ECA Member Services
ECA Member Briefings
ECA hosts regular briefing meetings for members free of charge. These are held at a number of different venues across the county and can be held as breakfast meetings or during the day. Topics are items of interest to members e.g. Safeguarding, CQC compliance, etc.
- Click here for an ECA GDPR event in association with Cura Systems
- Please note, a charge is made for non-members.
“The breakfast briefing held in June 2011 about completing the CQC Provider Compliance Assessments was very helpful. It has given me the confidence to start work on this and keep in closer touch with my CQC inspector.”
Care Quality Commission Feedback
ECA meets regularly with the Care Quality Commission to represent social care providers across Essex, Southend and Thurrock. Feedback from these meetings is made available to ECA members through regular news feed items.
ECA Regular Newsletters
ECA members are kept updated on news and information relevant to the social care sector by regular ECA newsletters.
- April 2019
- May 2019
- July 2019
- August 2019
- September 2019
- November 2019
- December 2019
- January 2020
- February 2020
- March 2020
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News
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Skills for Care - Webinars -
15 May 2020
Skills for Care webinars are continuing to support the social care sector on a range of topics, offering employers the opportunity to digest important information and new ways of working in these unprecedented times.
Their 30-minute webinars are recorded live and hosted on the Skills for Care website.
The webinars taking place next week feature collaborations with O2 and NICE. If you’d like to join, please register using the link below. If you have any questions on a topic that you’d like to see raised during the webinar, please email events@skillsforcare.org.uk.
Tuesday 19 May 2020, 14:00 – 14:30
Cyber Security – Secure mobile working
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3546545530885050382 -
The Coronavirus National Testing Programme
13 May 2020
Whole home testing for care home staff and residents
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) tests for adult social care
13 May 2020
How can I get the test for our staff and residents/clients?