Recruiting Health Care Support Workers: What can Learning Reps do?

Anita Curley and Jean Richards

Suitable venue criteria

Ease of access to the venueParking availabilityCapacity – 100 to 200 delegatesStaging for speakersAvailability of AV packageArea for display standsProvision of refreshments Costs involved

Venue Cymru Llandudno

Key areas of Practice and Learning

NutritionInfection controlTissue viabilityRegistration of care workersAccountability

Business Plan included:

Introduction The Conference will Conference Aim The Conference –Key Practice Areas and how

they were to be met Display Stands – List of contributors Marketing Poster displays RCN Resources The process Costing for the day Programme of the day

The Conference would

Enable networking between the Independent Sector Workers and those employed within the NHS.

Will give an incite and understanding into a number of specific areas of practice which will encourage further learning.

Will help them identify their future learning pathways to enable progression

Will provide a CPD Certificate for their portfolio. Will encourage Membership of the RCN

The Aim was to:

Facilitate learning away from the work place and to give the participants a feeling of self worth by expressing how valuable their work is.

Display Stands

RCN City and Guilds Care Council for Wales Open University Journal for Health Care Assistants CCSIW Molynex RNID TUC 3M

Marketing through:

Colleges Training providers NHS hospitals and their training depts. NVQ Co-ordinators RCN Learning Reps Email NHS NVQ facilitators Partnership Networks Assessors Hand delivery Articles in Nursing Standard and Bulletin Local Press

RCN Support

Providing LogosPrinting of PostersPrinting of booking formsPutting together and providing materials

for Delegate PacksCertificates for the dayPoint of contactTaking bookings

Caring For Your Future ConferenceThursday 9th October 2008 at Venue Cymru Llandudno

Programme09:15 - 09:40 Registration and stand viewing09:40 – 09:50 Opening – Richard Jones - Assistant Director- RCN Wales09:50 – 10:30 Infection Control – Carol Roberts - Infection Control Nurse (Public Health)10:30 – 11:00 Tissue viability – Menna Lloyd Jones - CNS 11:00 – 11:40 Coffee and stand viewing11:40 – 12:55 Ethical Nutrition & MUST Scoring – Ruth Davies - Nutrition Specialist

Nurse, Cherry Vickary - Dietician12:55 – 13:00 Close of morning session13:00 – 14:00 Lunch and stand viewing14:00 – 14:05 Opening - Richard Jones - Assistant Director - RCN Wales14:05 – 14:15 RCN Support for Learning & Development – Iestyn Davies – Head of

Communications and Marketing – RCN Wales14:15 – 15:00 Accountability – Martin Semple - Head of Institute - RCN Wales15:00 – 15:30 Care Council for Wales – Toni Legett - Workforce Development Adviser15:30 – 16:30 Improving your Personal Effectiveness - Billy Dixon16:30 – 16:40 Close

What made it all worthwhile

“A very interesting and informative day. It is very reassuring to see that these sort of

conferences aimed at HCSW are being held and that our role within the nursing sector is being appreciated as much as it has been

demonstrated during the day. Thank you for making me feel valued. Great Day.”