Finding the right support: innovation drop-in sessions with Social Care Wales’s innovation and improvement staff
Come and find out how we can support you to develop and improve your practice and the services you provide.
During September and October we’ll be holding a series of drop-in sessions to give you more information about how we support innovation in social care.
In these informal sessions, our innovation and improvement staff will be on hand to offer advice and direct you to other sources of support in the organisation.
Who these sessions are for
These sessions are for anyone who works in social care and who’s interested in the support we offer to develop and improve practice and services.
You might have a particular issue or idea you want support with but don’t know which of our services is right for you. Or you might want to find out more about a specific support offer.
Our staff can help you find the support you’re looking for.
Who'll be on hand
During these sessions you’ll have an opportunity to meet staff from across Social Care Wales.
They’ll answer your questions about the support their teams offer, and signpost you to the support that’s available from other teams.
Among the staff who’ll be joining us during the series are:
Angharad Dalton, Innovation Coaching Manager – Angharad leads our innovation coaching service, which can give you access to a coach who will help you develop your ideas to improve practice, processes, services and outcomes.
Kate Newman, Health and Well-being Development Officer – Kate will be on hand to answer your questions about supporting the well-being of the workforce and developing coaching skills.
Sophie Bennett, Employer Support Manager – Sophie leads our employer support team and can answer questions about our 'employer offer', which is a collection of support and resources we've created and pulled together for employers.
Elle Henley, Rhiannon Wright and Lilla Vér - Community Managers – Our community managers will be able to provide more information about our communities of practice support and development service, which supports people to explore a community approach to tackling social care challenges.
Emma Davies, Improvement and Development Manager – Emma leads our work on creating positive cultures and can answer questions related to growing positive cultures within care settings.
Tara Hughes, Research Officer – Tara will be available to offer information around how organisations can share routinely collected data to support research.
Aimee Twinberrow, Digital Innovation Lead – Aimee will be able to answer queries about AI, digital innovation and transformation.
When are the sessions?
We’re running these sessions between 10am and midday on most Fridays in September and October.
We'll hold sessions on:
12 September -
We'll be joined by:
- Angharad Dalton, Innovation Coaching Manager
- Elle Henley and Lilla Vér - Community Managers
- Emma Davies, Improvement and Development Manager
- Tara Hughes, Research Officer
19 September -
We'll be joined by:
- Angharad Dalton, Innovation Coaching Manager
- Sophie Bennett, Employer Support Manager
- Rhiannon Wright a Lilla Vér, Community Managers
- Emma Davies, Improvement and Development Manager
- Tara Hughes, Research Officer
26 September -
We'll be joined by:
- Angharad Dalton, Innovation Coaching Manager
- Sophie Bennett, Employer Support Manager
- Elle Henley and Rhiannon Wright, Community Managers
- Aimee Twinberrow, Digital Innovation Lead
3 October -
We'll be joined by:
- Angharad Dalton, Innovation Coaching Manager
- Kate Newman, Health and Well-being Development Officer
- Elle Henley and Rhiannon Wright, Community Managers
- Emma Davies, Improvement and Development Manager
- Aimee Twinberrow, Digital Innovation Lead
10 October -
We'll be joined by:
- Angharad Dalton, Innovation Coaching Manager
- Kate Newman, Health and Well-being Development Officer
- Community Managers
17 October -
We'll be joined by:
- Angharad Dalton, Innovation Coaching Manager
- Sophie Bennett, Employer Support Manager
- Elle Henley and Lilla Vér, Community Managers
24 October -
We'll be joined by:
- Angharad Dalton, Innovation Coaching Manager
- Kate Newman, Health and Well-being Development Officer
- Elle Henley and Lilla Vér, Community Manager
Not all staff will be available on all dates. Click on each date above to find out who'll be available when.
Join a session
Complete our online form to make sure you receive a link for your preferred session.
The sessions are open, informal and unstructured. You can join at any time between 10am and midday.