Events
View the latest events that we have coming up here at West Sussex Partners in Care and those which our partners are putting on which you may find useful. See below for a whole range of informative events which cater for all sectors within the UK care industry.
Employer webinar – Money and support to hire new talent
- The latest recruitment and apprenticeship incentives available to employers
- What funding and financial support can be accessed
- Costs that may be covered or fully funded
- Opportunities to ask questions
- Information on the free, impartial support available through the Transform Service to help employers identify the right option for their business
free webinar – An International Recruitment update for Adult Social Care Providers
An update on current international recruitment and sponsorship issues affecting adult social care providers.
- Wednesday 22 July, 2:00 pm – 3:20 pm
This webinar will cover:
- Recent and proposed changes to the immigration rules – including “earned settlement”
- Compliance and enforcement trends, including common risk areas for sponsors
- Your right to work responsibilities, and the eligibility of workers for supplementary hours
- SESCA Displaced Worker Scheme update – how to sponsor in-country migrant workers and summary of available support funding
Medication Train the Trainer – Now Booking
Develop an in-house Medication Trainer with Penguin Training Consultancy’s live, tutor-led Medication Train the Trainer Course, designed specifically for the adult social care sector.
Dates: 28th–29th July & 4th-5th August
Delivery: Live via Microsoft Teams
Cost: £395 + VAT per delegate
Ideal for Care Managers, Deputy Managers, Team Leaders and Senior Carers, this practical two-day course equips delegates with the knowledge, confidence and resources to deliver medication training within their own organisation.
The course includes:
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Medication legislation and best practice
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Planning and delivering engaging training
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Practical micro-teach session with personalised tutor feedback
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All course materials and resources
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Certificate of completion
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Ongoing tutor support after the course
By developing your own Medication Trainer, your organisation can deliver consistent, high-quality medication training, reduce reliance on external providers and support long-term workforce development.
To find out more or reserve a place, please contact:
Amy Carter
01273 112224
Sussex Care Showcase 2026
Here’s a short video from the 2025 event
with special thanks to Care & Camera
Free Webinar for SMEs: Supporting Employee Mental Health
For many small businesses, looking after the wellbeing of their workforce is important, but accessing specialist support can sometimes be difficult.
An upcoming webinar introduces Able Futures, a DWP-funded mental health support service available to employees, apprentices and self-employed people. The service provides up to nine months of confidential support at no cost, helping individuals manage challenges such as stress, anxiety and depression while remaining in work.
The webinar will explain:
- What Able Futures offers.
- Who can access support.
- How employees can access the service directly.
- How SMEs can signpost staff to the support available.
The service is available across England, Scotland and Wales.
There are three webinar dates available – the content for each will be the same, so attendees will only need to register for one.
Skills For Care – Being prepared for CQC assessment seminars
These one-day facilitated sessions bring together frontline managers to learn about the step-by-step ways to be ready to evidence that your service meets CQC expectations to achieve a Good or Outstanding rating in your next assessment.
Understanding the CQC assessment process and how you can evidence that the quality of care complies with the national standards is important for the people you support, staff teams and the wider reputation of your service.
Some of the subjects covered include:
- Why assessment is important
- CQC standards and legislation
- CQC Assessment Framework
- CQC monitoring and assessment process, including ratings
- Involving others in the assessment process
- The importance of quality assurance
- Evidencing that you meet CQC standards
- Latest insight into CQC priorities
Everyone attending this seminar will receive a range of practical resources to support their learning including a 70-page practical toolkit covering key learning and practical activities to use in the workplace.
Skills for Care – Recruitment and retention support
Recruitment and retention – two sides of the same challenge….
If you’re struggling to recruit and retain the right people, you’re not alone. Tackling one without the other rarely leads to lasting change.
Skills for Care’s ‘Recruit to retain’ programme helps adult social care employers move from reactive hiring to a consistent, values-based recruitment system. Across three interactive online sessions, you’ll learn how to define and apply your organisation’s lived values, strengthen your interview approach, and make fairer, more structured recruitment decisions, supporting longer-term retention.
Starts 1 September 2026.
Work-related stress: free webinar and new video
Free webinar: Work-related stress and how to manage it
12 August, 2.30pm to 3.30pm.
This webinar is to help workplaces successfully manage work-related stress, and will conclude with a live audience question and answer session.
The webinar covers resources and tools available, including the:
- Stress Management Standards
- stress indicator tool
Register for our webinar: Work-related stress and how to manage it.