Carers Week 2024
On June 11th, we held our Carers Week event – ‘Putting Carers on the Map’ at the Kingsknowes Hotel in Galashiels.
See our video here
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National Care Service (NCS) update
Last week, the Minister for Social Care – Maree Todd outlined the next steps for the National Care Service Bill to the Scottish Parliament. In summary, the plan to introduce a National Care Board and Local Care Boards will no longer go ahead. Instead, the Scottish Government will introduce a new non-statutory advisory board comprising of people with lived experience of accessing care, social care workers, care providers, trade unions, the NHS and local government. This new advisory board will provide guidance on social care improvement in Scotland, but we don’t have any further details about the specific remit of the group or how the board members will be appointed. Other provisions such as the Right to Breaks for Carers and Anne’s Law will still be included in the amended National Care Service Bill. Full statement here https://www.gov.scot/publications/ministerial-statement-future-of-the-national-care-service
Carers Centre Manager Vacancy
We are seeking a creative, entrepreneurial individual with a successful track record of leadership, ideally as a Manager, to achieve our ambitions as the leading organisation supporting Unpaid Carers throughout the Scottish Borders. Please see full details and how to apply here
Strategic Plan for unpaid carers sets out new vision for living well in the Scottish Borders
Strategic Plan for unpaid carers sets out new vision for living well in the Scottish Borders | Scottish Borders Council The Health and Social Care Partnership’s strategic plan for unpaid carers, as approved by the Integration Joint Board earlier in the year, has now been published. Supporting unpaid carers by getting services right for the cared for person is a strategic objective identified in the Partnership’s Strategic Framework 2023-2026. Living Well in the Scottish Borders – A Plan for Adult Unpaid Carers 2024-28 (Living Well) sets out a clear vision and approach on how the Partnership aims to meet this objective over the next four years by, for example, focusing on carer identification and recognition and the provision of information, advice and communication for carers. Living Well was created in partnership with the Borders Carers Centre and Unpaid Carers in the Scottish Borders and was informed by the Carers Needs Assessment, carried…