The self-assessment is an opportunity to create a confident and evidence-based local narrative in preparation for the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) onsite work. We’ve developed this practical guidance to support adult social care colleagues to give a succinct and focused account of themselves in their self-assessment. The insights within this guidance are based on discussions with adult social care colleagues at councils that have already experienced the CQC assessment process.
The adult social care workforce in a place is large, diverse and dispersed across many roles, services and organisations. Only seven per cent is directly employed in a council. Here you will find learning to help you to feel more confident and equipped to develop your future workforce for your place.
This must know guide provides an overview of how to implement personalisation in adult social care, offering an introduction to the principles and practices of personalisation and to implementing these concepts.
This guidance document has been developed by Partners in Care and Health (PCH) working in collaboration with the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) Mental Health Network. The purpose is to provide practical guidance for Directors of Adult Social Services (DASS), to ensure insight and understanding in relation to their duties and wider system performance related to adult mental health services.
This report highlights the innovative and collaborative work of councils and their partners, who have embraced the Marmot principles and turned them into meaningful action.
This report provides evidence of good practice and insights in relation to people with a learning disability having access to and living in ‘mainstream’ housing.
This guide has been developed based on the insights from a series of workshops with members of the Care and Health Career Academies Community of Practice. The purpose of this document is to support local areas that wish to set up a career academy, in developing their own business case. It encourages consideration of objectives and aims, key stakeholders and partners as well as impact and benefits of career academy.
Partners for Care and Health commissioned Shared Lives Plus, the national charity representing the Shared Lives sector, to develop guidance on good practice in developing and growing Shared Lives. This guidance aims to support councils wanting to enable more people with a learning disability to benefit from the Shared Lives model of care and support. This guide has been co-produced with representatives across adult social care.
A framework of Workforce Together, I and We Statements for people who work in adult social care to embed good practice that puts people at the heart of care and support.
