Time Management – a flexible approach

Time Managment is all the buzz right now and no doubt you have been on a course or seminar (if you haven’t you probably soon will be). They are often helpful but they are a bit prescriptive. Here is a link to a blog that approaches time management in a much more dynamic way, I’ve [...]

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New papers from SCIE:

 
Here is a recent email form SCIE – there is so much stuff there that it’s a bit like Christmas….explore and enjoy! I would heartily recommend that after looking at this page you go directly to SCIE by clicking here SCIENEWSTUFF
 

New resources from the Social Care Institute for Excellence

 

General
Interprofessional and inter-agency collaboration e-learning resources
Working in [...]

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Step by step guides to success

These excellence checklists provide invaluable advice for leaders and managers tackling a range of everyday issues.
I have looked at most of them, especially those that are more likely to appeal to the Health and Social Care Sector – they are well worth exploring and most are worth downloading.
 Don’t hesistate – click here: InvestorsinExcellence
   

CRM (NEW)
Managing equal opportunity [...]

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NVQ evidence: pliagerism and correct citing of sources.

Professional reflection: Plagiarism in the NVQ process.
Philip McMullen.  Jan 2008.
Introduction.  
Whether evidence is presented in handwritten, printed or electronic formats, the assessor /verifiers ought to have an understanding of how to establish that the evidence presented is original, and where and to what extent it relies on citing other people’s work. This skill-set requires having an [...]

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Mental Health Act 2007

Here’s a download to expalin the Mental Capacity Act ending with a good flow diagram for practical use. The link is at the bottom of the page -well worth it!
Depatment of Health. 

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HRVS: Useful stuff on all people management….

Here’s a great website for voluntary and non-profit making organizations. It’s packed with good common sense on all things human resources. Excellent materials on training and supervision among other things. And they can be reproduced for use with non-profit organization (see copyright details on site).

 

 

Here’s a taster:
1. Performance management: An introduction
What is performance management?
Measuring [...]

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An Introduction to dementia: a list useful for staff training.

I always like short introductions – pruning information back to it’s bare essentials takes skill. Sure there is more to say on dementia but this is a good starting place for a staff training session.
Health Tip: Warning Signs of Dementia
It’s more than just memory loss
 
(HealthDay News) — Dementia is more than just ordinary forgetfulness [...]

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Survey finds 4% of older people in Britain are victims of abuse.

This news is a month old now but well worth noting especially if you work in the community.
At least 340,000 older people are being abused in their own homes by family, friends or neighbours, ministers acknowledged yesterday. The first thorough survey of elder abuse in Britain found 4% of people over 66 are victims of [...]

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The Dignity Challenge!

One of the most important tools for adult care is the dignity challenge. You might have read about it in a trade magazine. Here is a link to the resources you need (just click on ‘Dignity Challenge’ headline) you will go straight to the Social Care Institute for Excellence. If you are involved in care [...]

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Safeguarding vulnerable adults – new knowledge set.

‘Skills for care’ do a great job of making the learning requirements for key care issues available to all. Go to the site for full details.
Knowledge sets for adult social care (Sills for care)- are designed to improve consistency in the underpinning knowledge learnt by the adult social care workforce in England.It is intended that [...]

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