LGBTQI+ video stories

This resource presents five accounts of LGBTQI+ people and their care and support experiences. The stories focus on people with physical disabilities; people with mental health needs; people with learning disabilities; partners in adoption services; and older people and residential care.

Developing a positive working culture for supporting disabled children and young people with severe complex needs

Part of Integrated care

A quick guide to help social workers and social care practitioners develop a positive working culture for supporting disabled children and young people with severe complex needs. The guide highlights the contribution that interagency teams, relationship building, key worker support and opportunities to learn together, can make to developing a positive culture. The guide covers interagency teams; enablers of positive working culture; training and learning; role of key worker and sources of further information. The content is based on the NICE guideline on 'Disabled children and young people up to 25 with severe complex needs: integrated service delivery and organisation across health, social care and education. The quick guide is available as a pdf and as an interactive web resource.

Co-production project in Hammersmith & Fulham

Part of Examples of co-production in social care

How setting up a Disabled People’s Commission, led by Disabled residents in Hammersmith & Fulham led to eight co-production recommendations for transforming public services.

Understanding the impact of COVID-19 responses on citizens

Part of Social care commissioning beyond COVID-19

A guide that discusses the impact of COVID-19 and responses on people who use or interact with social care services.

LGBTQI+ disabled people using self-directed support

Part of Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, questioning, intersex +

At a glance resource providing information for LGBTQI+ Disabled People who use self-directed support and who employ personal assistants (PAs) or support workers.

Working with LGBTQI+ disabled people: top tips for personal assistants and support workers

Part of Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, questioning, intersex +

This briefing provides information for personal assistants (PAs), support workers, social workers and other social care staff working with LGBTQI+ Disabled People.

Public health and human rights: ‘valuable people at risk’

Part of National Mental Capacity Forum

This webinar explores what it means to get the balance right between protecting public health and respecting the human rights of vulnerable people in the context of COVID-19 pandemic.

Dignity in care: social inclusion

Part of Dignity in care

This film looks at people doing normal, everyday things like catching the bus or socialising with friends.Social inclusion, in practice, means doing things such as promoting and supporting access to social networks.

Easy read: LGBTQI+ disabled people using self-directed support

Part of Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, questioning, intersex +

Easy read version of SCIE's At a glance resource providing information for LGBTQI+ Disabled People who use self-directed support and who employ personal assistants (PAs) or support workers.

Understanding self-directed support: a film for LGBTQI+ disabled people

Part of Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, questioning, intersex +

Film featuring the experiences of Disabled People from the LGBTQI+ communities who use Self-Directed Support.