Workshop 1: Social Care Community of Practice

Nursing Associate National
Conference: Progress in
the social care sector
Graham Woodham, Skills for Care
22nd November 2017

Nursing Associate National Conference: Progress
in the social care sector
 The social care context
 Benefits of Nursing Associate and other workforce
strategies
 Implementation in social care
 Opportunities and challenges
 The on-going agenda: Social Care Community of Interest
In this workshop:

Social Care Nursing Workforce: latest data
headlines

Social Care Workforce
 Workforce data
 Retention and recruitment/Brexit impact
 Emerging responses
 New roles
 De-registration of nursing homes
 Implementing a range of workforce strategies

Nursing Associates in social care
 How will Nursing Associates be used in the workforce?
 How are we going to use NA’s in our sector?
 How will the NE role work in small organisations?
 How do we need to influence workforce planning?
 What about medication administration?
 How do we prepare people to apply for NA training?
Some early questions

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My questions

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What’s working well in social care in the pilot sites?

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What are the challenges we are facing in the pilot sites?
(including any solutions you are trying!)

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What else do you think needs to be on the agenda for the
Social Care Community of Interest?

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