Welcome to the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)
The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) was established by Government in 2001 to improve social care services for adults and children in the United Kingdom. You can find out more about what we do using the links on the left under 'SCIE's work' and 'about SCIE'.
UK Older People's Day 2008
SCIE is supporting the second UK Older People's Day. As the number of older people in the UK continues to grow, SCIE has placed improving services for older people as a key priority for development.
UK Older People’s Day, Full of Life, is a celebration of the opportunities, achievements, and aspirations of older people and their contribution to our society and economy.
For more information visit the Full of Life website (external website).
National Social Care Research Ethics Committee (SCREC)
The Department of Health has asked SCIE to appoint a new national Social Care Research Ethics Committee (SCREC). The committee will provide a resource for researchers to enable and promote ethically sound research. It will operate within the framework of the National Research Ethics Service (NRES) and is planned to launch in early 2009.
For more information, go to Social Care Research Ethics Committee (SCREC).
Seldom heard - Developing inclusive participation in social care
Ensuring that the voices of seldom heard service users are not marginalised is a key challenge for practitioners and managers. SCIE’s Position paper 10 shows how through an integrated way of working the participation of people from seldom-heard groups can be enabled. .
Click here access Position paper 10.
An introduction to residential child care
Three new interactive e-learning resources on An introduction to residential child care offer less experienced staff an accessible introduction to the different care settings available, the needs and concerns of children and young people, interpreting and acting on children’s behaviour, and helping children meet the outcomes of Every Child Matters. SCIE Knowledge review 22: Working with challenging and disruptive situations in residential child care explores some of these themes in more depth.
Click here to access the residential child care e-learning objects.
Working with challenging and disruptive situations in residential child care
This SCIE knowledge review was commissioned to identify what is known about effective working with challenging and disruptive
situations in residential care. It looks at the causes and effects of disruptive situations, which young people and staff are involved and what promotes effective practice in dealing with the challenges presented. The findings will be of benefit to all staff working in or managing residential care settings, as well as social care students.
Click here access Knowledge review 22.
Children of prisoners e-learning resources
These three new e-learning resources build upon the findings from SCIE Resource guide 11: Children of prisoners – maintaining family ties, which identified the need for greater levels of training and awareness-raising in this area. The resources combine video, audio and interactive features to make learning as enjoyable and memorable as possible. They also offer links to key resources / services and provide a range of activities to help consolidate learning.
Click here to access the children of prisoners e-learning objects.
Find out about SCIE's other work on: Adults' services | children's and families' services | Workforce development.
