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The care exchange from Skills for Care

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Frequency: 1 episode/39d. Total Eps: 51

The care exchange is a podcast series for managers in social care hosted by Skills for Care Locality Managers Pia Rathje-Burton and Wendy Adams. We’ll be sharing experiences from other managers in social care, providing a place where managers can listen to other managers, feel less isolated and pick-up some good ideas to support them in their own role.

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S4 E10: Improving social care – one podcast at a time

Season 4 · Episode 10

Monday, July 29, 2024 • Duration 42:12

Our final episode of the current series of the care exchange, we are joined by Zoe Fry OBE from the Outstanding Society.

Hear Pia, Wendy and Zoe reflect on previous episodes and discuss lots of interesting topics including:

Different ways to train leaders and staff

Proactively preparing staff for CQC assessments

Having conversations about LGBTQ+

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S4 E9: We have a few lifers and don’t spend any money on recruitment!

Season 4 · Episode 9

Wednesday, June 26, 2024 • Duration 48:06

Listen to Claire Callaghan talking about why her staff never want to leave and how she has not spent a penny on recruitment in years. She credits this to a great recruitment process, a person-centred induction and a ‘listen to’ culture. Claire also talks about their organisational commitment to diversity in the workplace and the support they provide around LGBTQ+, neurodiversity and menopause

Resources

Induction toolkit (skillsforcare.org.uk)

Data and publications (skillsforcare.org.uk)

Using social media for care recruitment (skillsforcare.org.uk)

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S3 E9: With good culture you can achieve anything - Skills for Care | The care exchange

Season 3 · Episode 9

Wednesday, June 28, 2023 • Duration 42:13

Series 3 Episode 9: With good culture you can achieve anything

In the final episode of this series, we are joined by Zoe Fry OBE from the Outstanding Society who is also the host of the ‘Care Insights’ podcast. Together we look back at guests that have featured on both podcasts, and we reflect on the importance of positive leadership, leading by example and having a good workplace culture. We also discuss the benefits of looking outwards and learning from others.

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S3 E8: Our aim is to break down barriers - Skills for Care | The care exchange

Season 3 · Episode 8

Wednesday, May 31, 2023 • Duration 43:15

Series 3 Episode 8: Our aim is to break down barriers

In this episode we talk to Aeon Anderson from the African Caribbean Community Initiative about lots of things including:

what it’s like to manage a service that supports people from an African Caribbean background with mental health issues
how to recruit the right staff, manage a diverse team and ensure that the staff feel supported
planning and delivering learning and development that meets the needs of the individual staff members whether they are new to the service or have worked there a long time.

Aeon has been the Chair of the Registered Managers Network for a number of years now and was nominated for the West Midlands Registered Manager of the year award 2023. Aeon has received numerous awards including:

Alicia Spence Award 2023 for supported housing services to mental health - A.C.C.I. Annual Gala and Awards
Winner of the Wolverhampton Registered Manager of the Year 2023. (The West Midlands Care Association & Wolverhampton City Council)

Resources

Confident with difference: our confident with difference resource supports you to consider how well diversity is embraced within your organisation and how you could improve.
Guide to developing your staff: our guidance can help you plan, deliver and evaluate the learning and development you provide for your staff.
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S3 E7: Power our carers through renewable energy - Skills for Care | The care exchange

Season 3 · Episode 7

Wednesday, April 26, 2023 • Duration 51:03

Series 3 Episode 7: Power our carers through renewable energy

Good Oaks Home Care is the first UK carbon neutral home care company. Ben Ashton, the co-founder and director joins us to talk about what you have to do to become carbon neutral, why it is so important and how it fits so well with values-based recruitment and retention. Ben also talks about his positive experiences and shares his learnings of recruiting internationally.

Resources

RM membership : become a member of our growing community of registered managers and gain access to exclusive resources to support your role and service through membership.
RM webinar on CQC single assessment: view our recorded webinar to gain insight into the new CQC Single Assessment and gather practical tools and advice about the new CQC inspection focus and Quality Statements.
International recruitment: take a look at various sources available to you to help you recruit internationally.
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GoodOaks Academy offer a free online e-learning platform for the care sector, from registered managers to informal carers. Topics range from Healthy Eating in Older People through to Having Difficult Conversations. For more information take a look at the website.

S3 E6: Sometimes we need to take a breath and see the bigger picture - Skills for Care | The care exchange

Season 3 · Episode 6

Wednesday, March 29, 2023 • Duration 37:41

Series 3 Episode 6: Sometimes we need to take a breath and see the bigger picture

As registered managers, it’s easy to get caught up in the daily running of the service and not be aware of the bigger strategic changes taking place.

Jo-Anne Wilson, the registered manager of a Royal British Legion Nursing home joins us to talk about her work with the Integrated Care Board and the Social Care Nursing Advisory Council, being part of a documentary on dementia care and how she supports staff wellbeing with her 300 staff.

Jo-Anne has a huge passion for raising the profile of social care and, of course, we couldn’t chat to Jo-Anne without asking her about getting her recent MBE from King Charles!

Don’t forget you can nominate your colleagues for the Chief Nurse Adult Social Care Award which is open to all social care workers and nursing working in Social Care in England.

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Integration: integration is joint work across social care, health services, housing organisations and other service providers, who are now working together through their integrated care system (ICS) to join up the care and support they provide locally. Our resources have been developed specifically to help you to consider how to work across organisational boundaries to deliver seamless care
Dementia: take a look at the resources and qualifications available to help you deliver better care for people living with dementia.
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S3 E5: It doesn’t matter the colour of the cat… - Skills for Care | The care exchange

Season 3 · Episode 5

Wednesday, February 22, 2023 • Duration 43:01

Series 3 Episode 5: It doesn’t matter the colour of the cat…

In this podcast, we talk about compassionate leadership with Rosemary Pavoni who is a retired registered manager. She believes that “It doesn’t matter the colour of the cat as long as it catches the mouse” – in other words, it doesn’t matter why you practice compassionate leadership as long as it achieves its goal.

Rosemary talks about her career and how she learnt that compassionate leadership is crucial in staff wellbeing, retention and in creating safe supported cultures. She discusses learning from mistakes, the importance of learning and development for new managers and how she misses being part of a team.

Resources

People performance management toolkit:  a useful resource detailing everything you need to know about people performance management.
Culture toolkit:   take a look at our range of resources and toolkit to help you achieve a positive workplace culture.
Supporting the development of leadership skills: this resource pulls together all the resources and programmes available from Skills for Care to support leaders.
 Leadership CPD modules: find out more about the leadership programmes and continuing professional development (CDP) modules delivered exclusively by Skills for Care endorsed providers.
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S3 E4: Be less British, be more American - Skills for Care | The care exchange

Season 3 · Episode 4

Wednesday, January 25, 2023 • Duration 44:23

Series 3 Episode 4: Be less British, be more American  

How do you become rated Outstanding in all five domains – not once but three times?

Hayley Taylor and Dan Gower-Smith from Avenues South East join the care exchange and talk about how they did just that. They share how they ensured that their values are embedded into everything they do throughout the organisation, the importance of culture and the work they do with families. They share the ‘smile moments’ they have experienced and the importance of celebrating the things that do go well, but also talk about learning from things that don’t go to plan and how they love to use a spreadsheet for everything!

Resources

Learning from events: this 35-minute interactive digital module is designed to support managers and leaders in all adult care settings carry out learning reviews.
Inspection toolkit: take a look at the two versions of the Good and Outstanding inspection toolkit now available.
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S3 E3: I compare being a care home manager to a football manager - Skills for Care | The care exchange

Season 3 · Episode 3

Thursday, December 8, 2022 • Duration 51:42

Series 3 Episode 3: I compare being a care home manager to a football manager

Multi award winning registered manager Ben Miller from Castleford House joins the care exchange for an extended chat about making continuing improvements to his service, to his recruitment strategy and to his role as a leader.

Ben shares how his thirst for learning has resulted in a complete transformation of recruitment, retention and culture within his service. He talks about how he has used podcasts and research about social care and other sectors to think about how to make changes and offers some top tips about how managers can use social media to both recruit staff and showcase the excellent work they have done within their service.

Watch Ben talk about the changes he made to his recruitment and retention strategy in a recording made prior to coming on The care exchange.

Resources  

Digital learning modules for managers: The eLearning modules include real-life examples of good practice that learners can connect with, relate to, and learn from. They’re interactive; keeping people engaged throughout using activities, videos and providing time and encouragement to reflect.
Good and outstanding care: take a look at our range of resources to help you achieve Outstanding in your next CQC inspection.
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S3 E2: I love data! - Skills for Care | The care exchange

Season 3 · Episode 2

Wednesday, November 16, 2022 • Duration 39:57

Series 3 Episode 2: I love data!

Paul Tolley, CEO of New Directions Rugby, shares how much he loves data and the importance of using workforce data within your service. He talks about partnerships - partnerships with volunteers, your local communities and other registered managers and the added value this provides to your service. We also hear how important it is to be part of your local community, how peer partnerships can prepare you for CQC inspections and how partnerships can ensure that you are proud of your service.

Resources  

ASC-WDS: a free, online data collection service that covers the adult social care workforce in England. Join over 20,000 care providers using the service to manage staff records, training and qualifications information and gain access to the Workforce Development Fund.
Workforce Development Fund (WDF): claim funding towards training and qualifications for your team
Registered Manager Networks: our networks are a place for managers to come together with other managers within their local area to share knowledge, connect with peers and learn with others.
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