Recruiting Health Care Support Workers: What can Learning Reps do? Anita Curley and Jean Richards

Suitable venue criteria Ease of access to the venue Parking availability Capacity – 100 to 200 delegates Staging for speakers Availability of AV package Area for display stands Provision of refreshments Costs involved

Venue Cymru Llandudno

Key areas of Practice and Learning Nutrition Infection control Tissue viability Registration of care workers Accountability

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 NHS NVQ facilitators Partnership Networks Assessors Hand delivery Articles in Nursing Standard and Bulletin Local Press

RCN Support Providing Logos Printing of Posters Printing of booking forms Putting together and providing materials for Delegate Packs Certificates for the day Point of contact Taking bookings

Caring For Your Future Conference Thursday 9 th October 2008 at Venue Cymru Llandudno Programme 09: :40Registration and stand viewing 09:40 – 09:50Opening – Richard Jones - Assistant Director- RCN Wales 09:50 – 10:30Infection Control – Carol Roberts - Infection Control Nurse (Public Health) 10:30 – 11:00Tissue viability – Menna Lloyd Jones - CNS 11:00 – 11:40Coffee and stand viewing 11:40 – 12:55Ethical Nutrition & MUST Scoring – Ruth Davies - Nutrition Specialist Nurse, Cherry Vickary - Dietician 12:55 – 13:00Close of morning session 13:00 – 14:00Lunch and stand viewing 14:00 – 14:05Opening - Richard Jones - Assistant Director - RCN Wales 14:05 – 14:15RCN Support for Learning & Development – Iestyn Davies – Head of Communications and Marketing – RCN Wales 14:15 – 15:00Accountability – Martin Semple - Head of Institute - RCN Wales 15:00 – 15:30Care Council for Wales – Toni Legett - Workforce Development Adviser 15:30 – 16:30Improving your Personal Effectiveness - Billy Dixon 16:30 – 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.”