Caring safely at home

SCIE's video-based resource designed for unpaid/informal carers. You may be caring for family members, friends or neighbours at home.

Giving medicines covertly: A quick guide for care home managers and home care managers providing medicines support

Part of Home care

This quick guide will help care home and home care managers to ensure that decisions about giving medicines covertly are made in the person’s best interests.

Providing care and support at home to people who have had COVID-19

Part of Home care and COVID-19: advice and best practice

Quick guide to help home care workers and personal assistants (PAs) to provide care and support to people who have left hospital after having COVID-19.

Webinar recording: Social care personal assistants (PAs) – the forgotten home care service during COVID-19

Part of COVID-19: Insights and experiences from the sector

This webinar focuses on those who employ or work as PAs, their experiences, concerns and key lessons for the future.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection control for care providers

Part of Coronavirus (COVID-19) advice for social care

Read this SCIE quick guide that sets out best practice for care providers to remain safe and prevent coronavirus from spreading.

Infection control e-learning course

Part of e-Learning courses

Video-based, easy-to-navigate, essential e-learning to help organisations prevent the spread of infection.

Webinar recording: COVID-19 and care providers

Part of COVID-19: Insights and experiences from the sector

Watch the SCIE COVID-19 webinar hosted by Paul Burstow, Chair of SCIE. He was joined by Kathryn Smith, the incoming Chief Executive of the SCIE and a former care worker.

Helping to prevent winter deaths and illnesses associated with cold homes

Part of Prevention and wellbeing

Home care managers need to ensure that care staff can recognise people at risk and that they know how to document and share concerns appropriately.

Giving medicines covertly: overcoming the challenges

Part of Home care

This webinar covered evidence-based practical solutions for overcoming challenges to giving medicines covertly.

Advance care planning

Part of Person-centred care

A quick guide for registered managers of care homes and home care services