Autism: Improving access to social care for adults

This guide helps people in the health and social care sector who work with adults with autism to increase their knowledge and understanding of autism and improve access to social care services.

Prevention research and practice

Good examples and latest research on preventative approaches and the promotion of wellbeing in adult social care in England.

Dignity in care: practical assistance

Part of Dignity in care

This film for health and care staff shows a number of innovative schemes across the country that offer practical assistance for people with care and support needs.

Webinar: Building back from COVID-19: tackling health inequality in partnership

Part of Integrated care

This webinar will support Integrated Care System (ICS) development, share good practice and to discuss practical solutions to issues that systems may be facing.

Disagreement about use of early help assessment: practice issues from Serious Case Reviews

Part of Safeguarding children

Practice issues from serious case reviews, learning into practice. Agencies use the Common Assessment Framework because they’ve been told to, even though they don’t agree with this suggestion.

Preventing loneliness and social isolation: interventions and outcomes

Part of Prevention and wellbeing

This research briefing provides a summary of the research knowledge into the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of services to prevent social isolation and loneliness. The briefing lists key interventions in three groups: one to one interventions, group services, and wider community engagement. It then discusses the outcomes of interventions in the following areas: social isolation, reducing loneliness, health and wellbeing, health service use, people's views on the interventions, organisational implications, implementing effective interventions, and cost and cost-effective interventions. Existing gaps in the research evidence are also highlighted.

Parental mental health and families: interventions

Part of e-Learning courses

Within the context of families who have a parent with mental health problems, this e-learning module explores how to identify the outcomes parents and children want for themselves and how these can be made central to planned supports and interventions. It shows how to use the 'think child, think parent, think family' approach and the Family Model to help to identify interventions that address the needs of the whole family and explores screening, active signposting and early intervention, and their importance as points of intervention during the care pathway. Individual sections cover: the outcomes families what; screening and active signposting; and early intervention and social inclusion.

Mental health, employment and the social care workforce

Evidence about what hinders people with mental health problems from working in social care, and what helps them to gain and/or retain employment.

Parental mental health and families: working together with parents

Part of e-Learning courses

This e-learning module sets out the principles that support partnership working with parents experiencing mental health problems. It considers how to use these principles to help families affected by parents with mental health difficulties to access and use support. It also examines how to use the family model to help balance the needs of the parent with those of the child when making decisions about child care. Individual sections cover: Partnership with parents; Early intervention and access; Exploring parenting issues; and Dealing with complexity.

Reablement: maintaining independence

Part of Reablement

Hear how people are benefiting from falls prevention service and exercise classes.