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Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 2d

💬 Thank you to everyone who joined today’s Scottish Care #Manifesto2025 session: Fund Care Like It Matters.

Your voices are shaping the future of social care in Scotland.

Next up: Building Future Ready Care Systems
📅 Tues 14 Oct
🕐 1:00 pm
👉 Register on our Members Area

Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 3d

Ready to raise the roof? Join us at the #CareHome25 Conference to redefine residential care & support.

📅 Friday 14 November
📍 Hilton Glasgow

Experience networking, keynotes & panels on tech, workforce & more! 💡

Sign up now: buff.ly/74LJ6H1

#CareAboutCare

Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 4d

📢 Calling all Scottish Care members! Want to shape how Scotland funds social care?

Session 4 of our Members’ Manifesto series is your chance. Tomorrow (7 Oct) at 1pm.

We’ll focus on strategic, sustainable funding & person-led care.

Register on the Members Area.

Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 7d

Emissaries from each part of Eilean a’ Bhraighe have gathered at the #CareTech Unplugged trade market!

Resources are being exchanged, alliances formed and care systems reimagined.

Collaboration is key to building a thriving, inclusive society.

#SocialCare #CareInnovation

Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 7d

Curveball at #CareTech Unplugged.

A newcomer to Eilean a’ Bhraighe is visually impaired. Groups must now rethink their designs to be inclusive.

Care innovation = empathy + adaptability.

#SocialCare #CareInnovation

Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 8d

At #CareTech Unplugged, we’ve crash-landed on Eilean a’ Bhaighe ✈️

Groups are reimagining society, building personas, using resources, and designing a new future for care.

#CareTech #SocialCare #CareInnovation

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Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 8d

Today’s the day! Care Tech Unplugged is LIVE.

Let’s shape a future of care tech that’s thoughtful, practical and human.

If you are here with us today, please share your moments with us and tag us @scottishcare.bsky.social

#SocialCare #CareTech #CareInnovation

Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 13d

📢 Scottish Care Members’ Manifesto: Session 4 - Fund Care Like It Matters, Because It Does

Tuesday 7 October, 1:00 pm

Help shape key asks for sustainable funding in social care.

Open to all members, please register via the Members Area.

Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 15d

Big ideas. Real impact. 💡

Join us at the Scottish Care Home Conference 2025 "Raising the Roof – Redefining Residential Care & Support" and be part of the conversation shaping the future of care homes in Scotland.

Book now: buff.ly/tvHgjbM

#CareHome25 #CareAboutCare

Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 16d

🚨 Only a few spots left!

On 2 Oct, 30 people will gather for Care Tech Unplugged – a day of creativity, wellbeing &
collaboration to rethink the future of care & technology.

Be part of it. Feel energised. Leave inspired.

⏳ Sign up before it closes: luma.com/84c6p80e

Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 18d

📣 Join us at the Partners for Integration event!

🗓️ Thurs 9 Oct | 🕤 9:30 am –3:00 pm | 📍 Renfield Centre, Glasgow

A day of insight, innovation & collaboration in social care.

🎟️ Book your free place now: buff.ly/eKl07VB

Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 20d

Big challenges in care need fresh perspectives.

That’s why we’re launching Care Tech Unplugged on 2 Oct in Glasgow.

Immersive, thoughtful, energising. With wellbeing & good food at the heart of the day, creating the right conditions for ideas (& people) to flourish.

Register now luma.com/84c6p80e

Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 21d

📣 Join us for Session 2 of the
@scottishcare.bsky.social
Members' Manifesto series: Work Together, Not in Silos

🗓️ Thursday 23 September | 🕒 1pm | 📍 Microsoft Teams

Let’s co-design key asks around commissioning & shared outcomes.

Please register via the Members Area.

Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · 21d

🚨 Registrations now open: Care Tech Unplugged

On 2 Oct in Glasgow we’re doing something different.

An immersive, thoughtful, energising day facilitated by @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social for just 30 people from across social care, housing, policy, research & tech.

Register now luma.com/84c6p80e

Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · Sep 1

Scottish Care Surgery is back tomorrow at 11 am!

Join our CEO, @drdmacaskill.bsky.social, and Deputy CEO, @hegeit.bsky.social, for updates, insights, and discussion on key issues in the sector.

📌 Members only – access via the Members Area.

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Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · Aug 21

“People die while waiting for a social care package, but because they’re not in a hospital queue, nobody notices.”

Our CEO @drdmacaskill.bsky.social in The Herald on Scotland’s hidden social care crisis.👉 buff.ly/PQhZoPo

buff.ly

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Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · Aug 13

🚨 Last chance to register!

Join us tomorrow for our Wagestream webinar:
Beyond the Paycheck - Strengthening Your Care Workforce

📅 14 Aug
🕐 12:15–1:00pm

Learn how financial wellbeing tools can transform your workforce.

scottishcare.org/scottish-car...

Scottish Care/Wagestream Webinar – 14 August 2025

Beyond the Paycheck: Strengthening Your Care Workforce Through Financial Wellbeing

scottishcare.org

Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · Jul 31

The Care Home Awards 2025 celebrate the unsung heroes behind the scenes. Nominate your Ancillary or Support superstar for this award now!

🕔 Entries close: 1 September, 5pm
🔗 Enter here: scottishcare.org/care-home-awards-2025

#careawards25 #celebratecare

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Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · Jul 30

🌞 Summer 2025 Bulletin Now Live!

Explore fresh insights, sector updates, and inspiring stories from across social care.

Read it here: buff.ly/o0neBNZ

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Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · Jul 21

🎉 Nominations are OPEN for our Care Home Awards2025!

Celebrate the incredible care home workforce across Scotland. 🏆

🗓️ Deadline: 1 Sept
🎊 Ceremony: 14 Nov, Hilton Glasgow
📋 13 award categories

Find out how to enter: buff.ly/nLELPZV

#careawards25 #celebratecare

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Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · Jun 26

📸 Thank you to everyone who joined us in May for our Care at Home & Housing Support Conference & Awards 2025!

A brilliant day of insight, connection & celebration, and a huge 👏 to our award winners & finalists!

#homecare25

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Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · May 21

📢 Our CEO @drdmacaskill.bsky.social spoke to
BBC Radio Scotland's GMS today on our international recruitment survey.

Survey shows that international staff make up 32% of the workforce, yet policy changes risk worsening the #CareCrisis.

🎧 Listen from 1:24:49: t.co/XkE4YkIquU

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Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · May 21

📢 NEW: Our immigration survey shows social care’s deep reliance on international workers.

👥 In some orgs, they make up 90%+ of staff
⚠️ Restrictions could mean closures within months

📄 Read more: buff.ly/5tcFyzd

#CareAboutCare #CareCrisis

Immigration Survey Findings - May 2025

Scottish Care publishes Immigration Survey Findings

buff.ly

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Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · May 13

💡 3 DAYS TO GO! 💡

Only 3 days until #Homecare25! Join us for dynamic sessions, inspiring speakers, and a look into the future of homecare. This is your chance to be part of something big!

🎟️ Last chance to get your ticket:
buff.ly/NadIu5A

#CompassionInCrisis

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Scottish Care @scottishcare.bsky.social · May 12

🚨 “Reckless and inhumane.”

Scottish Care condemns UK Gov plans to scrap the social care immigration routes.

This would devastate Scotland’s social care sector.

📢 Read our statement: scottishcare.org/media-releas...

#CareAboutCare #ShineALight #SocialCareCrisis

Media Release: Scottish Care Condemns Plans to Scrap Social Care Visas

‘Reckless and Inhumane’: Scottish Care Condemns Plans to Scrap Social Care Visas

scottishcare.org

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