Reviewing the impact of the social care governance workbook (NI)

Review of the impact of the Social Care Governance workbook (NI)

Early intervention: decision-making in local authority children's services: final report

This is a study of local authority decision-making in respect to long-term decision making and early intervention services. The study seeks to gain a better understanding of the factors that facilitate and hinder delivery of improved outcomes for children and families over the longer-term. This report synthesises the data gathered from: a literature review; 30 telephone interviews with senior officers and members in local authorities in England; and feedback from 49 subject matter experts attending five regional events.

Returning children home from public care

The briefing aims to give people who provide and use social care services an overview of research evidence about returning children from public care to live with a parent.

Budgets and beyond: interim report

A review by SCIE and NEF of current policy and practice of personalisation and an analysis of the potential of co-production to improve outcomes for individuals;

SCIE research briefing 40: end of life care for people with dementia living in care homes

SCIE Research briefing 40:End of life care for people with dementia living in care homes.

Living in a care home: a positive outcome for a person with dementia

Part of Dementia

Use this video to convince people of the value of high quality care homes for people with dementia. It can be used for training to help improve practices in any setting. It highlights the key areas of improving quality of life for someone with dementia and it shows what good care looks like, which can be comforting.

SCIE research briefing 36: reablement: a cost-effective route to better outcomes

Part of Reablement

This briefing, one in a series on preventive care and support for adults, focuses on reablement.

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.

Reablement: maintaining independence

Part of Reablement

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