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• Adult social care: information for providers
  26/03/19

  This summary guidance is designed to raise awareness amongst inspectors and providers, of the sexuality related needs of people using adult social care services.

• Adult Social Care Recruitment: Campaign Partner Toolkit
  26/03/19

  How to use the national recruitment campaign to support your organisation’s recruitment efforts.

• Guide to safe staffing
  26/03/19

  Getting safe staffing right means that people access safe and effective care that's responsive to their needs.

• CQC Declare Your Care campaign: Stakeholder Toolkit
  26/03/19

  This will be a year-long, cross sector campaign focusing on why people have been prevented from voicing their concerns about care they have received and the motivation behind speaking up. 

• Strengths-based social work: practice framework and handbook
  26/03/19

  Strengths-based social work: This framework and handbook supports social workers and social care professionals in applying a strengths-based approach to their work with adults. 

• Treasury of arts activities for older people
  26/03/19

  50 activities, long and short, for use in any setting with older people.

• Life Story: Good Practice Case Study
  26/03/19

  Life Story simply means constantly collecting and documenting our lives and creating resources to reflect our experiences and the things that are important to us.

• ‘Can, not can’t’ – delivering personalised care on the frontline
  26/03/19

  Effective personalised care must focus on individual strengths, daily activities and social connections, new report finds.

• Coping with stress and depression
  26/03/19

  Stress and depression can affect anyone, but the pressure and expectations of caring can make carers particularly vulnerable.

• Person-centred future planning
  26/03/19

  A quick guide for practitioners supporting people growing older with learning disabilities.

• Daffodils set the standard for end of life care
  26/03/19

  GP surgeries will now be able to display a 'daffodil mark' as a sign of commitment to improving end of life care.

• Driving with dementia or mild cognitive impairment
  26/03/19

  These guidelines, endorsed by the BGS, set out the responsibilities of clinicians to their patients and provide a framework for thinking about the management of their driving safety.

• Bring Dementia Out
  25/03/19

  Bring Dementia Out is an innovation that aims to help LGBT+ people affected by dementia get better access to support and information in Brighton and Hove and Greater Manchester.

• Improving young people’s experiences in transition to and from inpatient mental health settings
  25/03/19

  A quick guide for mental health practitioners supporting young people.

• Technology is changing people's experience of care
  25/03/19

  Personal stories and case studies on how technology-enabled care is transforming people's lives.

• Integrating Better Webinar: Friday 29th March, 14:30
  18/03/19

  Following the launch of the Integrating Better guide last month, the Integrating Better team and SCIE are holding a webinar on Friday 29th March at 14:30.

• Are you ready for Dignity Action Day?
  14/01/19

  Join us and enjoy a memorable day promoting Dignity.

• Safe and fair recruitment
  19/12/18

  A Skills for Care guide to employing people with convictions in social care.

• Calculating the cost of recruitment template
  19/12/18

  This template from Skills for Care can help you identify what recruitment activities are working well.

• Independent Evaluation of The Guinness Partnership’s Dementia Project
  19/12/18

  A good practice guide on how to create a dementia-friendly environment.