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
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