Dementia Fund

LSCP has now begun claiming funding for the Workforce Development Dementia Fund (WDDF) which is available from Skills for Care.

In response to the Prime Minister’s dementia challenge, the Department of Health (DH) has commissioned Skills for Care to support the delivery of a national learning and development programme for the social care workforce supporting people with dementia.

Skills for Care will make £2.4million available to employers, to support the completion of relevant accredited qualifications by those members of the workforce who support people with Dementia. This funding is open to all adult social care employers who support people with dementia, whether this is in the early stages of diagnosis or following diagnosis of dementia.

The funding is offered as part of the Workforce Development Fund (WDF) and as such the WDF eligibility criteria apply. Click here to read more about the WorkforceDevelopment Fund.

How to Claim

First, you must meet the eligibility requirements set out in the Workforce Development Fund, once achieved, you must send copies of the certificates for each qualification you wish to claim. Enhanced payments will be paid out against this evidence as outlined in this document.

You must act today before our funding is reduced.

We understand that waiting for certificates to arrive can sometimes be a long process, and we are currently looking at other ways to ensure this funding can be claimed. If any member of your staff has recently completed any of the qualifications in the attached document, please contact me immediately and let me know your estimate of how many qualifications may be claimable.

It is critically important that we are aware of all potential claims so we can attempt to keep enough funding, without information about potential claims within your organisation we may lose part of our funding. Funding is distributed on a first come first serve basis, so any reduction in the amount of funding could result in your organisation missing out.

If you have any questions or queries regarding this fund, please do not hesitate to contact me.

John Callaghan

Administrator

Liverpool Social Care Partnership

5 De Havilland Drive,

C/O Crossroads Care

Estuary Business Park,

Speke, Liverpool

L24 8RN

0151-427-7044