We are inviting care homes for adults and older people in the Highland and Moray areas to apply for the third cohort of the Care Home Improvement Programme (CHIP).
Who: Twenty adult and older people care homes from the Highland and Moray areas
When: July to November 2026
Where: Two in-person events in Inverness and four online events on Microsoft Teams
Participants will undertake an improvement project during the programme, to support improvement in an area that will make a positive impact in their care home. Participants will be allocated an improvement adviser who will provide dedicated support throughout the programme.
Programme aims
The programme aims to empower care home staff to build their quality improvement capacity and capability, to improve outcomes for people experiencing care.
Participants will build confidence in the use of:
- Care Inspectorate self-evaluation tools, guidance and participation approaches
- quality improvement methodology and tools
- leadership capabilities and approaches.
To learn more about the programme, you can read this short reportwhichprovides an overview of cohort 2. You can also watch this videoto hear about a care home manager’s experience of taking part in cohort 1.
Programme structure
Each care home will nominate two staffmembers, from any role within the care home, to attend the events:
|
Date and time |
Topic |
Location |
|
Wednesday 15 July 2026, 10am-4.30pm |
Self-evaluation and leadership |
Inverness |
|
Wednesday 29 July 2026, 10am-12pm |
Developing aim statements |
Online |
|
Wednesday 12 August 2026, 10am-12pm |
Measurement and Plan Do Study Act |
Online |
|
Thursday 24 September 2026, 10am-12pm |
Implementation |
Online |
|
Wednesday 7 October 2026, 10am-12pm |
Spread |
Online |
|
Wednesday 4 November 2026, 10am-4pm |
Celebration |
Inverness |
Participants will also receive one-to-one and group support as they undertake their improvement project.
Application process
If you would like to apply to take part in the programme, please complete this short application formby the end of Friday 5 June 2026.
Please note that if we receive more applications than there are places then we may have to shortlist in order to allocate places.
We will host online information sessions where you can find out more,meet the team and ask questions.To register,please select your preferred date:
If you have any queries, please contact
We look forward to hearing from you.