ICHA Conference 2010: 'The Need for Quality Residential Care'.
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Wales

Care Forum Wales - Minutes for meeting with the Residential Child Care Special Interest Forum Steering Group held on the 13th April 2010 - (to view these minutes log into the members' area/papers of interest/meetings/past.)

WICHA letter from WAG May 2010

Members can read this letter on the ICHA Website by logging into the members' area/papers of interest/commissioning contractual

Corporate Parenting in Wales
Members can view the flyer for this conference, to be held on 16th September in Cardiff on the ICHA Website. Log into the members’ area/ papers of interest/practice

Audit of compliance with regulatory requirements relating to the qualification of care staff employed in children’s homes in Wales The form can be accessed on the ICHA Website log into the members' area/papers of interest/practice

Wales – Swine Flu Vaccination Programme

A letter regarding the swine flu vaccination programme which was issued by the Chief Medical Officer on 20th August 2009 can be found on the Welsh Assembly Government web pages at:
http://wales.gov.uk/topics/health/ocmo/publications/cmo/cmo09/?lang=en

Children’s Commissioning Support Resource (CCSR)
For services selected in Searches carried out on the CCSR Database during the period 1st September 2008 to 11th March 2009.
For the full report, provided by Steve Elliott, SACCS, log into members’ area/papers of interest/commissioning and contractual.

Members can access Bryan Isaac's Presentation, given at the WICHA meeting on the 17th March 2009, by logging into the members area/papers of interest/ofsted related.

Please look at Newsletter Issue 8 for article by Donna Davies 'The Welsh Assembly: Residential Care as a placement of choice'.

Members can access the SEWIC provider verification process (The Traffic Light System) which is in the members' area - Papers of Interest - Commissioning/Contractual.

Welsh Council and Care Provider Leaders Sign Partnership Deal - for the full article log into the members area/papers of interest/commissioning and contractual.

The draft minutes for the WICHA meeting on 3rd November 2009 can be found in the members' area/meetings/past.

To Read the latest edition of the Care Council for Wales Newsletter log into members' area/papers of interest/practice

The latest update from the last meeting of CCSR is available on the ICHA Website. ICHA member, Steve Elliott, SACCS has additionally included some statistics from recent research about Residential Children’s Homes in Wales for ICHA members, with links if they want more detail.
If you contract with Wales in any way this is important information for you! You can access this information by logging into the members' area of the ICHA website at: www.icha.org.uk papers of interest/commissioning and contractual.