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 Breakfast Conference - Wednesday 17th July 2019
15 May 2019
The Essex Care Association (ECA) are pleased to invite you to the second Breakfast Networking Conference of 2019 bringing you up to date with issues that are relevant to you. We are delighted to welcome, as our main speaker, Angela Owen who is a Therapeutic Social Worker and will present on ‘Helping your staff after a bereavement’ We also have Susan Banister who will speak about ‘The Slave Free Alliance - Hope for Justice’ and QCIS will be speaking about ‘Pollards Promise’ which is a charity initiative about making residents dreams come true. We will also be welcoming Directors from Essex County Council who will be sharing the latest news and developments.
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WDF Update
09 May 2019
- Last opportunity to submit claims for any completed QCF qualifications (excluding Level 5) for WDF funding.
- Important: Level 2 and 3 QCF’s will no longer be included in next year’s WDF contract
- Remember the final cut off date for receipt of your incoming claims into the ECTP office is Friday 17th May - this is to enable us to be able to process claims in a timely manner before the Skills for Care deadline
- Contact ECTP on 01268 565551 or email ectp@essexcare.org.uk
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Mental Health Awareness Week 13-19th May 2019
07 May 2019
Next week (13-19th May) is mental health awareness week Acas has put out the following guidance on how to help employees experiencing mental health issues, stress or anxiety which may be of interest: