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Nicola Cooper
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Technology and Digital Innovation Lead @scottishcare.org, FRSA.
Design & Digital Innovation, thinking and doing. Passion for social care, happiness and humans.
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Nicola Cooper @nicolacooper.bsky.social · Dec 5
🌟 Launching the Care Technologist Principles 🌟
a framework offering clear values and capabilities for those aspiring to adopt the role or working in similar roles

@scottishcare.bsky.social @hegeit.bsky.social @drdmacaskill.bsky.social

#SocialCare #DigitalInclusion #CareTechnologist #FutureOfCare
Poster with 6 Care Technologist Guiding Principles
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This is naive, partisan and damaging. We need an #immigration system which is based on sector and national need not one motivated by party political priority. This fails #socialcare and those who need support in #Scotland.

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Care worker visa to be removed to stop recruitment from abroad, Cooper says
'They are here and care companies should be recruiting from that pool of people, rather than recruiting from abroad, we are closing recruitment from abroad,' Home Secretary says
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May 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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🏆 Nominations open for the Care Tech Awards 2025, recognising innovation & inclusion in care tech across Scotland!

📅 Awards at Care Tech Assembly on Thurs 19 June
🕔 Deadline: Mon 19 May, 5pm
📢 Open to members & non-members of Scottish Care!

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April 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Join us at the Care Tech Assembly on Thursday, June 19th at 10:00 AM! Connect with like-minded individuals who are passionate about using technology to empower communities. Don't miss out on this opportunity - get your tickets now! #CareTechAssembly #DigitalInclusion @scottishcare.bsky.social
Care Tech Assembly
Bringing together people working or interested in roles that empower people & communities through digital inclusion and enabling technology.
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April 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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In this #podcast I explore the potential of #Ai to enhance #humanity within #socialcare if it is grounded in robust #ethical and #humanrights principles and practice. #AiInSocialCare #dignity #ArtificialIntelligence

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Can Ai enhance the humanness of care? The place of ethics and the unfolding of dignity. by Donald Macaskill shares
In this podcast Donald Macaskill reflects on the publication this past week of a new Guidance document on the ethical use of Ai in social care. He considers the centrality of humanity in the nature of...
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March 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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This week’s #podcast explores why #happiness is not only critical for people as they grow #older but why even in times of challenge it is at the heart of all #socialcare and support. #wellness #health

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Finding happiness at all ages: a reflection on happiness and social care. by Donald Macaskill shares
In this podcast after the International Day of Happiness Donald Macaskill reflects on the nature of happiness not least in older age and whether it is possible to focus on happiness when care and supp...
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March 22, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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We're hiring! Looking for a lovely person to fill our new Innovation and Enablement Support role. If you - or someone you know - is currently in an ops/admin role and looking to step up to something more challenging, this could be it. £35k, Edinburgh-based (hybrid). 🚀

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Join us | Innovation and Enablement Support - Careers at Nile
From streamlining workflows to enhancing data visibility, you'll help embed AI and automation into our ways of working, freeing up teams to focus on higher-value tasks. If you thrive on solving proble...
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March 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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This #WorldPoetryDay here's a wee poem I wrote many years ago, reflecting on the relationship between a lady & her husband. This was written after an emotional visit to their home to do an assessment of his needs...& hers 🥺. As a #nurse, I feel we all need to find our outlet.
March 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Just call it an action learning set amd we can invoke group confidentiality 😊
#FridayFeels
March 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Lighting tonight’s #candleforcare thinking of all across Scotland who are struggling to get #care and support packages in their own home or #carehome and all #unpaid carers taking on increased roles in this #carecrisis. It’s time to #careaboutcare
March 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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My #podcast this week focuses on the issue of #gender and how it impacts on #socialcare. We need to stop seeing #care and support as ‘women’s work’ and recognise it as the work of all humanity. #InternationalWomensDay

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Celebrating care as the work of all: a reflection for International Women’s Day. by Donald Macaskill shares
In this podcast to celebrate the International Women's Day Dr Donald Macaskill argues that care needs to be seen as the responsibility of all and not a gendered role; that care is central to effective...
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March 8, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Celebrating care: a reflection for International Women’s Day. #care #stereotype #gender #women #InternationalWomensDay #IWD25

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Celebrating care: a reflection for International Women’s Day.
Today is International Women’s Day and the theme for this annual day in 2025 is “For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment.” It’s a theme which calls for action to unlock equal rights, po...
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March 8, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Hearing the unheard: supporting older people with hearing loss in Scotland’s care sector. #WorldHearingDay #hearing #deafness #olderpeople #carehome #homecare

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Hearing the unheard: supporting older people with hearing loss in Scotland’s care sector.
World Hearing Day is held on 3 March each year to raise awareness on how to prevent deafness and hearing loss and promote ear and hearing care across the world. This year’s theme, "Changing mindsets:
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March 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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In this week’s #podcast I argue why the failure of both Scottish and UK governments to properly #finance #socialcare assaults the #humanrights of some of our key citizens. The #budget choices being made is an affront on their #dignity.

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A betrayal of dignity: the failure across the UK political leadership to prioritise social care. by Donald Macaskill shares
In this podcast Donald Macaskill argues that the fiscal decisions being taken by both the Scottish and UK Governments are presenting a real risk to social care provision and that they are combined an ...
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February 22, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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Ok February let’s be having you!
Working with some great people right now to do better things in social care @scottishcare.bsky.social
Blackboard painted on to walk with calendar for next 2 months chalked on. Flowers and fruit bowl in foreground.
February 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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February 😳
February 1, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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What does it mean to care at home? A reflection. by Donald Macaskill shares
In this podcast Donald Macaskill shares some recent research on the perilous cuts to care at home being experienced across Scotland, and in reflecting on World Cancer Day, argues that this has meant a...
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February 1, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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What does it mean to care at home? A reflection. #homecare #WorldCancerDay #socialcare #carecrisis

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What does it mean to care at home? A reflection.
There has been a great deal of talk this past week about how important it is that we support and care for individuals as close to their home as possible, including yet again an emphasis
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February 1, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Time to tell the story of social care. #NationalStorytellingWeek #BurnsNight #story #socialcare #communication #changedlives

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Time to tell the story of social care
One of the joys of living in Ayrshire is the continual presence of the poetry of Robert Burns. I have to confess that I have not always loved the works of the Bard but the
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January 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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💯 THIS
tomcw.xyz Tom watson @tomcw.xyz · Jan 27
We don't need more content, we need better content

We don't need more documents, we need better documents

We don't need more insights, we need better insights

Focus on better not more
January 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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'It feels like we don't exist': The human cost of social care cuts - Sky News. A survey of @scottishcare.bsky.social , @homecareassn.bsky.social, and Care Forum Wales members reveals widespread reductions in commissioned care packages and hours.

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'It feels like we don't exist': The human cost of social care cuts
The week before Christmas, one couple received the devastating news their local council was cancelling care and reducing support - with no negotiation.
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January 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Weight of the Nation: #Obesity and its impact on older Scots and #socialcare. #obesityawareness #weight #workforce #olderage

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Weight of the Nation: Obesity and its impact on older Scots and social care.
The media this past week has been filed with stories around obesity,  from debate about the impact and costs of new drugs such as Wegovy on a dedicated BBC Panorama programme to ongoing discussions ab...
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January 18, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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In my podcast this week I explore the issue of #obesity and #weight in #olderage and the importance of resourcing and prioritising #socialcare to better support the health of #older Scots. #age

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Weight of the Nation: Obesity and Its impacy on older Scots and social care. by Donald Macaskill shares
In this podcast Donald Macaskill reflects on the issue of obesity in older age and what the rising numbers and issue means fort the delivery of social care across Scotland.
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January 18, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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How can we rethink ageing & social care? In @oltcanews.bsky.social's #ComingOfAge, our CEO @drdmacaskill.bsky.social joins Donna Duncan of OLTCA & @vicrayner.bsky.social of @ncfcareforum.bsky.social to explore how we can meet the needs of our ageing populations.

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January 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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1 in 5 care workers say menopause impacts their job performance. Let’s change that.

Join Scottish Care & Alsico on 6 Feb, 2-3pm for a free webinar on:
✅ Support strategies
✅ Policy insights
✅ Uniform considerations

🎟️ Register: buff.ly/4ajMyjh

#MenopauseAwareness
January 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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In this week’s #podcast I explore why we need as a whole society to start to properly value and talk up #socialcare and not just see it through an #NHS lens. #citizenship #wholesystem #Scotland #reform

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Let’s stop talking about the NHS: social care needs to be prioritised. by Donald Macaskill shares
In this podcast Donald Macaskill argues why we need to focus on the unique contribution of social care to society, rather than continuously see its value reduced to the extent to which it meets the ai...
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January 11, 2025 at 8:41 AM