Tender Results of Social Care Wales

Designing and Supporting the Social Care Wales Annual Staff Conference-Our staff conference is an annual event, designed to bring all Social Care Wales colleagues from across Wales together. This year’s conference will be hold in Cardiff City Hall on Thursday 28 September (9.30-16.30). We’re expecting circa 200 - 220 people in attendance at this year’s conference. Social Care Wales has rapidly expanded over the last couple of years, and many people have not yet had the chance to get to know each other, partly due to our recent transition to a a hybrid model of w...

Assessing local authority social services data maturity in readiness for the National Data Resource (NDR) (re-advertised)-Social Care Wales have worked with Digital Health and Care Wales and the Association of Directors of Social Services in Wales (ADSS Cymru) to agree on the scope and specifications for this tender. We are looking to commission an experienced supplier to deliver: a) a maturity assessment in respect of data readiness for the NDR. The supplier will use a data maturity assessment tool in each of the 22 local authorities in Wales to: - assess overall social care data maturity. - assess local authority...

Skills Gap Analysis-Underlying principles Our ambition is to support Social Care Wales vision by; - being structured in our approach, so our managers and people know what we will be delivering for them. - introducing learning pathways to help people develop and progress throughout their Social Care Wales career - providing flexible blended learning opportunities that people can access at a time that is right for them and the role they are in. - adopting a 70:20:10 approach and mindset to learning ...

Research-related content for the Research, Data and Innovation website-Introduction Social Care Wales was established in April 2017, bringing together social care workforce regulation, workforce development and service improvement in one organisation. Our priorities include supporting people who work in social care in Wales to use research, data and evidence to develop practice, service design and policy-making, and we have recently extended our remit to support innovation. We are committed to making better use of digital solutions. What is required / ‘The Re...

Evaluation and Impact Assessment-Social Care Wales was established in April 2017, bringing together social care workforce regulation, workforce development and service improvement in one organisation. We provide national leadership and expertise in social care and early years. We lead on regulating and developing the social care workforce, service improvement and supporting the use of data and research to improve care. Our strategic priorities1 include: -supporting people who work in social care in Wales to use research, dat...

Developing learning programs to support the implementation of the Liberty Protection Safeguards-Social Care Wales is the regulator of the social care workforce in Wales. That means we register practitioners, set standards of practice and make sure workers are fit to practise. We are also responsible for developing and improving the workforce, improving services, setting priorities for research and gathering data. We are funded by the Welsh Government. We have been commissioned by Welsh Government to develop learning programmes that will meet the requirements of the Liberty Protection Safeg...

Scoping Exercise into Workforce Planning Approaches in Local Authorities in Wales-The aim of workforce planning is to ensure that organisations have a workforce of the right size, with the right skills and diversity, organised in the right way, within an affordable budget, delivering the services needed to provide support and care to meet the needs of their citizens. This should be built on well-established service planning methodologies using the population needs assessments and area plans developed as a result. There are many layers of planning from department, regional and...

Review of options for supporting digital innovation in social care in Wales-What is required / ‘The Requirements’ We need an approach that is: 1. Comprehensive and grounded in the needs and capabilities of our stakeholders and partners Our recent user research will provide a steer for the support people working in social care want from us. We now need to explore the views of our key partners in the health and social care innovation space in Wales. These partners include Health Technology Wales, the Regional Innovation Coordination Hubs, the Bevan Commission, Li...

Building a research, innovation and improvement skills development approach for social care-Maximise the impact of our work we recognise the need to increase knowledge skills & experience in research, innovation & improvement. This project will identify the needs & solutions to supporting skills development in these key areas. We require a supplier to help co-design an approach to capability & skills building in research, innovation & improvement for people working in social work & social care in Wales by: using a discovery phase, to understand & synthesise the research we already ha...

Review of the registration process-Social Care Wales wants to commission a supplier to carry out a full systematic re-view of our registration principles and processes, from the initial application phase through to a full lifecycle of a registered person. This will identify opportunities to improve the effectiveness and transparency of our registration activity and in doing so ensuring that the process is as efficient, safe and value-for-money as it can be. As part of this review we want to focus on: - A review of the staffing...