Care leavers: the making of the care leavers stories project

How the care leavers' films were made; the contribution of interviewers and interviewees

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.

Social work education case study: Leeds University

Part of Co-production

This film shows how service users and carers participate in the social work degree at Leeds University.

Social work education case study: Anglia Ruskin University

Part of Co-production

This film shows how service users and carers participate in the social work degree at Anglia Ruskin University.

Social work education participation: access, payment and support

Part of Co-production

This video describes the range of arrangements that social work education courses need to make around access, payment and support to ensure that service users and carers can participate fully.

Social work education participation: hopes for the future

Part of Co-production

This film looks at potential future developments in service user and carer participation in social work education.

Social work education case study: Kingston University and St George's University London

Part of Co-production

This film shows how service users and carers participate in the social work degree at Kingston University and St George’s University London .

Social work education participation: user and carer participation in social work

Part of Co-production

User and carer participation is required in all social work degree courses, and this film introduces the benefits of participation and the issues involved.

Co-production and participation: older people with high support needs

Part of Co-production

This is a summary of research literature on the participation and co-production of older people with high support needs. Benefits and barriers are identified and examples of good practice are listed. The conclusion offers recommendations for improving practice.

Co-production and participation: older people with high support needs

Part of Co-production

This briefing summarises a review of literature and a small-scale survey of good practice on the participation and co-production of older people with high support needs. It looks at the benefits and barriers to participation; highlights two research programmes involving older people with high support needs. Recommendations for improved practice are also listed. It is noted that the evidence base for the review was limited as relevant material was either about participation as it relates generally to older people or was about older people with high support needs but contained very little reference to participation.