Ceretas Ceretas is a professional association dedicated to individuals working in the Home Care sector. Ceretas promotes good practice in the industry, organises regional seminars and workshops and lobbies and represents its members on issues affecting Home Care.
Independent Care Group (ICG) ICG is an association that represents independent care providers in York and North Yorkshire, including care home providers for all client groups, domiciliary care agencies, supported living and extra care housing providers, and day care centres in the private and voluntary parts of the independent sector.
National Care Forum (NCF) The National Care Forum is an association established to represent the interests of not-for-profit health and social care providers in the UK. The NCF represents the views and concerns of carers and those they care for. Skills for Care Skills for Care is the employer led authority on the training standards and development needs of nearly one million social care staff in England. The organisation provides over £25 million in funding to support improved training and qualifications for managers and staff.
Social Care Association (SCA) Social Care Association is a professional association for all involved in social care, whatever their involvement and wherever they work. Their aim is to promote good practice in social care.
Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) was established by Government in 2001 to improve social care services for adults and children in the UK. Their mission is to identify and spread knowledge about good practice to the large and diverse social care workforce and support the delivery of transformed, personalised social care services.
United Kingdom Homecare Association Ltd (UKHCA) The United Kingdom Homecare Association Ltd (UKHCA) is the representative association for domiciliary care and home nursing providers in the independent, voluntary, statutory and not-for-profit sectors. The Association aims to promote the highest standards of service and to foster the exchange of information and ideas between its members. All UKHCA members agree to abide by the Association's Code of Practice.
Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority The Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA) is the independent health and social care regulatory body for Northern Ireland, and forms an integral part of the new health and social care structures. In its work RQIA encourages continuous improvement in the quality of these services through a programme of inspections and reviews.
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iCare iCare is the market leader in the provision of Clinical and Care Management solutions to the care home industry. iCare operates across all of the core care home business processes with integration points to allied health providers such as GP's.
Sage UK Ltd A subsidiary of The Sage Group plc, Sage UK is a leading supplier of business software and services to 5.7 million customers worldwide. Sage Payroll and Sage 50 Accounts are capable of integration with HET software, further improving business efficiency.
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) The aim of the HSE is to protect the health and safety of people in the UK by ensuring that risks in the workplace are properly controlled.
Royal Society for Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) RoSPA is a registered charity that is involved in the promotion of safety and the prevention of accidents in all areas of life including at work.
