You can download an application form here
Devon Care Training produce a quarterly newsletter to all members , to view the newsletters please see below attachments.
Autumn/Winter 2010 (1.89MB - pdf help)
June 2010 Summer (869KB - pdf help)
March 2010 Spring (1.58MB - pdf help)
December 2009 Winter (1.89MB - pdf help)
If you have any ideas or wish to contribute an article to either the newsletter or to the website please contact Clive Bottrill on 01392 381655 or email clive.bottrill@devon.gov.uk
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 225 member organisations, representing over 550 establishments and these represent a significant number of staff working for care and support providers throughout Devon.