CONTENTS
1.Care Show London
2.From the Directors - Caroline
3.Upcoming Events
4.Howden
5.VIVALDI Social Care
6.Social Care Nursing Advisory Councils (SCNACs)
7.Skills for Care
8.RCN and FoNs
9.Nourish
10.Out Standing Diversity Fourm (OSDF)
11.PainChek and Camascope
12.Join Dementia Research
13.Live Dementia Webinars and NIHR
14.Dementia Care Awards and Palliative Care Awards
What a fantastic event Care Show London 2025 was!
A huge congratulations to the team at Care Show London for delivering another inspiring and well-organised show this year.
The Outstanding Society team had an incredible time across the two days meeting so many passionate professionals, sharing knowledge, and hosting a series of lively panel discussions in our Learning Lounge
A heartfelt thank you goes to all our brilliant speakers who brought insight, energy, and real-world experience to the conversations.
We’re already gearing up for Care Show Birmingham, and we’ve got a few exciting twists planned for our sessions so watch this space!
UPCOMING EVENTS
After another brilliant Quarterly Insights session with the Care Quality Commission’s Chris Day, we are delighted to let you know that you can now secure your tickets for the next one.
Date: Thursday 15 May Time: 13:00 – 14:00
Location: Microsoft Teams
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Our Next VIVALDI Drop In Session is: Wednesday 4 June 2025 th
Join us for a 30-minute drop-in session where your team, residents, relatives, or visiting professionals can hear updates, ask questions about the project, and provide feedback.
Future sessions will recur every first Wednesday of the month from 13:00-13:30
The importance of Business Interruption insurance
Global events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, have caused significant economic disruptions These challenges, including volatility in supply chains, rising labour costs, and inflation, have prompted businesses to reconsider their risk management strategies, including their approach to insurance. Read the latest article from Howden to understand why Business Interruption insurance is crucial for care providers. Click the BLOG logo below to read the whole blog on Howden’s website.
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Come & join: Spring social with Howden and the Care Workers’ Charity
Howden are hosting an event on Tuesday 15 July 2025 (rescheduled) to celebrate the incredible work that the Care Workers’ Charity provides for the care community. With a prize draw and complimentary bar and food, this is an event not to be missed. Attendance will be on a first come first served basis so don’t miss out! th
Event details
Date: Tuesday 15th July 2025
Time: 16:00 - 21:00
Complete the short form to reserve your place. Book my place
At this year’s Care Show, the CQC shared updates on their dementia strategy in the Outstanding Society Learning Lounge. While John and his granddaughter Ariana weren’t able to speak live at the event, they recorded a powerful short video to share their perspective.
In this heartfelt conversation, John—who is journeying with dementia—and Ariana —his granddaughter—reflect on what good dementia care really looks like from their lived experience. Their voices offer a personal and deeply meaningful insight into what matters most.
Watch the video below to hear their thoughts
SocialCareNurses Lounge
Our first ever Social Care Nursing Lounge was a hive of activity at Care Show London and we can’t thank you all enough.
What started as a conversation became a reality and it was so wonderful to see the pride social care nurses have in their work.
Also thank you to everyone involved in making this happen.
Care Certificate standards, 2025
The Care Certificate standards have been updated to align with the new vocational qualification, helping those joining the sector for the first time to progress from basic induction to ideally achieving a national qualification in their first few years.
To complement the updated Care Certificate standards, Skills for Care has teamed up with partners at NHS England and Skills for Health to produce the following:
Care Certificate standards 2025, highlighting what should be arranged by employers to meet the standards
Summary of changes, explaining what has altered and where there is new focus
The Care Certificate standards assessor and employer guide, providing practical advice on how to offer and assess compliance
The Care Certificate standards self-assessment tool, providing a practical way to check the associated skills of other frontline carers
All these updated resources are available to download here. Please note that resources related to the 2015 version of the Care Certificate are expected to be withdrawn in July 2025, so employers may wish to start updating their training to align with the new standards.
For those progressing frontline carers onto the Level 2 Adult Social Care Certificate qualification, the Government’s Adult Social Care Learning and Development Support Scheme can be used to cover a lot of the cost
Developing new managers and deputies guide, 2025
With succession planning a focus of CQC Well-led assessments, this new Skills for Care guide looks at the practical ways different types of adult social care services develop emerging talent into future managers. Shaped around the recent Care Workforce Pathway update, the guide explores the values, behaviours, skills and experience needed to be an effective deputy manager or registered manager and the tangible ways such expertise can be built.
Informed by interviews with owners, frontline managers, learning and development needs, and others from Good and Outstanding rated services, the guide explores how a combination of internal development opportunities and national learning programmes and qualifications can best prepare our future managers It also includes recommendations to inform future manager interviews to ensure individuals are ready for the demands of the role
To complement the full guide available here, you can also download the following:
Recommended steps in a future managers development journey
Succession plan template
Identifying emerging talent checklist
Whether you are established in your nursing career or just starting out, the RCN Foundation offers a range of education and professional development grants for nurses, midwives, healthcare support workers, and those aspiring towards a career in nursing.
There are different types of grants to support your educational and professional
development so that you can have a longer lasting impact on patient care.
You do not need to be a member of the RCN to be eligible for an RCN Foundation grant. For more information about our grants programme, including funding available and eligibility, visit here or click the image above.
Workplace wellbeing
Resilience – Based Clinical Supervision (RBCS) is a 13 hour, online participative programme delivered by the Foundation of Nursing Studies (FoNS) for social care nurses. The facilitated course provides a medium to learn and practice the art of clinical supervision so that nurses can be compassionate to themselves and therefore to others.
RBCS is a structured approach to supervision which focuses on the emotional regulation systems It supports the development of facilitation, communication and active listening skills
This programme is fully funded and available for any social care nurse working in England
The Resilience-based Clinical Supervision model is enabling nurses to support colleagues in their own care home. Some recent feedback from a participant included recognition that “We are there to listen, not necessarily to "fix".
People also learnt how to effectively use the many tools out there to create a positive environment for supervision, break the ice, create calm, trust and respect in working environments.
Last year The Out Standing Diversity Forum marched at London Pride and it was an incredible experience for all involved showing their PRIDE IN ADULT SOCIAL CARE. This year we’re heading to Manchester to join their parade and we want YOU to join us! Scan the QR code below to register your interest in taking up one of our 150 places for the parade on Saturday 23 August. rd
Scan the QR code to register your interest to march with us at Manchester Pride.
A place to register your interest in taking part in vital dementia research
What happens when you register?
When you sign up to Join Dementia Research, the information you provide is used to match you to studies you may be able to take part in, both online, nationally and in your local area. The service connects registered volunteers with dementia researchers across the UK who are looking for people to join their studies
You can review your study matches once you register and then it’s your decision whether to take part. Taking part means you will make a real difference to the future of dementia care, diagnosis and treatment
Research opportunities for people with and without dementia. Research opportunities for dementia carers or supporters. Any UK resident over the age of 18 can sign up.
Click the image above to visit Join dementia research website and find out more.
Click the images above and below to find out more and nominate
