Chaired by Dr Caroline Green . We are currently exploring a charter based on one developed in Germany. We’re keen to share a Human Rights Personality Test designed by our chair.

Chaired by James McLoughlin and Chand Kaur

Vision

For social care to be truly valued by society

Mission

To raise awareness of the positive impact social care professionals make every day

Objectives

1.      To positively raise the public perception and awareness of social care

2.      To highlight the positives within social care  

3.      To ensure social care is represented, respected and relevant within the media

4.      To promote diversity, equality and inclusivity in the social care sector  

5.      To encourage a unified approach to the healthcare and social care sectors

Desired outcomes (and metrics)

1.      The majority of the public understand the vital role of social care; both regulated and non-regulated providers (using quantitative research as the metric)

2.      Increase in number of positive stories within the media and social media (using positive media coverage and positive social mentions as the metric)

3.      Social care is reported by the media in a balanced and fair way (using industry networks viewpoint like the IHSCM and the NCF as the metric)

4.      Social care is viewed as a diverse, fair and inclusive sector (using both internal and external research as the metric)   

5.      Government, industry and the media give equal prominence to healthcare AND social care (using reported evidence as the metric)     

Our Recent Achievements and Group Outcomes/Outputs

The Green Heart for Social Care campaign. 

The Care Library

Chaired by Caroline Bartle and Paul Featherstone. We are focusing on the Care Certificate, qualifications, workforce wellbeing and the school curriculum. We recently ran a survey to find out how frontline staff feel about the Care Certificate, and will be sharing the results shortly.

Chaired by Hayley Robertshaw, the Care Leaders Innovators Subgroup is for registered managers, providers/proprietors, and all round care leaders who want to take issues that are currently impacting the sector and come up with solutions to fix them. It’s a group for the sector by the sector. 

Chaired by Morten Mathiesen. We are focusing on promoting digital skills in the sector, specifically for leaders and managers.

Chaired by Dr Kellyn Lee. We are the newest formed subgroup and are exploring how to make research more accessible and impactful in social care. 

Chaired by Palvi Dodhia, Jasmeet Rai and Joan Bothma

The People plan subgroup focuses on promoting the People Plan as well as acting on the recommendations as undertaking a  fresh consultation each year to produce and updated report.

The Institute of Health and Social Care Management and their People Plan Social Care Innovators Subcommittee, have published “A People Plan for Social Care” to help bring reform to the sector.

The Institute of Health and Social Care Management (IHSCM) are thrilled to have published their first People Plan for the Social Care workforce, on December 6th, following a 3-month consultation period, with members of the IHSCM and care providers /leaders/ and managers across the UK ensuring that it is by the sector instead of just for the sector.

The People Plan focuses on 5 key areas; public image, recruitment, retention and staff wellbeing, training and pay and conditions. Each of the 5 key areas in turn takes a look at what the current situation is and what good and outstanding practice is already happening, before making a total of 59 recommendations to central and local governments as well as recommendations for social care providers.

Please see the full report and report summary below.