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Emcare Conference 2010
Please put a note in your diary, this years Emcare conference will be held on the 21st September 2010 at the Peepul Centre, Orchardson Avenue, Leicester. LE4 6DP. The draft agenda shows that the social care sector is facing yet another year of significant changes in relevant legislation. Last years event was well presented, please support us again this year by returning a completed booking form.
Care or Despair
Leicestershire Local Authority have decided not to increase fees for their clients this year and for the foreseeable future, this is an unnaceptable situation for both resident's and care home owners and cannot be allowed to continue. Work is ongoing by Emcare to try and resolve this issue and protect those in need of care. An article covering our concerns has been written by the Association for use by home owners, residents or their advocates in order to give maximum publicity. Please assist us to remind those in power of their legal duty and download the article.
Advantages of belonging to East Midlands Care
- Providing members with advance notice of forthcoming changes to regulatory requirements.
- Representation of your views to commissioners, inspectors and other key bodies.
- Representation on the executive board of the English Community Care Association.
- Codes of good practice booklets free of charge to download from the members page.
- Sample policy documents, procedures and legislation forms required by law. (e.g. Care plan templates, Contract of Employment, Resident’s Contract, various sample policies).
- Share information with like-minded members at our Bi-monthly schedule of meetings.
- Presentations to the membership by invited speakers on current topics of interest
- Maintain your membership and use the East Midlands Care logo on your advertisements.
Members Page
This is the portal for members only, in addition to topics of current interest the site provides; electronic version of the free publications mentioned above, minutes of past meetings and dates of forthcoming meetings, links to relevant care and government websites on the Internet including draft consultation reports to the future shape of the care sector, training issues, formula for assessing staffing levels, examples of completed AQAA self assessment forms, conference papers and much more. All documentation is freely available in electronic form for members to customise for their own use.
Eligibility for Membership
Associate membership is also available to proprietors or managers of Residential Care Homes, Nursing Homes, Domiciliary Care and Supported Living homes.
Further information can be found from the 'Objectives' link button or contact the Membership Secretary You will find me on our stand at this years conference, details above.
If you are already a member of East Midlands Care and would like access to our Intranet pages or your email address has changed then please email the Membership Secretary include your name and the name of your home.
Application Form Details:
You can join the organisation by completing this on line Registration Form. As well as providing contact details it also assists us with statistical information when discussing issues of care with the various Local Authority departments. Don't forget to add the security name to the right of the button before submitting the form, this is to prove you are a human and not an electronic robot.
Existing members should also use this form to help us maintain correct information on file of all the homes represented by EMCARE.
Consultancy service
As you may be aware Allison Cowley has many years experience dealing with care issues in her official capacity as EMCARE chair and personal experience in running her own care home. It has come to our attention that due to no fault of their own some homes are experiencing major problems. To assist with a speedy solution Allison has offered herself up as a consultant for care homes where 2 to 3 days work may be required. Minor issues are dealt with through membership of EMCARE as they are at present. Email the Chairman to contact Allison direct.
Disclosure service
East Midlands Care through Flairnow can now provide a criminal record's check on your staff, see link for details.
Quality Assurance System
Managing and monitoring the quality of the service care homes provide is essential for good business practice. Quality is established by the standards that are set by the home and by continuously monitoring against those standards. Emcare through a member home has produced a set of manuals that has met with approval of the inspection unit. Details can be found from the Manuals link button.
Directory of Care Homes
A list of registered care homes and nursing homes in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland can be found from the Care Commission button. This links to the Care Quality Commission web site, navigate to their 'Find a Care Service' page to obtain their current list of homes locally or nationally. Copies of recent inspection reports for care homes are also on line at this address.