Seminars

10.30am – 11.00am: Recruitment and Retention: Best Practice, Trends and Innovation
Neil Eastwood, Founder & Author of #1 bestseller Saving Social Care
Join Neil to discover the latest research on which methods work best to recruit high performing care staff, the big trends affecting the social care recruitment market and the latest innovations to help you source more quality applicants. He will also share the retention secrets from the top-performing employers around the world. Come along to transform the way you find and keep care staff!

11:30am – 12.00pm: Why all care homes should aim to achieve outstanding?
Issac Theophilos, Director, Outstanding Care Homes
Issac Theophilos is the author of the best selling book, How to get outstanding: An ultimate guide for care homes. Issac will be doing a working session with the audience to identify ‘why’ all care organisations should be aspiring to achieve Outstanding. Issac will be sharing top tips to help you gather evidence for preparing for the next CQC inspection.

12.45pm – 1.15pm: TBC
Quality Compliance Systems Ltd

2.00pm – 2.30pm: TBC
Valerie Mckenzie, Inspection Manager Care Quality Commission
Workshops

10.00 – 10.20am & 1.30pm – 1.50pm: What’s on your playlist? How personal music helps Dementia
Paula Bain, Business Manager, Playlist for Life
We all have a soundtrack to our life. Finding personally meaningful music brings many benefits to the person living with dementia and those who care for them. This workshop will provide practical ‘Music Detective’ skills to get you started making and using a playlist. It will enable a greater understanding of the power of personal music and its benefits, and how it can be used as a powerful tool in dementia care.