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SCIE guides

What is a SCIE guide?

Guides are a free online resource which bring together information, research and current good practice about particular areas of social care. The guides give users the opportunity to develop their own knowledge about what works well and apply it effectively in their day-to-day work.

Title Year
Guide 31: Good practice guidance for the commissioning and monitoring of Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA) services 2009
Guide 30: Think child, think parent, think family: a guide to parental mental health and child welfare 2009
Guide 29: Changing social care: an inclusive approach 2009
Guide 28: Using SCIE resources 2009
Guide 27: Leading practice: a first-line managers' development programme 2009
Guide 26: It's my story: helping care-experienced young people to give effective media interviews 2009
Guide 25: Having a break: Good practice in short breaks for families with children who have complex health needs and disabilities 2008
Guide 24: Learning together to safeguard children: developing a multi-agency systems approach for case reviews 2008
Guide 23: The learning, teaching and assessment of partnership work in social work education 2008
Guide 22: Children of prisoners - maintaining family ties 2008
Guide 21: Commissioning and providing mental health advocacy for African and Caribbean men 2008
Guide 20: Participation: finding out what difference it makes 2007
Guide 19: Working together to support disabled parents 2007
Guide 18: Assessment in social work: a guide for teaching and learning 2007
Guide 17: The participation of adult service users, including older people, in developing social care 2007
Guide 16: Community-based day activities and supports for people with learning disabilities 2007
Guide 15: Dignity in care 2006
Guide 14: Improving outcomes for service users in adult placement - Commissioning and care management 2006
Guide 13: Learning, teaching and assessment of law in social work education 2006
Guide 12: Making referrals to the POVA list 2006
Guide 11: Involving children and young people in developing social care 2006
Guide 10: Direct payments: answering frequently asked questions 2005
Guide 09: Implementing the Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004 2005
Guide 08: Adult placements and person-centred approaches for people with learning disabilities 2005
Guide 07: Fostering 2004
Guide 06: Promoting resilience in fostered children and young people 2004
Guide 05: Teaching and learning communication skills in social work education 2004
Guide 04: Involving service users and carers in social work education 2004
Guide 03: Assessing the mental health needs of older people 2006
Guide 02: Families that have alcohol and mental health problems: a template for partnership working 2003
Guide 01: Managing practice 2003
Number of publications/resources: 31