3 days to go until we join @citizen_network to find out about #peersupport innovations in New Zealand! It's an early one but it'll be well worth it đâď¸
Sign up here: ow.ly/x9IT50QoIew
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New year, new challenge?
Join our trustee board. They're a welcoming bunch that are seeking someone currently working in social care to join them. Best suited to people who seek a better social care future.
#SocialCareFuture#trustee#volunteer
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Life is about more than social care
support.
If you feel the same, think strategically and work in the social care sector this is a great opportunity to make a difference.
Apply by CV and covering letter by the end of January
Enquiries and applications to
Karyn.Kirkpatrick@KeyRing.org
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Below is a quote from Karyn Kirkpatrick, KeyRing's CEO: "Wendy's real-life examples bring the keys to citizenship alive"
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Ooo lovely - over 25k views!! Please keep sharing and don't forget, if you draw on support to live your life, let us know what you'd like to be doing, if the right support were available (ideas for how to do that here: socialcarefuture.org.uk/notiâŚ) #IWouldLoveTo
We asked friends who draw on social care 'If the right support were available, what would you love to do with your life?' Here's what they told us đ
If you draw on social care, tell us what you'd love to do in life, using #IWouldLoveTo Read more: socialcarefuture.org.uk/notiâŚ
Learning Disability England is working in partnership with @BILD_tweets to write a new chapter - 'Good Lives - Good Health' for the #GoodLives Framework.
People with #LearningDisabilities can share thoughts on good healthcare & staying healthy here: tinyurl.com/glghsurv
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I worked on this and am enormously proud of its publication today. Itâs a testament to the hard work of all the people involved: we shared experiences, analysed, debated, disagreed, laughed and learned together. Please read and share!
A brighter social care future: co-producing the evidence to make five key changes. Read about our co-produced evidenced review, with @researchIPsocialcarefuture.org.uk/a-brâŚ
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Our circumstances may change, but our humanness never will. Moving away from our current system, where people are treated like data points, is the way forward!
Read our Wisdoms to hear more from people with lived experience: maydaytrust.org.uk/wisdoms/
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Faster. Simpler. Fairer.
For patients and staff.
@VictoriaMAtkins has set out her commitments on the health and social care system after a busy week of delivering for patients and hitting key targets ⤾ď¸
Get the details: gov.uk/government/news/healtâŚ
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Faster. Simpler. Fairer.
Delivered last week...
âď¸ agreement with unions on an offer to end consultant strikes
âď¸ ÂŁ20 million to expand HIV opt-out testing
âď¸ 50,000 more nurses in the NHS
âď¸ 50 million more GP appointments
âď¸ new contraceptive services in pharmacies
This is one long âandsocialcareismâ (when âAND social careâ is added to text thatâs only really about the NHS). So it thanks âhealth, social care and research staff for delivering on patient prioritiesâ. But try finding a real #socialcare priority in here gov.uk/government/news/healtâŚ
Social care isn't just under-resourced, it's under-imagined. We've got on & started to change the public story of social care. Tomorrow we're at #NCASC23, exploring how we can align, support & cooperate with others to build on our work. socialcarefuture.org.uk/chanâŚ
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âThe traditional model of service delivery â based around centrally-organised, standardised solutions to discrete problems â doesnât work when people are facing complex & interconnected challenges.â
@MilaLukic spells out the problem with centralisation đ¨ď¸ newlocal.org.uk/articles/howâŚ
Services built bespoke around relationships that recognise the variability & potential of real lives, rather than processes, which cannot.
@MarkAdamSmithâs Liberated Method is powerful must-read for anyone involved in public service reform @CFNorthumbriachangingfuturesnorthumbria.câŚ
New book 'Everyday Citizenship: Seven keys to a life well-lived' is written by and for people with learning disabilities and is all about changing how society thinks about people who are âdifferentâ...
Preorders available now - Launching 9 January 2024 #EverydayCitizenship
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