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Type Title Year
  Carers  
Joint publication Mental Capacity Act 2005 resources 2008
Resource guide 07 Participation: finding out what difference it makes 2007
Position paper 09 Developing measures for effective service user and carer participation 2007
Joint publication Mental Capacity Act training materials 2007
Position paper 05 Working together: Carer participation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland 2006
Practice guide 05 Implementing the Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004 2005
  Disability  
Joint publication Mental Capacity Act 2005 resources 2008
Knowledge review 20 Commissioning person-centred, cost-effective, local support for people with learning disabilities 2008
Resource guide 09 Working together to support disabled parents 2007
Research briefing 21 Identification of deafblind dual sensory impairment in older people 2007
Practice guide 10 Community-based day activities and supports for people with learning disabilities 2007
Joint publication Mental Capacity Act training materials 2007
Knowledge review 14 Having a good day? A study of community-based day activities for people with learning disabilities 2007
Position paper 06 Supporting self-advocacy 2007
Knowledge review 11 Supporting disabled parents and parents with additional support needs 2006
Practice guide 08 Improving outcomes for service users in adult placement - Commissioning and care management 2006
Practice guide 07 Making referrals to the POVA list 2006
  Adult placement in England: A synthesis of the literature 2005
Research briefing 18 Fathering a child with disabilities: issues and guidance 2005
Practice guide 04 Adult placements and person-centred approaches for people with learning disabilities 2005
Research briefing 14 Helping parents with learning disabilities in their role as parents 2005
Research briefing 13 Helping parents with a physical or sensory impairment in their role as parents 2005
Web resource The Road Ahead 2004
Research briefing 04 Transition of young people with physical disabilities or chronic illnesses from children's to adult's services 2004
Research briefing 02 Access to primary care services for people with learning disabilities 2004
  General  
e-learning Communication skills 2008
Research briefing 25 Children's and young people's experiences of domestic violence involving adults in a parenting role 2008
e-learning Poverty, parenting and social exclusion 2008
Research briefing 22 Obstacles to using and providing rural social care 2007
Position paper 05 Working together: Carer participation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland 2006
Position paper 04 Developing social care: the past, the present and the future 2005
  Mental health  
Joint publication Mental Capacity Act 2005 resources 2008
Research briefing 29 Black and minority ethnic parents with mental health problems and their children 2008
e-learning e-Learning Resources Demo CD 2008
Knowledge review 21 Supporting people in accessing meaningful work: Recovery approaches in community based adult mental health services 2008
Research briefing 26 Mental health and social work 2008
Research briefing 24 Experiences of children and young people caring for a parent with a mental health problem 2008
Resource guide 10 Commissioning and providing mental health advocacy for African and Caribbean men 2008
Research briefing 23 Stress and resilience factors in parents with mental health problems and their children 2008
Joint publication Whose recovery is it anyway? 2007
Research resource 03 The recovery approach in community-based vocational and training adult mental health day services 2007
Position paper 08 A common purpose: Recovery in future mental health services 2007
Knowledge review 15 Mtetezi - Developing mental health advocacy with African and Caribbean men 2007
Joint publication Mental Capacity Act training materials 2007
e-learning An introduction to the mental health of older people 2007
Joint publication Practice guide NICE/SCIE: Dementia: supporting people with dementia and their carers in health and social care (NICE clinical guide 42) 2006
Practice guide 07 Making referrals to the POVA list 2006
Practice guide 02 Assessing the mental health needs of older people 2006
Research briefing 06 Parenting capacity and substance misuse 2004
Research briefing 03 Aiding communication with people with dementia 2004
Resource guide 01 Families that have alcohol and mental health problems: a template for partnership working 2003
  Older people  
Knowledge review 23 Teaching and learning human growth and development in social work education: older people 2009
Joint publication Mental Capacity Act 2005 resources 2008
Research briefing 28 Assistive technology and older people 2008
Booklet Helping you through a hospital stay: Information booklet for older people 2008
Research briefing 21 Identification of deafblind dual sensory impairment in older people 2007
Joint publication Mental Capacity Act training materials 2007
e-learning An introduction to the mental health of older people 2007
Knowledge review 13 Outcomes-focused services for older people 2007
Practice guide 09 Dignity in care 2006
Joint publication Practice guide NICE/SCIE: Dementia: supporting people with dementia and their carers in health and social care (NICE clinical guide 42) 2006
Practice guide 07 Making referrals to the POVA list 2006
Practice guide 02 Assessing the mental health needs of older people 2006
Research briefing 15 Helping older people to take prescribed medication in their own home 2005
Research briefing 12 Involving older people and their carers in after-hospital care decisions 2005
Research briefing 10 Terminal care in care homes 2004
Research briefing 03 Aiding communication with people with dementia 2004
Research briefing 01 Preventing falls in care homes 2004
  Participation  
Position paper 10 Seldom heard - Developing inclusive participation in social care 2008
Resource guide 10 Commissioning and providing mental health advocacy for African and Caribbean men 2008
Report 18 Looking out from the middle: User involvement in health and social care in Northern Ireland 2008
Knowledge review 17 Developing social care - service users driving culture change 2007
Joint publication Benefit barriers to involvement: finding solutions 2007
Resource guide 07 Participation: finding out what difference it makes 2007
Position paper 09 Developing measures for effective service user and carer participation 2007
Practice guide 11 The participation of adult service users, including older people, in developing social care 2007
Knowledge review 15 Mtetezi - Developing mental health advocacy with African and Caribbean men 2007
Position paper 07 Common aims: a strategy to support service user involvement in social work education 2007
Position paper 06 Supporting self-advocacy 2007
Joint publication Participating and learning: Citizen involvement in social work education in the Northern Ireland context: A good practice guide 2006
Race equality discussion paper 01 Will community-based support services make direct payments a viable option for black and minority ethnic service users and carers? 2006
Race equality discussion paper 03 Are we there yet? Identifying the characteristics of social care organisations that successfully promote diversity 2006
Race equality discussion paper 02 The social care needs of refugees and asylum seekers 2006
Report 14 Doing it for themselves: participation and black and minority ethnic service users 2006
Position paper 05 Working together: Carer participation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland 2006
Practice guide 06 Involving children and young people in developing social care 2006
Report 08 Contributing on equal terms: service user involvement and the benefits system 2005
Report 07 Developing social care: service users' vision for adult support 2005
  SCIE accessibility guidelines for events 2005
  SCIE accessibility guidelines for producing information 2005
Position paper 03 Has service user participation made a difference to social care services? 2004
Knowledge review 03 Types and quality of knowledge in social care 2003
Report 05 User participation in the governance and operations of social care regulatory bodies 2003
Report 01 Listening exercise 2002
  Personalisation  
Joint publication Social Care Transformation: Elected Member Briefing 2008
Report 20 Personalisation: a rough guide 2008
Research briefing 20 Choice, control and individual budgets: emerging themes 2007
Knowledge review 17 Developing social care - service users driving culture change 2007
Race equality discussion paper 01 Will community-based support services make direct payments a viable option for black and minority ethnic service users and carers? 2006
Resource guide 05 Direct payments: answering frequently asked questions 2005

Number of publications: 100

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Ongoing work

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