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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · Jul 24

SCIE provides innovative consultancy, expert training, extensive resources and information and evidence-based insights to support best practice, shape policy and raise awareness of the importance of social care💙.

📷Watch our new film or visit our website to learn more: www.scie.org.uk

scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 20h

The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has today, Wednesday 8 October, responded to The King's Fund’s report, ‘Fixing social care: the six key problems and how to tackle them.’

Read our full statement here.

SCIE issues a call for urgent, system-wide reform in response to new King’s Fund report - SCIE

This report offers a striking and sobering reminder that the social care system is falling far short of the standards we all expect from it.

www.scie.org.uk

scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 22h

We’re pleased to share that our Head of Children’s Services Transformation and Improvement, Eleanor Haworth, will be speaking at The National Children & Young People Conference today.

Ellie will be joining a panel discussion on ‘Balancing Regulation and Innovation in Children’s Services’.

CYP Conference 2025 – The Children & Young People Award

www.cypawards.co.uk

scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 2d

📢 Attending the Care Show Birmingham?

Join us for this timely and practical panel discussion—‘Successful co-production: practical approaches and success stories’.

Successful co-production: practical approaches and success stories

www.careshow.co.uk

scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 5d

Change in children’s social care is constant, complex, and comes from multiple directions.

In this blog, SCIE’s Head of Children’s Services Transformation and Improvement, Eleanor Haworth, explores how practitioners can better anticipate emerging issues and respond.

Understanding how change happens in children’s social care - SCIE

SCIE examines how environmental, legal and policy changes shape children’s social care transformation efforts.

www.scie.org.uk

scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 7d

Join Chris Dadson, Director of Business Development and Marketing, SCIE, at the techUK Health and Care Summit 2025 tomorrow.

For ticket information, please click the link.

techUK Health and Care Summit 2025

Please note that registration is closed, as the event has reached capacity

www.techuk.org

scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 8d

At SCIE, we provide a wealth of bespoke, evidence-based online and face-to-face training to support best practice.

Watch our new film to learn more about it and hear what our partners think: www.scie.org.uk/training/

scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 15d

🎫Ticket sales for the Leaders in Care Awards 2025 will close this Friday, 26 September🎫

We are proud that Kathryn Marsden OBE (Formerly Kathryn Smith OBE), Chief Executive of SCIE, will deliver the keynote speech.

Click the link to find out more👉🏽.

Leaders in Care Awards 2025

Join us for an evening of celebrations at the Leaders in Care (LIC) Awards which is held the night before the Care Show on 7th October 2025.

events.itppromedia.com

scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 16d

World Alzheimer’s Month is an annual, international campaign to raise dementia awareness and challenge stigma.

In this blog, Matthew Ford, PhD, Research Analyst at SCIE, explores how we’re using conversations to innovate in dementia care—and social care more broadly.

The power of conversations: Ask about dementia. Ask about Alzheimer’s- SCIE

This September, World Alzheimer’s Month reminds us of something simple but powerful: conversations change things.

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 19d

SCIE is a leadership partner of Improving Adult Care Together (IMPACT)🔎📊.

IMPACT has now launched an application process to identify sites that will host 2026-27 IMPACT Demonstrator or Facilitator projects or participate in one of the IMPACT Networks.

To find out more, visit the IMPACT website.

Work with IMPACT in 2026-27

We are looking at potential projects to run in 2023 and onwards. Express your interest in the opportunity and we will get in touch to confirm

impact.bham.ac.uk

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 22d

SCIE and The Access Group are convening a series of policy roundtables to develop a framework for national standards of care. The initiative will build a shared vision of how national standards can deliver consistency, equity and quality across the country.

Follow the link to find out more.

SCIE and The Access Group lead sector drive to define national standards of care- SCIE

The four roundtables, which will take place in October and November, will explore key themes including purpose and personalisation, data and technology, integration across health and housing and accou...

www.scie.org.uk

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 23d

He helped him to discover his passion, apply for university and start a successful business.

🔗To learn more about Professional Care Workers’ Week and how you can get involved, visit The Care Workers’ Charity’s website.

#PCWW2025 3/3

Professional Care Workers' Week 2025 - Hearing from Care Workers - The Care Workers Charity trading as Care Workers Support

Professional Care Workers’ Week 2024: The Future of Social CareJoin us for Professional Care Workers’ Week (PCWW) 2024, hosted by The Care Workers Charity! Celebrating its seventh year, this event hon...

www.thecareworkerscharity.org.uk

scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 23d

Rob, who is a member of SCIE's Co-production Network, worked with a professional care worker after he was diagnosed with persistent depressive disorder—sometimes referred to as dysthymia or chronic depression—and two different types of cancer. 2/3

scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 23d

This week marks Professional Care Workers’ Week📅.

Professional Care Workers’ Week, hosted annually by The Care Workers' Charity, is an opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the invaluable contributions of professional care workers.

Today, we are sharing Rob's story📹💙. 1/3

scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 26d

On Wednesday, we concluded two inspiring days of learning, collaboration and reflection at SCIE’s staff away days.

The sessions gave us the opportunity to strengthen connections, share ideas and explore innovative ways to drive improvement in social care for both adults and children.

scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 27d

Join Alison Ridley, Safeguarding Audit and Review Team Manager at SCIE, at The Adult Safeguarding Conference 2025 next Tuesday, where she will be delivering her keynote ‘Safeguarding Culture & Looking Back Over 10 Years of implementation of The Care Act 2014.’

The Adult Safeguarding Conference 2024 – Thursday 12 September 2024 | Virtual

adultsafeguardingconf.co.uk

scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · 29d

Today, FutureDotNow, in partnership with the Behavioural Insights Team, have published a new report, ‘Learning that clicks’, which aims to be an indispensable, practical, evidence-based guide for employers who want to build digital capability in their workforce.

Learning that clicks - FutureDotNow

'Learning that clicks' is vital new tool for employers that sets out what motivates workers to improve their digital skills, and what really works when designing successful upskilling programmes.

futuredotnow.uk

scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · Sep 8

SCIE’s Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE, has written to The Guardian about the role of social care in relieving the growing pressure on hospitals.

Kathryn stressed that NHS reform will only succeed if health and social care are treated as equal partners.

Don’t leave social care out of the equation | Letters

Letter: Reform of the community-based care sector is long overdue, says Kathryn Marsden

www.theguardian.com

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · Sep 5

At SCIE, we have a simple but powerful vision: a society which enables people who draw on social care to live fulfilling lives.

📷Our new film captures how we can work with you to drive progress towards it. Watch it in full on our website: www.scie.org.uk

scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · Sep 3

“These are not just numbers; they are lives cut short.”

SCIE has today responded to the 2023 ‘LeDeR Annual Report: Learning from Lives and Deaths – People with a Learning Disability and Autistic People’.

Read our full statement here.

Inequalities laid bare in new LeDeR report demand urgent action- SCIE

This report is a stark reminder of the profound inequalities in health and social care outcomes facing people with a learning disability and autistic people.

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · Sep 1

Today marks the start of World Alzheimer’s Month—an annual, international campaign to raise dementia awareness and challenge stigma🌎.

To find out more about the campaign and how you can get involved, visit Alzheimer's Disease International’s website➡️: www.alzint.org/get-involved...

scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · Aug 29

SCIE’s own analysis, published earlier this week, also points to a system unable to meet demand➡️ www.scie.org.uk/news/detail/...

Mental Capacity Act reform stalled: urgent action needed as system unravels - SCIE

Failure to act on long-delayed reforms to the Mental Capacity Act is contributing to preventable deaths, unlawful detentions and growing human rights concerns.

www.scie.org.uk

scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · Aug 29

The King’s Fund’s new research highlights that the ‘scale, scope and effectiveness’ of community-based mental health care services are ‘currently insufficient to reduce demand for inpatient care to the extent that the NHS is able to meet those needs in a timely way’.

NHS Reliance On Beds In Independent Sector For Mental Health Care | The King's Fund

Our analysis has found that around 28% of mental health care beds are found in the private sector and not NHS trusts. We explore what this means mental health care the role the independent sector play...

www.kingsfund.org.uk

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · Aug 28

🚨Webinar: Understanding the role of the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG)

Join us to hear key insights from our panel of experts🔗.

📅 3 September | 🕑 12:00 PM

Webinar: Understanding the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) – 3 Sept 2025 - SCIE

Join this free webinar to learn about the OPG’s role, LPAs, deputyship orders, and raising concerns.

www.scie.org.uk

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · Aug 27

SCIE’s ‘Embracing change' report, launched in Westminster last month, found that urgent action is needed to scale up innovation in adult social care and meet the growing demands on services.

📊Learn more about the report on our website🔗: www.scie.org.uk/innovation/a...

An image of Kathryn Marsden OBE and Sojan Joseph MP at the event

scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · Aug 26

“With rising demand, mounting delays and legal ambiguity, continuing inaction will only deepen injustice and increase costs, both human and financial.”

Mental Capacity Act reform stalled: urgent action needed as system unravels - SCIE

Failure to act on long-delayed reforms to the Mental Capacity Act is contributing to preventable deaths, unlawful detentions and growing human rights concerns.