International seminar: good practice - April 2009
Introduction
International visitors
SCIE is leading worldwide research and development institutes in developing good practice and were proud to welcome international social care research specialists during a recent trip to London. They arrived from Sweden, Germany, Canada, France and Finland. SCIE hosted a two day event which focused on addressing the big issues such as how to capture knowledge about developing practice in a fast moving sector; through to translating that into realistic, practical guidance for the workforce.
Topics for discussion
The delegation agreed that the foundations upon which to meet these challenges both nationally and internationally are a strong evidence base and the raising the status of social care. Prior to the event the following questions were posed to the delegates:
- Is there a sufficiently robust evidence base to identify good practice?
- What are the political issues that need to be addressed in developing good practice?
- What are the practical delivery mechanisms to promote the adoption of good practice?
Discussions also included how to make sure that health and welfare systems collaborate to improve practice, and how best to deliver the messages to the grass roots level: in Sweden alone, social services are delivered by over 290 municipalities.

Swedish guest
Knut Sundell, Director of the Institute for Evidence-Based Social Work Practice in Stockholm, said: “The good thing is that European professionals are becoming more aware that normal practice can have its advantages and disadvantages. We need to find similarities and differences and with those differences, sharpen our thoughts to take back home. It’s been fascinating.”
- Hear the SCIE Interview with Knut Sundell (4MB MP3 5mins)
Looking to the future
There was a sense of optimism and enthusiasm throughout the 2 day event as everyone seemed to be singing from the same song sheet, despite the wide range of accents! Here are some areas people agreed to work on: Standards of knowledge for defining good practice
- Transferability of evidence between countries & continents
- Dialogue/engagement with policymakers, practitioners, users, regulators
- Embedding good practice in everyday services
- Evaluating the outcomes of good practice projects
The seminar
Welcome and introductions
Julie Jones, Chief Executive, Social Care Institute for Excellence, London, UK
- Listen to audio (5MB MP3 6mins)
Introductions
- Listen to audio (17MB MP3 18mins)
Presentation 1:SCIE’s approach to Good Practice
Amanda Edwards, Patricia Kearney, Mike Fisher, Social Care Institute for Excellence, London, UK
- Listen to audio - Amanda Edwards (26MB MP3 29mins)
- Listen to audio - Trish Kearney (17MB MP3 19mins)
- Listen to audio - Mike Fisher (4MB MP3 4mins)
- View presentation (2MB PowerPoint)
Discussion 1
- Listen to audio (26MB MP3 28mins)
Presentation 2: ANESM approach to Good Practice
Pascale Dorenlot, ANESM, France Agence nationale de l'évaluation et de la qualité des établissements et services sociaux et médico-sociaux), Paris, France
- Listen to audio (28MB MP3 31mins)
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Discussion 2
- Listen to audio (37MB MP3 40mins)
Evening speech
Julie Jones, SCIE and Jenny Owen, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS)
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Presentation 3: STAKES approach to Good Practice
Laura Yliruka, Juha Koivisto National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- View presentation 2 (350kb PowerPoint)
Discussion 3
- Listen to audio (31MB MP3 34mins)
Presentation 4: DJI approach to Good Practice
Heinz Kindler, Erik van Santen, Deutsche Jugend Institute, Munich, Germany
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Discussion 4
- Listen to audio (19MB MP3 21mins)
Presentation 5: AETMIS approach to Good Practice
Pierre Dagenais, Jean-Pierre Duplantie Agence d'evaluation des technologies et des modes d'intervention en santé, Quebec, Canada
- Listen to audio (36MB MP3 40mins)
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Discussion 5
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Presentation 6: IMS approach to Good Practice
Knut Sundell, Mari Forslund, Jenny Rehnman Institute for Evidence-based Social Work, Stockholm, Sweden
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Discussion 6
- Listen to audio (25MB MP3 28mins)
Plenary: take home messages
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- View presentation (200kb PowerPoint Mike Fisher)