New Year, New You
Every year, many people say their New Year's resolutions are too ambitious to sustain over the year. However, through developing digital skills, social care providers and their staff can have a New Year's resolution that sticks.
Across social care, there has been a large and necessary shift towards the use of digital technology, and it’s important that staff have the digital skills they need for the best possible care outcomes.
Using Digital Social Care Records (DSCRs) to manage care plans can reduce time spent on admin by at least 20 minutes per carer per shift. But to make this work efficiently, it is important that staff feel confident and are trained to use digital tools.
That’s where the Adult Social Care Digital Skills Framework comes in. From an initial overview through to digital learning, development and wellbeing, staff can use the Framework to discover everything they need to start using technology efficiently in the workplace.
The free online resource helps care professionals identify the digital skills they need to support their role so everyone can fully embrace digital ways of working. Whether staff are digitally skilled and want to brush up on their knowledge, or they are at the beginning of their digital journey, the training has something for every level of digital knowledge.
The framework allows organisations to figure out which digital training is most useful for their staff, from bitesized e-learning courses to a qualification in digital leadership.
In the digital world we now live in, ensuring care organisations and staff have the digital skills needed to use technology effectively is extremely important to deliver high quality care.
Digital technology has the capabilities to transform social care for the better. If social care organisations invest in digital technology and tailored digital training for staff, this not only saves time, but allows for better delivery of person-centred care.
Make a resolution to equip your team with the digital skills they need this New Year and start your team’s digital journey today.