Integration: step by step

Free online tool to support coordinated care. Analyse, plan and deliver integrated health and social care using SCIE's discussion questions, practice examples and films.

Transition from child and adolescent to adult mental services: a young person's perspective

This film for adult and adolescent and child mental health services shows three young people describing their mental health problems and their transition to adult services. The film shows services managed by health include a transition clinic, and a peer support group and a counselling service run by social services.

Supervision in an integrated setting

This film for health, mental health and social care managers, staff and people who use services shows how the quality of social work in an integrated mental health setting can be enhanced by complementing line management supervision with clinical and professional supervision.

Service user and carer involvement in the supervision of health and social care workers: seminar report

This report presents findings from a seminar of service users and carers, health and social care practitioners and managers to discuss their different experiences of being involved in or having input into supervision. It forms part of a project on the delivery of supervision to health and social care workers in integrated settings. The report also covers the potential benefits of involvement; the potential difficulties with such involvement; ideas about how to increase such involvement.

Dying well at home: the case for integrated working

Part of Integrated care

This guide is about providing good care and support for people who want to die at home

Mental health transitions: an integrated practice example

This video for mental health managers and staff is about the challenge of improving transition when young people are no longer eligible for services from the child and adolescent mental health team at the age of 16. Hear staff and young people talk about the services.

End of life care: why it is essential to coordinate care

This video looks at an innovative scheme run by the South of Tyne and Wear Palliative Care Coordinating Centre from Marie Curie’s Newcastle Hospice. The Centre offers people at the end of life a coordinated health and care package and keeps everyone involved in their care fully informed.

Avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions: the headlines

Part of Prevention and wellbeing

This film looks at the realities behind the headlines about older people and their use of hospital beds, and considers what steps could be taken to help avoid unnecessary admissions.

Personal budgets: health and social care integration

This film for health and social care commissioners and staff looks at how Kent County Council is approaching integrating personal budgets from health and social care as part of their work as a personal health budget pilot site. It features service users and carers whose lives will be affected by the change.

Integration: clinical commissioning groups and long-term conditions

This film for health and social care commissioners and staff looks at how clinical commissioning groups led by GPs can work with social care to improve outcomes for people with long-term conditions. It presents two case studies of how GP practices are working with social care to improve services.