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'.
Heatwave information
In the current hot weather, it’s vital that social care workers follow good practice to ensure that all people who use services have access to decent levels of hydration and nutrition. For instance, adequate water drinking regimes can lead to a reduction in falls, a decrease in GP call-outs and less urinary infections; this is even more important as temperatures rise this summer.
Click here for SCIE's guidance on hydration.
Click here for SCIE's guidance on nutrition.
Personalisation briefing: Implications for housing providers
Housing and the local environment can make a critical difference to a person’s ability to live independently. This latest publication in SCIE’s series of professional briefings on personalisation outlines the implications of the personalisation agenda for housing providers.
Click here to see SCIE's At a glance 8: Personalisation briefing: Implications for housing providers.
Report 21: Follow-up work to support implementation of the NICE/SCIE guidance on parenting programmes
Evidence shows that parent education programmes can be very effective in supporting a wide and diverse range of parents in improving their family outcomes. SCIE’s latest report describes the findings of a follow-up study to support the implementation of the 2006 NICE/SCIE guidance on parenting programmes.
This includes recommendations made by practitioners on how to ensure that programmes are accessible and acceptable to all parents, as well as guidance for facilitators on improving take-up of parenting programmes.
Click here to see SCIE Report 21: Follow-up work to support implementation of the NICE/SCIE guidance on parenting programmes.
Social care personality of the year
“SCIE have worked hard to ensure they have recognition in the home care sector at a time when social care is beginning to get the recognition it finally deserves”.
SCIE’s Chief Executive Julie Jones won the top prize at the Ceretas National Home Care Awards 2009. Ruby Wax was there to hand out the award, which Julie accepted on behalf of SCIE’s workforce, saying that the work we do is a team effort.
For further information see Media release.
Find out about SCIE's other work on: Adults' services | Children's and families' services | Workforce development | Knowledge and research.
