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.
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News
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Landmark judgment alters holiday pay calculations
27 August 2019
There has been a recent court ruling on holiday entitlement and zero hours contracts. .
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Essex Dementia Fair 2019
27 August 2019
On Wednesday 16th October the Essex Dementia Fair will be held at Chelmsford Cathedral from 10am – 4pm. This event is open to all care providers from across the county, Adult Social Care staff, and members of the public.
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Ahead of next week’s bank holiday, you may find it helpful to read this advice from our Commercial partner, Citation.
20 August 2019
The article covers four things every employer needs to know about bank holidays, including:
- Employees’ legal entitlements to bank holidays off
- If employees need to be paid extra during bank holidays
- Watching out for ‘statutory entitlement plus bank holiday’ wording
- Treating part-time or shift-working employees fairly