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A COVID-19 guide for social workers supporting an adult with learning disabilities/autism
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Place of publication:
- London
A guide to help social workers and occupational therapists supporting autistic adults and adults with learning disabilities through the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. It aims to help occupational therapists and social workers keep people with learning disabilities and autistic adults safe, while at the same time protecting and promoting people's rights wherever possible. Areas covered in the guide include: staying well; advance planning; easements of the Care Act and Mental Health Act; safeguarding and death and bereavement. (Edited publisher abstract)
Named Social Worker site profiles and resources
- Authors:
- INNOVATION UNIT, SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publishers:
- Innovation Unit, Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 77
- Place of publication:
- London
This set of resources complements 'Putting people at the heart of social work: lessons from the Named Social Worker Programme'. It shares the profiles of sites involved in the programme, summarise each site's approach, and includes some of the tools, stories and resources that have been created throughout the programme. These include a reflective supervision template, a risk enablement panel framework, a knowledge and skills statement for advance practice, and a transitions protocol. (Edited publisher abstract)
Personalisation - making it happen: the social worker's perspective
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Place of publication:
- London
This film looks at the work of a personal budget team in Hull. It shows how the team works with people who use services to provide personalised care, focusing on one family where a mother is having difficulty coping with one of her adult sons who has learning disabilities. The opportunity to spend time at a garden centre transforms the life of her son, but also gives his mother a much-needed break. Without personalisation, this solution would not have been possible and the family would have been reliant on traditional services. Social workers from the team talk about their new ways of working and about the benefits it brings to both them and the people who use their services.
Capabilities statement for adults with learning disability implementation resources: toolkits for social workers, organisations, people with lived experience and educators
- Authors:
- BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS, SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 16
- Place of publication:
- Birmingham
These implementation resources support social workers, organisations, people with lived experience and higher education institutions to implement the Capabilities statement and continuous professional development (CPD) pathway for social work with adults with learning disability. The resources include: a practice toolkit for social workers; a toolkit for adults with learning disabilities – including resources that explain the role of the social worker, a feedback resource as part of the Hair Tool, and easy read material, and resources for critical friends – a video and visual Hair Tool designed by people with lived experience, questions for adults with learning disabilities and social workers to gather feedback and evaluate the impact of practice; a self-evaluation tool for organisations; and a post-graduate curriculum outline for higher education institutions, including how to develop a modular, blended learning approach. (Edited publisher abstract)
Preparing for adulthood: The role of social workers
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 53
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide, commissioned by the Office of the Chief Social Worker for Adults, looks at what social workers need to do to help young people with learning disabilities prepare for adulthood. It provides a practice framework for social workers and their employers to use when supporting people to prepare for adulthood. The framework consists of five elements: Having the right conditions in place; Underpinning knowledge; The right values, skills and attributes; Supporting the person through the system; and Focus on the young person. For each element in the framework, the guide explores the context in which social workers are operating, what can be done to overcome the challenges, and identifies pointers towards a better way of doing things. Where appropriate, each section includes people's stories, and resources and tools for social workers to consider in their practice. The guide also includes a review of policy and practice guidance relating to preparing for adulthood and a checklist of what a social worker will need to do and have in place to support young people effectively. The guide builds on work carried out by Innovation Unit and the Social Care Institute for Excellence, looking at whether a Named Social Worker approach might improve support to people with learning disabilities. (Edited publisher abstract)
Putting people at the heart of social work: lessons from the Named Social Worker Programme
- Authors:
- INNOVATION UNIT, SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publishers:
- Innovation Unit, Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 54
- Place of publication:
- London
This guide explores lessons for practice from the Named Social Worker (NSW) programme, which piloted new social work approaches to improve outcomes and experiences for people with learning disabilities and/or autism and for the people around them. Through the initiative, people were assigned a named social worker who could build a trusting relationship with them, advocate on their behalf and coordinate their care and support in a more holistic and person-centred way. The guide makes the case for ‘better social work practice’, drawing on the learning and emerging evidence from NSW programme sites; identifies common principles and enablers of ‘good social work’ and what this means for people with learning disabilities; It also provides advice on developing an evaluation approach that captures the qualitative and quantitative impact of different ways of working. The appendix includes tools and case studies from the pilot sites. (Edited publisher abstract)
Named Social Worker: programme evaluation - final report
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, INNOVATION UNIT
- Publishers:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence, Innovation Unit
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 71
- Place of publication:
- London
Final evaluation of the Named Social Worker pilot, which looked at how having a named social work can contribute to people with learning disabilities, autism or mental health needs achieving better outcomes. Specifically it looked at how they and their family can be in control of decisions about their own future, and are supported to live with dignity and independence. This report presents learning from the second phase of the pilot, which ran from October 2017 to March 2018 and involved the six sites of Bradford, Halton, Hertfordshire, Liverpool, Sheffield and Shropshire. Three sites focused on transition cases while the other three worked with individuals who were from learning disability or Transforming Care cohorts. The report provides profiles of each of the pilot sites, defines the NSW approach and its impact. Each site tailored their own approach to reflect local needs, but the objectives for all the sites was to provide excellent person-centred support, equip social workers to be enablers of person-centred and asset-based care; build more effective and integrated systems that bring together health, care and community support and deliver efficiency savings. Key findings show that despite the short implementation period, sites were highly positive about their experience of the Named Social Work pilot. The evaluation evidence suggests that the NSW pilot had significant impact at three levels of impact: improving outcomes and experiences for individuals with learning disabilities, autism and mental health conditions and the people around them; changing social work practice, by enabling NSWs to develop their knowledge and skills and develop ‘good social work’ practice; and enabled pilot sites to trial new ideas for working and explore and tackle wider systemic conditions. The report makes recommendations for government, training and professional bodies; and recommendations for other sites looking to embed an NSW approach. (Edited publisher abstract)
Named Social Worker: summary of evaluation findings
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 17
- Place of publication:
- London
Summary evaluation findings from phase 2 of the Named Social Worker (NSW) programme evaluation. The Programme was initiated by the Health and Social Care to build an understanding of how a named social worker can help to improve outcomes for individuals with learning disabilities, autism and mental health conditions. The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) and the Innovation Unit, worked with the six Phase 2 sites to assess the impact of the pilot on the individuals engaged in the pilot, the named social workers and the wider system. Three sites focused on transition cases while the other three worked with individuals who were from learning disability or Transforming Care cohorts. Despite the short pilot timeframe, the evaluation evidence suggests that the NSW pilot had impact across three levels: on the individuals engaged in the pilot, on the named social workers themselves and on the wider system. A predictive financial return on investment (FROI) exercise also suggested that financial return on investment (ROI) of the NSW pilot was positive for all sites. (Edited publisher abstract)
Peter's story: the perspective of a person supported by a named social worker
- Authors:
- INNOVATION UNIT, SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Innovation Unit
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 6
- Place of publication:
- London
Illustrates how the Named Social Worker initiative has supported and helped Peter, who is a 19 year old man with an autistic spectrum condition and a learning disability. When Peter was matched with a named social worker, his family had reached crisis point and Peter was close to being detained under the Mental Health Act. The named social worker worked closely with Peter and his family to understand what support would work best for him. Peter has now settled into a new home, his package of support has been gradually reduced and he has not had any incidents that have required police involvement since moving into his new home. It also details the cost of Peter's current support package and the cost of care when he was in crisis. (Edited publisher abstract)
Named Social Worker: findings from six pilot sites report
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, INNOVATION UNIT
- Publishers:
- Innovation Unit, Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 36
- Place of publication:
- London
This report sets out the findings from the six sites involved in the Named Social Work programme during the six months from October 2016 to March 2017. The programme aimed to explore how having a named social worker could contribute to individuals with learning disabilities, autism or mental health needs achieving better outcomes and being in control of decisions about their own future. The report provides a summary of the impact achieved and a cost benefit analysis in each of the six sites, which developed their own approaches based on their local context. The sites cover: Calerdale, Camden, Hertfordshire, Liverpool, Nottingham and Sheffield. It also includes a set of programme level insights which show how a Named Social Worker model can shift outcomes; by providing permission for social workers to work in new ways; by setting expectations around working more closely with individuals; by opening up visibility across the system for named social workers to engage at different stages of an individual’s journey; and by being an endeavour of the whole team. The report also outlines some of the tools used by the sites. (Edited publisher abstract)