Social Work Care Homes and Training - Freedom of information requests
Title or Description
Social Work Care Homes and Training
FOI Number
15295
Date Received
04/06/2021
Type of Request
FOI
Request or Question
Under the Freedom of Information Act I am writing to obtain the following information.1. Can you please list all the residential care homes and nursing homes in your council area?2. From this list, please identify any which are council run.The next set of questions relate to health and social care.3. Does your local authority use a Learning Management System and e-learning provision for employee training within health and social care?
4. If not, are there any plans to purchase a Learning Management System and e-learning provision for employee training in the near future?
5. What is the name of the Learning Management System (product name) and which company is it purchased from?
6. Please provide brief information of the current e-learning courses that are used in employee training.
7. What is the value of the current contract, date of commencement and date of expiry (DD/MM/YY)?
Response
Q1 and Q2
Care Home
Bonchester Bridge Care Centre
Brothers of Charity Services (Scotland) - Care Home Service
Buccleuch Care Centre
Deanfield Care Home
Galahill House
Galashiels Nursing Home
Garden View
Garvald Home Farm
Garvald West Linton
Grange Hall
Grove House
Knowesouth Care Centre
Millfield House
Murray House
Peebles Nursing Home
Queens House
Riverside Healthcare Centre
Saltgreens Care Home
St. Andrew's Care Home
St. Johns
St. Ronan's Care Home – SBC
Thornfield House
Victoria Lodge
Waverley Care Home
Whim Hall Care Home
Wheatlands House
Care Visions.
2. Waverley Residential Home
St Ronans
Saltgreens
Deanfield
Grove
Wheatlands House
3. Yes
4. N/A
5. Tessillo Go, Brightwave Group Ltd
6. The highlighted courses are mandatory for Care Support
Adult Support and Protection
Dementia Informed Practice
Falls in Older People
Fire Safety Awareness
First Aid at Work
Food Safety
Infection Control incl Coronavirus (July 2020)
Manual Handling of People Theory (Part 1)
Medication Management Online Training
On the Road at Work (driving at work training)
Personal Safety and Lone Working
Prevention and Management of Aggression and Violence Theory
An Awareness on Human Trafficking and Exploitation
Anaphylaxis Training for Schools
Asthma in School
Child Poverty
Epilepsy Awareness and First Aid
General Risk Assessors
MARAC eLearning Awareness
Mental Wellbeing Awareness
Protecting Children - Everybody is Responsible
Respectful Relationships
Safeguarding Children (Scotland) Module
Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults (Scotland) Module
The Whole System Approach incorporating early and effective intervention EEI
Understanding Gender Based Violence
7. We mostly create and develop our own eLearning courses in-house, but sometimes, we share our resources with other public bodies. No contract required for the health and social care resources mentioned above.
