News Archive
Archive of: March, 2012
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ECC Apprentices
29 March 2012
IT'S COOL TO CARE event 26th April 2012 at Essex Record Office
Come along and find out more abour the Essex County Council Apprenticeships Scheme.
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CQC Inspection changes underway
28 March 2012
Care Qualtiy Commission (CQC) Inspection changes underway from next week
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Survey for all Home Care Providers
28 March 2012
UKHCA to begin a major campaign to improve the commissioning of homecare and are now conducting a survey for all Home Care Providers
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Essex Apprenticeships Building New Futures
27 March 2012
Essex County council want to provide an additional 150 apprentice places in 2012 and for each apprenticeship opportunity will ivest £2500 in yuor business to help you.
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Work on national minimum training standards and code of coduct due to begin in Apil
23 March 2012
Development of national minimum training standards and a code of conduct for healthcare support workers reporting to registered nurses and midwives and adult social care workers in England is due to begin in April.
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WDF Funding 2011/12 - Good News
20 March 2012
Essex Care Training Partnership are pleased to let you know that Skills for Care have now extended the 2011/12 WDF contract by a further 2 months. The final date for completion of training is now 17th May 2012 with all claims being submitted to ECTP office by 25th May at the latest.
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Overview of functions of the new combined CRB & ISA organisation
20 March 2012
Withe the CRB and Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) due to become one organisation, the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), this November, we thought it would be timely to provide our customers with an overview of the main functions of both organisations.
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ADASS calls for overhaul of direct payments for older people
20 March 2012
The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services calls for an overhaul of direct payments for older people
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CQC Review of health care in care homes published
19 March 2012
CQC publish results of review on how the health care needs of people living in care homes are met.
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Its time to come clean over care home fees
07 March 2012
Directors of adult social services have rejected criticisms that they are forcing up fees to non-council funded residents, despite agreeing with parts of today's Age UK survey on residential care fee levels* which show that insufficient funds are available within the health and social care system.