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    • Older people

      Advice on dementia, housing, mental health and dignity.

      People with physical or sensory impairments

      Guidance for those who work with people with physical disabilities.

      People with learning disabilities

      Working with people who have learning disabilities and their carers.

      People with mental health problems

      Supporting people with mental health problems.

      Carers

      Providing care for a relative, friend or neighbour.

      Children and young people

      Supporting and informing those who work with children and their families.

      Parents and families

      Integrated working with families across children's and adults' services...

      Seldom-heard groups

      Helping seldom-heard groups to access services.

  • Care needs
    • Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

      Exploring the nature and diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and related disorders.

      Autism

      Implications of personalisation for people with autistic spectrum conditions and the services they use.

      Dementia

      Supporting people with dementia, their carers and care professionals.

      Eating and nutritional care

      Meeting the nutritional needs of people who have social care support.

      End of life care

      Supporting the development of services that provide end-of-life care

      Health needs

      Focusing on people who have health as well as social care needs.

      Learning disabilities

      Guidance for those who work with people with learning disabilities.

      Looked after and adopted children and young people

      Guidance for people working with care-experienced children and young people.

      Mental capacity

      Publications and films that support the implementation of the Mental Capacity Act.

      Mental health problems

      Specific ways to help parents, working-age adults, older people and minority groups

      Physical or sensory impairments

      Guidance for professionals who work with adults and children with physical disabilities.

  • Care services
    • Carers' support

      Exploring the role of carers and how services can support them.

      Child protection: Learning Together

      Resources on SCIE's systems approach to case reviews - Learning Together

      Equipment and telecare

      The use of equipment and telecare in social care, plus ethical issues.

      Home care

      Advice for providers of care to people who live in their own homes.

      End of life care

      Supporting the development of services that provide end of life care

      Housing needs

      How housing can affect the quality of life of adults and children.

      Looked-after children

      Guidance for people working with looked-after children and young people.

      Prevention and reablement

      How prevention and early intervention can support independence and wellbeing.

      Residential or nursing care

      Information, including training materials, for providers of residential and nursing care.

      Adult safeguarding

      Resources, including Social Care TV films, about supporting people who are at risk

      Shared Lives

      Information about Shared Lives schemes where carers offer support in their own homes.

  • Key issues
    • Access to services

      Guidance for local authorities on assessing people's needs for social care support.

      Commissioning

      Working in partnership to commission personalised care and support services.

      Equality and discrimination

      Promoting equality and avoiding discrimination in the social care sector.

      Innovation

      Cost-effective ways of working that improve life for people who use services.

      Integration

      Promoting closer working between health and social care.

      Dignity in care

      Why dignity is so important and how it can be achieved

      Isolation

      Reaching and supporting socially isolated groups.

      Managing knowledge

      Supporting knowledge management and the development of the social care knowledge base.

      Mental capacity

      Publications and films that support the implementation of the Mental Capacity Act.

      Participation

      Involving people who use services.

      Partnerships

      Ways of working with other people and organisations to improve service provision.

      Paying for services

      Paying people who use services for their involvement in developing social care services.

      Personalisation

      Resources for professionals, carers and people using services on implications of personalisation, including personal budgets.

      Productivity and efficiency

      Resources focusing on research into the impact of personalisation on care service productivity and efficiency.

      Safeguarding adults

      Resources, including Social Care TV films, about supporting people who are at risk

  • Developing skills and services
    • Social work

      Supporting social workers to practice with confidence.

      Frontline practice

      Good practice for social care workers.

      Management and leadership

      Good leadership and management are essential for better outcomes for people who use services.

      Commissioning

      Working in partnership to commission personalised care and support services.

      Educators and trainers

      Supporting social work educators and trainers in developing frameworks for teaching and learning.

      Managing knowledge and research

      Research to support evidence-based practice.

      Social Care Research Ethics Committee

      The Social Care REC reviews adult social care research study proposals from researchers based in England.

      Sustainable social care

      Encouraging commissioners to promote sustainable development across the social care sector.

      Social Care TV

      An online service for everyone involved in the social care and social work sector.

      eLearning resources

      Using audio, video and interactive technology.

      Social Care Online

      UK's most complete range of information and research on all aspects of social care.

      SCIE Athens

      Athens provides FREE access through a single login to a range of subscription-based electronic information resources.

      Get Connected

      Enabling providers of care for adults in England to access ICT more effectively.

      Training and consultancy solutions

      SCIE delivers training and consultancy solutions to help care providers and commissioners implement good practice.

  • Looked after children

    • Record number of referrals
    • SCIE's resources - looked after children
  • Adults at risk

    • Safeguarding in commissioning care homes
    • Commissioning/safeguarding - challenges
  • Dementia resources

    • SCIE's Dementia Gateway
    • Open Dementia elearning
  • Integration

    • Close working between health and social care
    • Support for people with long-term conditions
  • Mental health

    • Service transitions for young people
    • Top ten principles for practice
  • Dignity in Care

    • Dignity in Care Network
    • SCIE's Dignity Guide
  • Mental Capacity Act

    • New eLearning resources – MCA
    • Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards – briefing
  • News and events

    Health Committee report – SCIE response
    Added: 8 February 2012
    The College of Social Work opens
    Added: 06 February 2012
    Commissioning for safeguarding in care homes
    Added: 06 February 2012
    New SCIE Chief Executive announced
    Added: 11 January 2012

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  • Featured services

    SCIE Athens
    A SCIE Athens account provides easy access to high quality academic and research resources to help inform best practice and support continuing professional development.
    Training and Consultancy
    SCIE’s Training and Consultancy services offer practical support to improve care standards.

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  • SCIE blog

    Can my staff sign consent forms for medical treatment, on behalf of service users?

    Blog from Rachel, SCIE’s Mental Capacity Act "Agony Aunt"..

    more SCIE blog

  • Protecting children

    • Learning Together: How to take a systems approach to child protection

    • Social Care TV: Piloting SCIE’s Learning Together model in the North West

  • New this month

    • Guide to parental mental health and child welfare - updated

    • SCIE's approach to economic evaluation in social care

  • Partnership projects

    • Think Local, Act Personal
    • The College of Social Work
    • Diginity in Care
    • C4EO
  • Key resources

    • Social Care TV
    • e–Learning
    • Good Practice Framework
    • Social Care Online
    • Research Register for Social Care
    • Social Care Research Ethics Committee
    • All SCIE resources
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