The seasons pass so quickly that we often forget to stop to appreciate what has happened in our lives. The same can be said for work.
In our latest quarterly update I hope to give you a flavour of what we have been doing recently.
WELCOME TO THE TEAM.
We are proud to have such a diversity of experience and skills within our team. Over recent months we have added staff with qualifications in:
HEALTHY WORKING LIVES
The teams hard work over the previous year was rewarded recently. Three of the admin team attended a presentation evening where we received our Healthy Working Lives Bronze Award. Others also presented with their awards included NHS Lanarkshire and Lanarkshire Fire and Rescue.
No sooner was the ceremony over than the pressure was on to achieve our silver award. Keep an eye out for new announcements and initiatives soon.
SCSWIS
Every year Care at Home providers receive an inspection from the regulator. Thank you to everyone who helped contribute to our self assessment. Since then Staff, Service Users and their representatives have completed questionnaires on the service. We are looking forward to our first inspection and will let you know the outcome later in the year.
RAISING AWARENESS
We have always tried very hard to support people to have their voice heard. This includes linking with:
In our latest quarterly update I hope to give you a flavour of what we have been doing recently.
WELCOME TO THE TEAM.
We are proud to have such a diversity of experience and skills within our team. Over recent months we have added staff with qualifications in:
- Social Work
- Training
- Nursing
- Physiotherapy
- Pharmacology
HEALTHY WORKING LIVES
The teams hard work over the previous year was rewarded recently. Three of the admin team attended a presentation evening where we received our Healthy Working Lives Bronze Award. Others also presented with their awards included NHS Lanarkshire and Lanarkshire Fire and Rescue.
No sooner was the ceremony over than the pressure was on to achieve our silver award. Keep an eye out for new announcements and initiatives soon.
SCSWIS
Every year Care at Home providers receive an inspection from the regulator. Thank you to everyone who helped contribute to our self assessment. Since then Staff, Service Users and their representatives have completed questionnaires on the service. We are looking forward to our first inspection and will let you know the outcome later in the year.
RAISING AWARENESS
We have always tried very hard to support people to have their voice heard. This includes linking with:
- Disability Groups
- Carers Groups
- Advocacy Services
- Local and National Government
To compliment this we have recently been granted membership of INCLUSION SCOTLAND. Our membership gives strength to your voice at a national level including the ability to be consulted on new government initiatives.
APP UPDATE
After a lot of hard work we now have both Android and IOS versions of our COMMUNICATION TOOL. It continues to be downloaded from countries throughout the world. To compliment this we have recently launched our PAIN APP. The app can run on mobile phones and allows the user to record and monitor pain in a simple but effective way.
END OF LIFE MATTERS
We recently attended a conference on End of Life Matters in Dumfries. Organised by DG Voice the conference brought together people who had an interest in end of life care and support from both a personal and professional basis. The conference was such a great success that a working group is to be established to drive forward positive change in end of life care within Dumfries and Galloway. We have added our name to the working group and hope to be able to offer our support, experience as well as your voice to the discussions.
Hopefully this gives you a flavour of some of the things we have been doing recently. We are always keen to hear from you, so please get in touch with new ideas for us.
Stephen
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