Support, knowledge and advice to the social care sector in Essex, Southend & Thurrock...
Essex Care Association (ECA) is an independent voluntary ‘not for profit’ organisation with the following aims and objectives:
- To represent the interests of social care providers from Essex, Southend and Thurrock locally, regionally and where possible, nationally
- To alert members to issues which affect social care organisation relating to legislation regulation and development of best practice
- To offer members a range of services to meet their needs and a mutual support network
- To keep members abreast of new developments within the sector, whilst signposting them to sources of information which may be helpful to them
- To provide funding information, advice and guidance on training and development
Funding
→ Adult Social Care organisations in Essex, Southend and Thurrock can access WDF funding towards the cost of staff completing some adult social care qualifications. More info about Funding.
What does ECA do?
- The Association is run by a small management committee, all of whom are owners, managers, or trustees of a care organisation in Essex, Southend or Thurrock. The management committee meets on a quarterly basis to review and plan activities to benefit members.
Contact Us
Essex Care Association
251-255 Church Road
Benfleet
Essex SS7 4QP
Tel: 01268 565551
Email:
Monday to Friday 9.30am to 2.30pm (excluding Bank Holidays).
We Support....
ECA supports My Home Life Essex for celebrating good quality of care for older residents in Essex care homes.
Other Links
Department of Health
Skills for CareNews
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Letter confirming Essex’s position in relation to allowing visitors into care homes in the county.
12 October 2020
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Join ECA today - Reduced fees for 2020-2021
22 September 2020
ECA membership 2020-21
The new ECA membership year begins on 1st October 2020 and we would like to invite you to join us.
In recognition of the exceptional challenges that our sector is facing, we have significantly reduced our membership rates as follows:
Small Providers*: £99 Large providers: £175
This is a saving of at least 50% - more for small providers!
We would love you to join us and have the opportunity to connect with like-minded people working in the same sector; share views, or concerns; and keep up to date with what's new in social care across Essex, Southend and Thurrock.
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ECA Survey Results - how providers felt they were supported through the Covid-19 crisis
17 August 2020
ECA recently undertook a survey of providers to find out how they felt they were supported through the Covid-19 crisis as well as what were the key issues that needed addressing now and how did they want to engage with ECC. Unfortunately ,we had a low response rate, but here are the headlines: