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The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE; pronounced 'sky') is a UK
SCIE continue to produce a number of free resources for social care and social work staff at all levels.
In recent years they have evolved from a largely government-funded body to a more commercial organisation, increasing their income from training and consultancy work and becoming less reliant on the Department of Health and Social Care for funding.
Much of their current work focuses on transformation of care systems and implementing person-centred practice such as strengths-based approaches. They also have a large body of work on integration of health and social care, having provided national support as part of their work with the Better Care Fund.
SCIE continue to be well known for their resources on safeguarding adults and children, on the
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and improvement agency. SCIE shares knowledge about what works in practice across social care, social work and beyond, covering adults’, families’ and children's care and support services.
SCIE has a role identifying and disseminating the knowledge base for good practice in all aspects of social care in the United Kingdom Social care in the United Kingdom is a devolved matter, so England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales each have their own separate systems of private and publicly funded social care. Each country has differing policies, priorities and funding le ...
. It produces guides in different formats, including specialist tool kits and more general learning materials, covering management and policy issues as well as day to day services. This includes training, consultancy, webinars, research and product development to support improvement. These products and services are co-produced with people who use services and carers, and through collaboration with care providers, commissioners, policymakers and researchers.
History
SCIE was established in 2001. It gained charitable status, which is one reason why it survived when other agencies were abolished or merged in the2010 UK quango reforms
Following the 2010 United Kingdom general election, the UK Government under the Cameron–Clegg coalition
announced plans to curb public spending through the abolition of a large number of quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations (quangos) ...
.
SCIE continues to maintain Social Care Online (originally launched in 2005) - the UK's biggest database of social care and social work information including wide-scale research, reports, government and policy documents, journal articles, and websites.
The funding received from the government fell to £4.4million in 2013−14 (with £1m of this intended for specific projects), having previously been more than £20m in 2009−10 (of which £14m was allocated to specific projects).
SCIE was commissioned by the Department of Health (now called the Department of Health and Social Care) to provide support over the Care Act 2014; looking at issues such as assessment and eligibility, safeguarding adults and advocacy.
Current practice
SCIE continue to produce a number of free resources for social care and social work staff at all levels.
In recent years they have evolved from a largely government-funded body to a more commercial organisation, increasing their income from training and consultancy work and becoming less reliant on the Department of Health and Social Care for funding.
Much of their current work focuses on transformation of care systems and implementing person-centred practice such as strengths-based approaches. They also have a large body of work on integration of health and social care, having provided national support as part of their work with the Better Care Fund.
SCIE continue to be well known for their resources on safeguarding adults and children, on the Mental Capacity Act 2005
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (c 9) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom applying to England and Wales. Its primary purpose is to provide a legal framework for acting and making decisions on behalf of adults who lack the capacity ...
and on Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.
One of their core aims is to improve participation and Co-production (public services) with people who use services and carers to develop and deliver better social care and health provision. Much of their work encompasses this principle.
See also
*Department of Health and Social Care
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for government policy on health and adult social care matters in England, along with a few elements of the same matters which are not otherwis ...
*National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health and Social Care in England that publishes guidelines in four areas:
* the use of health technologies withi ...
*Paul Burstow
Paul Kenneth Burstow (born 13 May 1962) is a British former politician who served as the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Sutton and Cheam for 18 years, from 1997 to 2015, when he was defeated by Paul Scully.
He was appointed Minis ...
(Chair of the Social Care Institute for Excellence)
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