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Upcoming webinar: Achieving integrated care - 15 best practice actions - 03 Dec

A free online webinar going into more detail on the new SCIE and LGA accessible and practical resource that supports local systems in fulfilling their ambition of integration.

New NICE/SCIE quick guide – Helping to prevent winter deaths

For vulnerable people, living in a cold home increases the chance of serious illness or death. A new NICE/SCIE quick guide explains how some simple preventative actions can help to save people’s lives. 

Care home managers and staff can play an important role in preventing harm caused by a lack of heating.

SCIE at NCASC 2019 in Bournemouth

SCIE will be attending this year's National Children and Adult Services Conference, running sessions on strengths-based approaches and integration. Come and say hello at stand D32!

Webinar recording: Co-production with children and families

This online webinar looked at how an individual or an organisation can start to develop partnership working with families and young people using co-production.

Safeguarding adults training course for managers - 06 Dec

Our CPD-accredited training for safeguarding leads and managers teaches understanding around essential safeguarding duties and responsibilities.

Upcoming webinar: Digital skills and capabilities for social workers

Social workers require good digital skills and capabilities to support their complex role.

This webinar will cover recent evidence, practice examples, and future plans including developing a digital capabilities statement, ethical guidance and plans for digital champions.

Upcoming webinar: Improving oral health in care homes - 26 Nov

A recent report from the CQC found that oral health care is not always considered a priority in care homes. 

An upcoming webinar from NICE and SCIE focuses on the issues raised in the report and our expert guests - the report’s author, a dentist and a care home manager - advise on overcoming the challenges to ensuring that people have good dental care.

New report: Getting under the skin of the Social Care Innovation Network

A new report looks at the first phase of the Social Care Innovation Network, led by SCIE, Think Local Act Personal (TLAP) and Shared Lives Plus. The Network is exploring ways to support the growth and spread of innovation to create a new and better form of social care. 

Webinar recording: Achieving integrated care - 15 best practice actions

This webinar looked at an accessible and practical resource developed by SCIE and the Local Government Association that supports local systems in fulfilling their ambition of integration.

The Office of the Public Guardian and the Mental Capacity Act

The Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) helps people in England and Wales plan for their health, welfare and financial decisions to be taken care of if they lose capacity to make certain decisions for themselves. A new page on the SCIE site has more details about concerns which can be investigated by the OPG.

Strengths-based social care in Leeds

Read this new blog to find out how a strengths-based social care system has been implemented in Leeds. Instead of starting with a complex assessment process, the focus is now on supporting people by first finding out “What’s strong, not what’s wrong”.

Upcoming webinar: A new approach to children’s social care - 15 Jan

Learn about how a change in ethos and structure of a local authority could increase the time social workers spend with families by 60% by following two key principles - empowering social workers and placing relationships at the heart of practice.

New resource: Safeguarding children - children missing education

There are many factors in the life of a child or that of their family that can affect school attendance. This resource sets out some of those factors and discusses roles and responsibilities of parents, schools and local authorities.

Upcoming webinar: Digital skills and capabilities for social workers - 09 Dec

Social workers require good digital skills and capabilities to support their complex role.

This webinar will cover recent evidence, practice examples, and future plans including developing a digital capabilities statement, ethical guidance and plans for digital champions.

SCIE/NICE quick guide – Helping to prevent winter deaths

For vulnerable people, living in a cold home increases the chance of serious illness or death. A new SCIE/NICE quick guide explains how some simple preventative actions can help to save people’s lives.

Social work recording tool

This resource aims to support social workers and other social care staff to improve recording skills – how you write down what you have seen and done, your analysis of that, and what you plan to do as a result.

New quick guide - Enabling positive care for autistic adults

This quick guide will help social workers to identify the particular care and support needs of autistic adults and to ensure that, through working closely with the person, they can tailor support that meets their needs.

New open course dates for 2020

Upcoming dates for our relevant and practical classroom courses delivered by subject experts. Get in touch to arrange training before the end of the financial year!

Upcoming webinar: Co-production - Lessons from Oxfordshire - 05 Feb

Since 2017 Oxfordshire County Council Adult social care services have been making the shift from an engagement to a co-production model. Hear about the key lessons learned from this process in our upcoming webinar.

Upcoming webinar: A new approach to children’s social care - 15 Jan

Learn about how a change in ethos and structure of a local authority could increase the time social workers spend with families by 60% by following two key principles - empowering social workers and placing relationships at the heart of practice.

Digital skills and capabilities for social workers

Social workers require good digital skills and capabilities to support their complex role.

This project aims to help social workers to be confident using digital technology and data to support their increasingly evolving role. 

Upcoming webinar: Asking about and responding to domestic violence and abuse - 24 Jan

Find out how to use NICE guidance to improve support for people who have experienced domestic abuse and their children.

Preparing for adulthood transitions guide

This guide looks at what social workers need to do to help young people with learning disabilities prepare for adulthood (transition).

Surveys: Autistic adults and adults with learning disabilities

What do social workers, employers and educators know about the capabilities statements on work with autistic adults and adults with learning disabilities? What tools and resources should BASW and SCIE develop to support social workers, employers and people with lived experience? 

New: Homicides and violent incidents in London

New report summarising findings from research commissioned by the Mayor of London’s Violence Reduction Unit to map and understand violence in London. The report finds that there is great potential for improving the quality of learning from incidents.

Recognising and responding to domestic violence and abuse

A new SCIE/NICE quick guide supports social workers to talk to people about domestic violence and abuse and to respond to disclosures. It also explains how support can be tailored to the needs of the person and their children.

SCIE and NICE have also run a webinar on the topic, which you can view.

Charity safeguarding resources

SCIE has been funded by The National Lottery Community Fund to promote NCVO resources on safeguarding in charities. We’re also keen to hear from faith-based or user-led organisations to help us devise detailed guidance looking at safeguarding governance.

Blog: From DoLS to LPS: an important time for mental capacity

Sometime in the next few months we will begin to say goodbye to Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) and introduce their successor, Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS). SCIE's Hugh Constant previews the changes in this blog.

Upcoming webinar: New innovations for care leavers - 26 Feb

The quality of support for care leavers can been patchy and their transition into adulthood can be unstable, resulting in poorer outcomes longer term. This webinar will explore how innovations are improving outcomes and how commissioners can create the right conditions for innovations to thrive.

Young carers' support and breaks: Call for practice

We are seeking examples from commissioners and providers of young carers’ breaks and support, to include within new guidance and to support our research. This builds on existing SCIE guidance for commissioners and providers on adult carers' respite and breaks.

Enabling positive care for autistic adults

Social workers need to identify particular care and support needs of autistic adults and to ensure that, through working closely with the person, they can tailor support that meets their needs. View the SCIE/NICE quick guide, join an upcoming webinar or learn more with SCIE's autism resources.

Open training dates for 2020

Upcoming dates for our practical classroom courses delivered by subject experts, with just a few places left on our open courses.

Alternatively, view our full range of training options including training at your premises, and get in touch to arrange training before the end of the financial year!

Achieving integrated care: 15 best practice action

SCIE and the Local Government Association joined up to produce an accessible and practical resource that supports local systems in fulfilling their ambition of integration. View the newly updated, interactive web resource for this topic.

Webinar recording: A new approach to children’s social care

Hear about how a change in ethos and structure of a local authority could increase the time social workers spend with families by 60% by following two key principles - empowering social workers and placing relationships at the heart of practice. 

Dementia and housing: Updated resource

The quality of life for someone living with dementia is affected by where and how they live. Learn more with our updated resource on supporting wellbeing and independence for those with dementia.

Upcoming webinar: New innovations for care leavers - 26 Feb

The quality of support for care leavers can been patchy and their transition into adulthood can be unstable, resulting in poorer outcomes longer term. This webinar will explore how innovations are improving outcomes and how commissioners can create the right conditions for innovations to thrive.

Coronavirus (Covid-19) guidance for social care

Advice for councils and care providers as the Government works to delay the spread of COVID-19. There is specific residential care, supported living, home care and social distancing guidance.

SCIE/NICE quick guide: Helping to prevent infection in care homes

Measures to prevent infections in care homes are vital. Managers and staff in care homes will find this guide very useful as a reminder of the most important methods of preventing infection.

New quick guide - Promoting positive mental wellbeing for older people

Older people living in care homes often experience depression, loneliness and low levels of satisfaction, This new SCIE/NICE quick guide explains how managers can support older people to have positive mental wellbeing - maintaining a strong sense of personal identity, engaging in meaningful activity and having access to good care.  

Improving oral health for adults in care homes

Adults in care homes may need support to ensure that they have healthy mouths that enable them to eat, sleep and communicate well. Care home managers can find out how to use NICE guidance to meet CQC requirements and to improve the quality of life of people living in care homes with the SCIE/NICE webinar and quick guide.

Enabling positive lives for autistic adults

With a webinar and quick guide, social workers can find out more about how  organisations such as the Department of Health and Social Care, NICE, BASW and others work together and learn how they can improve the lives of autistic adults through their own practice.

Nurses in social care: Meeting the new standards of proficiency

This webinar looks at the wide range of resources produced by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) that can support registered nurses working in social care to meet the new standards of proficiency from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

Using financial reform to enable change in Bradford - report and podcast

This study, commissioned by NHS Confederation, looks at how Bradford has used the financial levers of system control totals, along with fixed-income contracts, to align incentives, pool risk and achieve financial balance.

New NICE/SCIE podcast - How social workers can evidence CPD

Social work leaders discuss the importance of CPD in practice, how social workers can  creatively approach CPD at different stages of their career, and how they can use NICE guidance to evidence CPD.

Building trusted relationships in integrated care systems

Building trust is a core component of any partnership and is key to delivering care that is integrated across the NHS, local government and the voluntary sector. This interactive webinar, hosted by SCIE for NHS England and NHS Improvement, gave participants the opportunity to learn from the experiences of senior system leaders.

New: Infection control e-learning course

Infection prevention and control are essential to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). This video-based course for care providers in care homes and home care will teach you about the spread of infection and what you can do to protect both yourself and the people you care for. We''re also hosting several infection control resources from across the sector.

Safeguarding adults training webinar

View a recorded training webinar, covering an introduction to safeguarding. This is the first in a series of webinars to support you and your team to keep vulnerable adults safe in a variety of settings.

Our current live series of webinars are fully booked, but we are hoping to announce new dates soon. You can also view the SCIE quick guide to Safeguarding adults during the COVID-19 crisis.

COVID-19 advice and information blogs for social care

Blogs published to support the sector during the COVID-19 pandemic. Includes new entries on COVID-19 and asthma, and a blog from Care Home Manager Sarah, on how they are coping.

Call for best practice examples from the sector

SCIE is aiming to share good practical stories from across the sector, specifically around coping with COVID-19 management in care homes, home care, social worker visits and more. We''re looking for examples of excellent care and support. Fill in our survey and let us know.

Upcoming webinar: COVID-19 and Safeguarding in faith-based organisations

SCIE, as part of the Safeguarding Training Fund in collaboration with the Department of Culture, Media and Sport and the National Lottery Community Fund, are hosting a Q&A webinar on the safeguarding implications of COVID-19 for those working in faith-based organisations. 18 May at 11am.

End-of-life care and dementia: Care in the last days of life

Care staff need to know a person's wishes for their death: where they would prefer to be when they die, who should be present, how pain might be treated, and so on. This guide covers care in the last days of life with dementia.

New: Safeguarding children and families during the COVID-19 crisis

This new resource gives useful guidance for practitioners working to safeguard children and families during the COVID-19 outbreak, including social workers and those working in social care settings.

New: Domestic violence and abuse - Safeguarding during the COVID-19 crisis

Emerging evidence has emphasised the increased risks of domestic abuse during the COVID-19 pandemic. This new resource aims to help professionals and organisations better support and safeguard adults and children at risk of abuse.

Upcoming: Safeguarding adults training webinar series

SCIE have developed a series of webinars to support you and your team to keep vulnerable adults safe in a variety of settings.

Each week we explore specific aspects of the safeguarding process. Attend sessions to refresh your learning or sign up to all six for a complete overview of safeguarding adults.

You can also view the SCIE quick guide to Safeguarding adults during the COVID-19 crisis.

Updated: Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection control for care providers

Managing infection control is essential to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) for any care setting or service. This newly updated briefing sets out best practice for care providers to remain safe and prevent COVID-19 from spreading.

Updated: COVID-19 guide for social workers and occupational therapists supporting adults with learning disabilities or autistic adults

This updated guide aims to help social workers and occupational therapists better support autistic adults and adults with learning disabilities through the COVID-19 crisis.

Upcoming webinar: COVID-19 and care providers - Tuesday 28 April

Care Providers, such as residential care homes, nursing homes and home care providers, are at the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic. This webinar, the third in our series covering Coronavirus guidance, will cover the impact of the crisis on care homes and how we mitigate that impact.

CPD-accredited e-learning on the Mental Capacity Act - start studying from home

This CPD-accredited online course explores the Mental Capacity Act 2005, including best interests decision-making, and how to support people to make their own decisions.

End-of-life care and dementia: Carers'' needs

This section of our dementia guidance provides advice about supporting the person living with dementia and their carers.