Workshop 3 Thursday 11th November 11.15

Pick your 1st and 2nd choices for workshop 3 here.

Hosted by – Kathryn Morgan Shared Lives Plus, Debbie Terry Shared Lives carer
This workshop will aid the development of a shared set of lessons learned for the future in a post-covid world. What to keep, what to let go of, and our aspirations.

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Hosted by – Alex Fox and Meg Lewis, Ambassador, Shared Lives Plus
What is asset-based thinking and how can we use it in our work?

How can the growing interest in asset-based thinking help us promote and scale up our organisations?

What role does lived experience play in this?

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Hosted by – Tina Morrow Ben Dunne Shared Lives Plus
Based on our Homeshare Quality Assurance Framework and Good Practice Guide we will give you practical guidance on how to develop your idea, set up and manage a safe and effective Homeshare Programme. The workshop will cover:

• Putting Homeshare into context
• Funding, business planning and sustainability
• Staffing and managing your scheme
• Good practice in delivery of Homeshare
• Understanding the need for your scheme and underpinning feasibility work
• The Homeshare UK Network.

There will also be opportunity for discussion and questions.

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Hosted by – Amanda Mills, Voiceability

Aimed at Shared Lives carers and the people they support this workshop hosted by  Voiceability, an independent charity and one of the UK’s largest providers of advocacy and involvement services, will explain what Advocacy is and who is able to access this. We will look at how this support upholds people’s rights to have a voice in decisions being made about them. It will focus on empowering the person in Shared Lives to be involved with decisions that may affect their arrangement and support their carers to know what rights and additional support may be available to the people that live with them. Recognising that being heard and listened to, where our thoughts and feelings are being taken into consideration, can reduce misunderstandings and build better relationships.

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Hosted by – Nick Gordon Shared Lives Plus, Dawn Gillingwater Shared Lives South West and James Plummer Avalon
Learn from the experience of Shared Lives schemes who are effectively using online advertising to recruit new Shared Lives carers, especially learning from the experience of the recent expansion project. This workshop will be relevant to all Homeshare, Shared Lives and Family by Family teams as it will show how to use Facebook effectively for your audiences.

Of all online platforms, Facebook is used by people in our target age group and offers schemes a cost-effective way to narrow down who sees your content and adverts.

In this session you will learn

• About the opportunity that Facebook advertising offers
• What makes an effective advert and how to reach high quality applicants
• How to budget

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Hosted by – Celia Osuagwu and Laura Picton CQC
This session will be a presentation covering:

• The Key Lines of Enquiry (KLOE) that CQC use to look at how providers ensure the proper and safe use of medicines
• How to access the CQC medicines resources for providers that are currently available.
• How to contact the Medicines Optimisation Team at CQC

There will be an opportunity for Q and A.

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Hosted by – Cathy McSweeney and Michael Kazich Shared Lives Plus

• Financial recording for Shared Lives carers and schemes
• Management of a person in Shared Lives’ benefits and everyday finances for Shared Lives carers
• Appointeeships – the different types and their pros and cons
• Financial abuse – how to spot it and take steps to prevent it
• Banking for people in Shared Lives – your rights and options

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Hosted by – Recruitment and Training Development Officer and Jayne Wilson Shared Lives Plus
Take a look around our recruitment and training website.

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Hosted by – Helen Handley Shared Lives Plus

Recruitment and selection are arguably the most visible elements of HR and recruiting the right candidates and selecting the best ones for the organisation is key. The presentation will explore recruitment methods, interviewing, selection process and choosing the right candidate. In addition, staff retention must remain a priority particularly in these difficult times, with the purpose of providing employee benefits to help increase the economic security of staff members resulting in improved worker retention throughout any organisation. The presentation will explore current staff benefits which Shared Lives Plus offer for staff and provide examples of what other schemes can offer.

By the end of this session, delegates will be able to:

• Identify methods of recruitment and selection processes.
• Understand what employee benefits can be offered to staff

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Hosted by – Caroline Cook (Share and Care)
The Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Friends programme is the biggest ever initiative to change people’s perceptions of dementia. It is a social action movement aiming to create dementia-friendly communities by improving people’s understanding of dementia and inspiring people to take action.

Alzheimer’s Society wants everyone living with dementia to feel confident and empowered to do things that they have always been able to do, such as buy their groceries or get on the bus. The workshop will explain more about what dementia is and what living with the condition is like and about small ways we can all help make the world a better place for people with dementia.

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