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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ECA Chair speaks out on the local radio on underfunding of Social Care
13 January 2020
Following the announcement that Southend Council intend to increase Council Tax to help for Social Care, ECA Chair, Clive Weir, was invited to speak for social care providers on the Ben & Sonia Show on BBC Radio Essex last Friday morning (Friday, 10th January 2020).
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Essex Care Association conference - 7th November
01 October 2019
The ECA Chair and Committee would like to invite you to the next Breakfast Conference of 2019, bringing you up to date with what’s happening in Social Care
Thursday 7th November 2019
9.00am to 1.00pm
The Holiday Inn, Festival Leisure Park, Waterfront Walk, Basildon SS14 3DG
Speakers include:-
- Vic Raynor from The National Care Association speaking on ‘The Future of Social Care’
- Chad Marshall Lane – presenting on LGBT+ Awareness in the Care Sector
- Tobi Alli-Usman – from Smooth Digital speaking on Digital Marketing and ‘How to increase the number of Private residents in your care business’
- Directors from Essex County Council – latest news and developments and Question & Answer Session
Cost of Event:-
ECA members reduced rate of £10 including hot drinks and pastry
Non ECA Members £50 including hot drinks and pastry
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Recruitment and retention care guide
30 September 2019
As recruitment and retention is a challenge in the social care sector, Citation, one of ECA's Commercial Partners have a new guide on this subject