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The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) is a not-for-profit independent social care charity.

We collaborate and innovate in social care to improve people’s lives, adults and children, working with a wide range of partners and people with lived experience.

We do this by providing innovative consultancy, expert training, extensive resources and information and evidence-based insights.

Who we are and what we do

For over 20 years, SCIE has been collaborating and innovating in social care to improve people’s lives. Watch our new film to hear from our staff, our partners, and the people with lived-experience, with whom we co-produce our resources and guidance.

Our offers

Consultancy

Expert advice and consultancy to drive improvements across children’s, families and adult’s health and social care.

Training and e-learning

Our courses are developed in collaboration with the sector and delivered by subject matter experts.

Resources

Guidance, advice and better practice resources across a range of key care themes and priority areas.

Towards a National Care Service: raising national standards of care

Our new report sets out how national standards could help deliver greater consistency, fairness and quality in adult social care across England.

Safeguarding

Our collection of training, improvement support, consultancy and resources is designed to help local authorities, health and care providers, safeguarding boards, churches and faith groups to safeguard those at risk.

Co-production

Co-production training and resources for health and social care managers commissioners, frontline practitioners, people who use services and carers.

Mental Capacity Act (MCA)

Information, guidance, and accredited training for care and health staff to support, protect and empower people who may lack capacity.