Personalisation for older people: living at home

Part of Personalisation

This video for social care commissioners and staff, people who use services and personal assistants shows Anne MacFarlane, an older disabled woman and disability rights campaigner. She talks about accessible transport, independent living and dignity. Personalisation is about being able to do the ordinary.

How we become who we are: the teaching and learning of human growth and development, mental health and disability on qualifying social work programmes: draft report

This practice survey explores teaching and learning about mental health and disability within the human growth and development (HGD) curriculum on qualifying social work programmes in England, Wales and Northern Ireland

Developing user involvement in social work education

User and carer involvement is mandatory in social work education. SCIE's new report explores the issues and the support available to develop user involvement

Personalisation briefing: implications for advocacy workers

Part of Personalisation

Part of our new series on personalisation for professionals, this briefing produced with VoiceAbility (formerly Advocacy Partners) summarises the implications for advocacy workers.

Working together to support disabled parents

, sensory impairments, learning disabilities, mental health, drug and alcohol problems, serious illnesses

SCIE research briefing 21: identification of deafblind dual sensory impairment in older people

SCIE Research briefings

Having a good day?: a study of community-based day activities for people with learning disabilities

This knowledge review looks at what has and what has not contributed to the successful provision of community-based day activities for all people with learning disabilities.

Supporting disabled parents and parents with additional support needs

This knowledge review is about parents with physical and/or sensory impairments, learning difficulties, mental health problems, long-term illnesses such as HIV/AIDS, and drug or alcohol problems. Its main focus is on social care, but integral to this are the relationships between social care and health, housing and education.