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Guidance, advice and better practice across a range of key care themes and priority areas

Advocacy

Commissioning independent advocacy

Assessment & eligibility

Assessment of needs Determination of eligibility Duties Fluctuating needs Important concepts Principles Process Practice examples

Care Act 2014

Care Act: Video introduction Legal duties and impact on individuals

Co-production

What it is and how to do it Co-production at SCIE Understanding the difference it makes Co-production Week Supporting co-production Disability and co-production Examples of co-production SEOEP project

Housing and care

Toolkit for place-based plans for housing for older adults Developing local housing partnerships: a Serious Game for older people’s housing Webinar: Developing a plan for housing older adults Role of housing in the future of care and support The 100-year life: the role of housing, planning and design

Innovation

Social Care Innovation Network Social care showcase webinars Creating an Evidence Centre for Palliative and End of Life Care Accelerating Reform Fund programme

Integrated care

Delivering integrated care Webinars on integration Leadership in integrated care Intermediate care including reablement Integrated care research and practice Multidisciplinary teams: Integrating care in places and neighbourhoods 'Why are we stuck in hospital?' Prevention in social care

Mental Capacity Act

Introducing the MCA MCA in practice Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA)

Older LGBTQ+ people and social care

LOASCA Webinar: findings from the LOASCA study

Providing care

Adult carers’ breaks Young carers' breaks Adult day care Dignity in care Social care commissioning Social care recording

Safeguarding

Safeguarding adults Safeguarding children Safeguarding for trustees of user-led organisations (ULOs) Safeguarding churches and faith based groups Safeguarding and charities Safeguarding evidence and research Self-neglect

Social work

Advice and best practice Named Social Worker Social work recording Shared Lives Plus

Strengths-based approaches

Videos Leadership in strengths-based social care Care Act guidance What next for strengths-based areas? Council services supporting adult social care Children, young people and their families Practice framework and practice handbook Evidence for strengths and asset-based outcomes Strengths-based leadership programme

Strengthening Families, Protecting Children (SFPC)

Training

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Browse our range of courses, delivered via open access for individuals, bespoke in-house training for your organisation or team, or our range of e-learning courses.

Open access training courses for individuals

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Transforming care and support locally

Pathway review Early intervention and prevention Commissioning for outcomes Optimising digital Co-production consultancy support Named social worker models Practice with impact

Safeguarding consultancy, reviews and audits

Safeguarding reviews Safeguarding audits

Influencing better policy and practice nationally

Safeguarding

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This collection of training, improvement support, consultancy and resources is designed to help local authorities, health and care providers, safeguarding boards, churches and faith groups to safeguard those at risk.

Safeguarding adults

Introduction to safeguarding adults Safeguarding adults in practice Preventing abuse and neglect Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SARs) Safeguarding Adults Boards (SABs) Legislation relating to safeguarding adults The Care Act: safeguarding adults Safety and safeguarding in the care home

Safeguarding children

Case reviews Safeguarding children in education

Safeguarding for trustees of user-led organisations (ULOs)

Safeguarding churches and faith based groups

Safeguarding and charities

Safeguarding audits for the charity sectors Charity safeguarding resources

Safeguarding evidence and research

Sexual Incidents in adults social care Resident-to-resident harm Reviews of homicides in London

Self-neglect

At a glance Building an evidence base Key research messages Research messages for managers Research messages for practitioners

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