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
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News
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Only 3 weeks to go - Come and see Neil Eastwood at the first Essex Care Association's Breakfast Conference of 2020- Tuesday 17th March 2020 - New Venue
24 February 2020
Book your place at the Essex Care Association’s forthcoming Breakfast Conference
The ECA Chair and Committee would like to invite you to the first Breakfast Conference of 2020,
The theme is Recruitment
Tuesday 17th March 2020
9.00am to 1.00pm
The Colchester Stadium (Jobserve Stadium) United Way, Colchester, Essex CO4 5UP
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WDF Important Deadlines - Don’t Miss Out on Funding
17 February 2020
To access the 2019-20 WDF you must complete and submit a declaration form before 28 February 2020 and claims must be submitted to Skills for Care by 29 May 2020 to access the fund. Please email ectp@essexcare.org.uk for further information.
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Brexit guidance
03 February 2020
With the UK having left the European Union on Friday 31st January, you might have questions about what this means for you and your business.