@scottishcare.bsky.social
Social care that works for Scotland. Membership organisation and the representative body for independent social care sector in Scotland. #careaboutcare www.scottishcare.org
💬 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
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
📢 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.
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
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
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
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 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.
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
🚨 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
📣 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
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
📣 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.
🚨 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 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.
“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
🚨 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...
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
🌞 Summer 2025 Bulletin Now Live!
Explore fresh insights, sector updates, and inspiring stories from across social care.
Read it here: buff.ly/o0neBNZ
🎉 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
📸 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
📢 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
📢 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
💡 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
🚨 “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
🔥 4 DAYS TO GO! 🔥
The excitement is building! In just 4 days, we’ll be tackling the future of homecare at #Homecare25 with industry experts and politicians. You won’t want to miss this!
🎟️ Register before it's too late: buff.ly/NadIu5A
#CompassionInCrisis
💬 INSIGHT SESSION SPOTLIGHT💬
🌱 Co-designed. Care-driven. Join @careinspectorate.bsky.social at #Homecare25 to explore dementia resources developed with frontline staff to reduce stress and improve care outcomes. 🎟️ Book your place: buff.ly/KhKFDiF
#CompassionInCrisis
We’re delighted to welcome Catherine McWilliam, Nations Director for IoD Scotland, as the Chair for #Homecare25. Don’t miss her leadership and insights!
🎟️ Secure your spot now: buff.ly/KhKFDiF
#CompassionInCrisis
🗓 Just 2 weeks to go until Scotland’s leading #Homecare event!
Join us on 16 May in Glasgow for:
✅ Sector insights
✅ Policy discussion
✅ Peer connections
Don’t miss our Fireside Chat with MSPs from key political parties!
Book here 👉 buff.ly/KhKFDiF
We're grateful for our amazing #CommercialPartners - existing & new - supporting @scottishcare.bsky.social 💙
Want to join them? Applications close 14 May!
Benefits include priority stand booking for our Care Home Conference on 14 Nov!
📧 Contact: gosia.klepuszewska@scottishcare.org
