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!Attention Care Homes! Have you heard about the 28 day rule?
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As part of Oxfordshire County Council's commitment to providing quality care services, I wanted to clarify our funding process for new referrals for people already resident within your care home.
1. Referral Process: When we receive a referral for a potential resident, we follow a thorough assessment process to determine their eligibility for care. This includes assessing their care needs, a financial assessment, and any specific requirements they may have. We appreciate your cooperation during this initial phase.
2. Funding Commitment: We understand that timely funding is crucial for both the care home and the resident. However, we want to ensure that our commitment aligns with the resident’s needs and our criteria. Therefore, we have implemented the following approach:
28-Day Waiting Period: After receiving a referral, we will complete a Care Act assessment to identify the person’s care and support needs and a Financial Assessment to determine financial eligibility...This process will need to conclude before Oxfordshire County Council can commit to commencing funding. The council requires 28 days from referral to allow time for these assessments to take place, so funding will not commence until, at the earliest, 28 days after referral subject to meeting the eligibility criteria concluded from the financial and care needs assessment outcome. Our commitment to funding is subject to the resident meeting our care criteria. If there are any concerns or discrepancies during the assessment, we will communicate openly with you to address them.
Financial assessment: If we are not able to complete the financial assessment within the 28 days, due to not receiving the required information, we will close the referral. Once a new referral has been received the 28-day waiting period will start from the new referral date.
3. Communication: We value transparency and effective communication. If there are any updates or changes during the assessment period, we will promptly inform you. Likewise, we appreciate your timely communication to allow for timely payment and assessment.
4. Next Steps: Once the assessments are complete, we will update you on the outcome.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
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International Recruitment: SESCA Update
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International Recruitment Project 2024/2025 Update
The Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed funding for the second year of the International Recruitment Project for the adult social care sector. SESCA will play a key role in the delivery of £2.76 million in funding for the south east.
Key Objectives
- Support Displaced Migrant Care Workers: Assist those affected by unethical practices or the revocation of their employer's sponsorship licence.
- Enhance Ethical Standards: Support existing sponsors to maintain ethical and compliant international recruitment practices.
Trial Scheme: Connecting Displaced Migrant Care Workers with Vetted Providers
We will soon begin a trial scheme to connect identified displaced migrant care workers with providers who have genuine vacancies and can offer full time positions (i.e. no zero-hour contracts).
We plan to support these providers with funding and guidance to ensure they can offer the necessary support to help displaced workers, many of whom may have had difficult employment experiences. This may include, for example, funding for onboarding, buddy schemes, training, and more.
The scheme will also enable an expedited route to UKVI for Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) applications. This initiative addresses a critical need, ensuring these workers receive the necessary support to continue their crucial roles in the UK social care sector.
More details will be available soon.
Existing sponsors interested in participating in this scheme are encouraged to express their initial interest by emailing hello@sesca.org.uk. In due course, we will establish regional Care Hubs, which will serve as the primary cont
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CQC Assurance Assessment Notification - Message from Karen Fuller
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Dear Partners,
CQC Assurance Assessment Notification
I am writing to inform you that we have this week received notification that the Care Quality Commission (CQC) will be undertaking an inspection of Oxfordshire Adult Social Care.
From 1st April 2023, CQC has had powers to assess local authorities in England, looking at how well they meet their duties under the Care Act (2014).
We have until 1st August to provide a range of evidence in a Local Authority Information Return (LAIR). This will include our most recent CQC Self-Assessment, data on key areas such as waiting lists, safeguarding and evidence of how we perform our duties such as strategies, plans, policies, and feedback from people with lived experience.
The submission of the information return will be followed by an on-site visit. CQC will issue a separate notification of the date of their visit and will give us at least 6 weeks’ notice of this. We know that other local authorities have waited 4 to 6 months between submitting their Local Authority Information Return and receiving their on-site inspection. I will of course keep you updated when we know when this will be.
The assessment will be completed under CQC’s Assessment Framework for Local Authority Assurance and will result in a rating of outstanding, good, requires improvement or inadequate.
Adult Social Care have not had assurance assessments for some years but our recent LGA Peer Challenge has helped prepare us for the assurance process. We will welcome any learning provided from the assurance report.
As you know, we consider our partners to be part of our team delivering the Oxfordshire Way, and we are looking forward to this opportunity to showcase all the work that we do in partnership in Oxfordshire to support local people. Fantastic recent examples of this include the Dementia Oxfordshire’s post diagnostic sessions, and the way partners have collaborated to ensure the voices of experts by experience shape the new Short Breaks service.
After submitting our data, we plan to be in touch in August so that we can collaborate on our next steps and positively prepare for the visit.
If you have any questions or suggestions in the meantime, please do not hesitate to email ASC.Assurance@oxfordshire.gov.uk
Karen Fuller
Director of Adult Social Care
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Let's Go
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Time to Celebrate as our ‘Let’s Go!’ Project Enters its Third Year!
At Crossroads Care we support families with high dependency care needs, where there is a need for a care worker to help out in the home. This can be because someone in the family is ill, disabled, has mental health needs or an addiction. The other family members within the home can take on extra caring duties and become unpaid carers. We are here to support them too.
Young carers and their families may not have the same access to breaks and activities as others. Some don't get offered, some worry about taking offers up because their loved one may need them. Often the whole family misses out as, by necessity, life has to happen around the person with care needs. At Crossroads we believe that these children and families deserve to experience some of the freedom that many of us take for granted.
Through our Let’s Go project we arrange outings and breaks for young carers, children with additional needs, and their families. These can be as a group of children or, if they prefer, in individual families. We are also able to provide a care worker for support as needed to make sure whole families are catered for.
This year Let’s Go! enabled group trips to the circus and the theatre. We arranged for families to visit Blenheim Palace. The trampoline park was a success and revisited a few times, and we even got siblings with additional needs to special SEN sessions so everyone could be included. Other children also enjoyed outings to Thomley Hall, with sensory rooms and other activities. Our Butlin’s caravans in Minehead were packed out all summer. 23 caring families benefited in various ways from the project.
There are so many more caring families whom we would like to support. You can find out more and donate at our new look website www.crossroads-care.org
Otherwise, if you could please share this with just one friend or colleague perhaps we could reach another family in need or someone looking for a charity to fundraise for. Thank you. 😊
