Social Care Nurse Guidance

Nursing in a social care setting is recognised as increasingly challenging in today’s world. Resilience-based Clinical Supervision (RBCS) is a way of supporting you and your team by recognising your own and other’s emotions and how you can positively respond to them. The Foundation of Nursing Studies (FoNS) is delighted to offer a programme that will enable nurses and nurse associates to experience RBCS with a view to becoming facilitators.  RBCS is a tried and trusted model experienced by hundreds of nurses across the country and beyond. The model’s rationale is to increase an individual’s ability to respond positively to the emotional and physiological demands of their role. 

For more information and register your interest in attending a session, please follow this link - Supporting the health and well-being of nurses in social care: Registration form

New nurse recruitment resources: New nursing recruitment and retention resources

Skills for Care, in partnership with key stakeholders, has developed a range of new resources to support employers recruit and retain nurses in their workforce. These resources have been designed to share best practices and expertise that explore the introduction and development of nursing roles across different care settings. 

The resources cover professional practice from pre-registration right through the nursing career span. 

Nursing recruitment & retention webpage

The Midlands Adults Social Care Nursing Advisory Council are recruiting nurses working in social care to join their council. 

The newly formed 7 regional super Social Care Nurse Advisory Councils (SCNACs) will be key influencers on the footprint of ICS and provide a link for ICB nurses to use their knowledge and experience to help inform thinking and considerations of an inclusive professional nursing agenda. SCNACs Regional Chairs and Co-Chairs - The Outstanding Society

The Midlands council are also looking for more social care nurses from Supported Living and Domiciliary Care.

If you know of any interested individuals, please forward their details to us and make introductions to us via chair.midlands@scnac.co.uk

A monthly meeting to discuss future workforce social care nursing development and career pathways including attracting and retaining the social care nursing workforce, this meeting feeds into the ICS Care Sector Workforce Steering Group.  Looking to grow the group further with more registered managers of nursing homes, registered Social Care Nurses and Nurse Associates.

Contact Emily Coles - Emily.coles@nottscc.gov.uk

Skills for Care has launched the first-ever placement strategy for social care nursing, marking a major step in recognising social care as a valued part of nursing education. The strategy, developed in collaboration with the Council of Deans of Health, aims to create stronger connections between students, higher education institutions and care providers to offer high-quality placement opportunities in social care settings by providing building blocks and top tips. This will provide a broader perspective on care and attract them to work in the sector when qualified.

You can find the strategy here - Strategy to enable social care placements for student nurses and nursing associates

You can find further information, resources and a list of follow-up events for this strategy here - Student nurses and nursing associates