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Have a look at what we have been up to. If you have ideas to improve this website, add them to our Discussion forum.

April 2022

We're thrilled to announce that the research paper described just below has won an award! Once we have been granted permission to share, we'll post a link.

March 2022

This website has arisen from a funded research project at Newcastle University, though it now has a life entirely of its own. A paper is about to be published on findings from this research, leading up to the creation of this wiki, we'll post a link to it once it is available.

Provided a example of how to build and run a CCTV system on the Policies page.

Updated the CCTV policy on the Policies page to include a section on Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS).

January 2022

Added a new page for all your kind wordsTestimonials.

Added a new link to our Just starting out page for a training service - Headucate.

December 2021

Added a new template to the Templates page for a Staff Leave calculator and recorder.

Added a new link to our Just starting out page for a training service - Complex Care Training and Consultancy.

November 2021

Added two new links to our Just starting out page that help with finding out if your PA or carer is employed or self-employed.

Added a new link to our Just starting out page for a training service - Howe2 Training & Consultancy.

Added a new link to our Just starting out page for a training service - Train With Care.

Our survey has its first results! See them here.

Added a new link to our Just starting out page for a Care and Support Plan.

Added 2 new templates to the Templates page for a Staff Advertisement Form and a Staff Timesheet.

Added a new templates to the Templates page for a Staff Application Form, a Job Offer, and a Care and Support Plan. Added another (our third!) staff contract to Staff contract. Added a second next of kin form to the Staff contacts page. Rearranged the Staff recruitment page so it flows the way that recruitment flows.

Added a new link to our Just starting out page for Care To Be Different.

October 2021

Added some useful Facebook groups to our Just starting out page.

Some new updates by you, this one on Disability Related Expenditure (DRE), have a look at Talk:Main_Page.

We now have a blog section and our very first blog! Blogs.

Added a new link to our Just starting out page for Rethink Mental Illness.

Added a new link to our Just starting out page for the ONS.

One more, thank you to one of our users (hi Spion), we now have a link to a risk assessment for new and expectant mothers. Check out Risk assessment

Added a new link to our Just starting out page for Contact.

September 2021

Thanks to one of our users (hi Spion), we now have a link to a UK government accident report. Check out Accident log

Added new links to our Just starting out page for Jointly, Log My Care and RotaCloud.

Added a short menu at the top of each page - this more useful for mobile and tablet devices that see a different view of this website than a laptop.

Added a new page of statistics for how this wiki is being used here. Added a new page for news stories for this wiki here.

Added a new download to our Just starting out page for the Freedom Of Information (FOI) emails to all the Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) in England.

Added a new link to our Just starting out page for Cherry Training, Imagineer and HealthYourWay.

Added a new link to our Just starting out page for Patients Know Best.

August 2021

Added a new training link to our Just starting out page.

Added new templates to the Staffing policies page (Feeding, Going to Bed and Key worker letter).

Added a quick guide on how to add or amend this wiki at Change this wiki. Added a link to Independent Lives in our Just starting out page.

Added a new Accessibility page

Added a new template to the Staff recruitment page (Staff Working Hours Opt Out)

Added a new template to the Care and Support Plan page

July 2021

You now have to login to download. This has required us to amend all pages on this website for downloads, but we think this is an improved way of navigating through the website.

Simplified the Main Page

We've been asking people what they think of this website, and, how it should be governed. That means we'll take time to understand everyone's views and rebuild the website to match what they have said. Have a look (and join) in the conversations over at Discussion forum

Added a new What is this? page

Reorganised the topics in the Discussion forum

Added a new template to the Cleaning page

Changed the Main Page to offer different ways to navigate to the documents

June 2021

Added a new template to the Templates page (Incident Report)

Added two new templates to the Cleaning page

Added new templates to the Templates page (Body Map, Person Centred Plan)

Added new templates to the Templates page (Care Contingency Plan, Care Emergency Plan)

Added new templates to the Templates page (Contact List for All, Staff Recruitment Advertisement)

Added a new template to the Care Log page

Added a new template to the Medication page

Added new policies to the Policies page (Covid To Do List, Staff handbook)

Added a new policy to the Data protection page

Added a new link to the Just starting out page (Leeds cil)

Added a new policy to the Staffing policies page (To do list)

Added a new template to the Staff rota page

Added a new template to the Accident log page

Added a new template to the Staff contract page

Added a new template to the Training log page

Added a new training link to the Just starting out page

Added new templates to the Templates page (Staff Contract, Risk Assessment, Therapy)

Added a new Care Log templates to the Care Log page

Added new policies to the Policies page (Food Reheating, Risk Assessment for Alcohol, Risk Assessment for Bathing, Risk Assessment for Vomiting, Risk Assessment for the WAV, Annual Leave, Staff Care Checklist, WAV Accident, WAV Loading)

Added new templates to the Templates page (To do list for the house and car)

Added more links to the Just starting out page

Added new templates to the Templates page (Financial Assessment, VAT Exemption, Staff Interview Questions)

Added this What's New page

Added more links to the Just starting out page

Added over thirty new links, templates and policies