Quality Assurance for Outstanding Care
Support for Care Home Managers
We fully understand that managing a Care Home is a complex and very demanding job. CareTabs is designed to support you to:
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keep tabs on where your organisation is up to with Quality Assurance responsibilities
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share some of the burden through an effective Quality Assurance system that supports delegation to authorised members of your team
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become a member of a Community of Practice and benefit from opportunities to exchange ideas with other managers
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benefit from insights from experts who specialise in quality compliance in Adult Social Care
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Support for Quality Assurance
Using the CareTabs compliance toolkit turns a potential problem into an opportunity, allowing you to showcase your robust approach to Quality Assurance and good governance.
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Guidance on current best practice, and correct use of audits etc, is included throughout the toolkit and every section has a User Guide to coach your team to achieve compliance.
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The toolkit is constantly updated in line with current national guidance, ensuring that you can demonstrate that your understanding of good care is up to date.
Your Quality Assurance hub
The CareTabs toolkit provides you with a private, secure space, known as your Organisation. Here you have access to the CareTabs Directory and your own Quality Assurance Directory.
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Your authorised team members can be given access to your Organisation, allowing delegation and ensuring that all your evidence of compliance is readily available in the Quality Assurance Directory at all times.
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The Quality Assurance Directory supports you to organise your evidence of compliance efficiently, ready for sharing quickly with inspectors and other monitoring authorities.​
Master forms and templates
The CareTabs Directory gives you access to a comprehensive range of master documents, each of which is aligned to current guidance and regulations.
The Directory gives members access to, for example, audits, schedules, feedback forms, letter templates, safety checklists etc. These forms are accessible to members, ready for downloading to your own private File Directory.
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References are included whenever possible to recommendations, e.g. NICE quality standards, to strengthen your team's understanding of "what good looks like" and reinforce training.
Your workspace and groups
At CareTabs we understand the importance of involving your whole team in developing a culture of openness and continual improvement. Your own private workspace allows you to set up groups within your organisation to support this .
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We recognise that being a Care Home manager can leave you feeling isolated at times too. To help to overcome this, we also give you the facility to join or set up community groups where you can enjoy peer support.
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We recognise the value of sharing ideas and good practice, and we are happy to support the development of Special Interest Groups too. Just let us know the subjects you would like to see featured.
CQC Single Assessment Framework
CareTabs aims to provide you with a better understanding of the documentary evidence you may be requested to provide to CQC during an inspection under the Single Assessment Framework.
Our Guidance Index provides you with recommendations on the documentary evidence you should find useful for each Quality Statement.
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We are aware of the problems being experienced in the CQC organisation and we will make sure that our guidance always aligns with CQC guidance for providers.​
CareTabs resources
The Knowledge Hub
The CareTabs Knowledge Hub provides digital links to over 1200 trustworthy sources of advice and guidance on current best practice, supporting you to stay up to date. ​
Links to useful resources and tools are easily accessible and ready to download for use in your organisation.
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Use the keyword search to find the subject you wish to explore e.g. diabetes, oral health, falls etc.
Expert guidance
We work with a panel of Social Care Consultants who all have a track record of successfully supporting providers and managers to achieve high standards of care.
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Expert guidance on a range of care topics will be provided by them through articles and blogs.
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If you would like to see a topic added, please use the Suggestion Box and we will reach out to the panel for guidance.
Links to Useful Organisations
Comprehensive list of over 180 helpful organisations who share our aim of supporting people who work and live in Care Homes.
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Using this feature helps you to demonstrate to CQC that you are keeping up to date with recommendations for current good practice. For example, using easy read in the keyword search will take you to a range of trustworthy organisations who produce resources which can be used to support people with communication needs and help you to demonstrate compliance with the Accessible Information Standard (AIS)