News and Resources
- Update on SWAPs
Regarding West Somerset recruitment training opportunity from last weeks’ bulletin – for those members who registered, please save the date – we will shortly send you a booking form for an employer’s event 19th September, many thanks for registering your interest.
- International Recruitment e-Visa info
Please find attached flyer re IR with some dates for E-Visa info events (some of which already full so need to be quick!)
- WhatsApp members’ exclusive community group
We will update you very soon as we are currently finalising details/TORs around this.
Events
- Member Network Meeting (Hybrid) – Tuesday 20th August
Trull Memorial Hall, Church Road, Trull, Taunton TA3 7JZ
2.00pm until 3.30pm
We will be joined by Sarah Wakefield, Lead member for Adult Social Care, Somerset Council.
There is no need to register to attend. We look forward to welcoming you on the day, the meeting is open to RMs, owners, deputies and clinical leads.
Brief outline for agenda on the day:
- RCPA’s Dan Plummer and Caldicott Guardians
- Sarah Wakefield, Lead Member for Adult Social Care, Somerset Council,
member Qs.
- Workstreams
- AOB, items for future MNMs
Here is the TEAMs Link if you can’t make it to Trull –
Microsoft Teams Need help?
Meeting ID: 319 134 990 459
Passcode: QRySBN
- RCPA Data Security Online Workshop – Business Continuity Planning
29th August, 9.30am – 10.30am via TEAMs
Join RCPA’s Dan Plummer as he discusses business continuity planning and how to plan for when 3rd party suppliers’ services are unavailable.
Please click on the below link to register.
RCPA data security workshop – Business Continuity Planning – August 29th 09:30 – 10:30
If you have any queries, please contact Dan Plummer – daniel.plummer@rcpa.org.uk
- RCPA Annual Conference
‘THE Care Conference for Somerset, hosted by the RCPA’
Train to Retain
Venue: Taunton Racecourse
Date: Tuesday 12th November 2024
Times: 9.00am until 4.15pm
Member fee – £70 per ticket
Non-member fee – £100 per ticket
For information on the guest speaker, workshops available and the full programme, please see attached.
To book your space, please fill out the attached booking form and return to admin@rcpa.org.uk
From our Partners
- Borderless
Webinar: Navigating Home Office audits: Ensure your organisation is compliant
Join us on Tuesday, August 20th, at 11am to gain essential insights into the Home Office audit framework, learn best practices for documentation and preparation, and understand the consequences of non-compliance.
Register now to ensure your care organisation is audit-ready!
What you will learn:
- What is an audit and what you should expect
- Preparation strategies
- Compliance vs. non-compliance
- Consequences if you get it wrong
- Q&A session