Managers of care services for adults can now find reliable resources to support improvement through an easy-to-use online resource.
Two of the leading improvement support organisations in England, Skills for Care and the Social Care Institute for Excellence (Scie), have come together to develop Care Improvement Works, a joint offer of improvement support for registered providers of adult social care in England.
The online resource pulls together all their relevant, freely available resources that are useful for care providers. The new resource also points to related content from the Think Local Act Personal (Tlap) partnership and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice).
All the products on Care Improvement Works are mapped to the Care Quality Commission’s five questions and key lines of enquiry:
- Are they safe?
- Are they effective?
- Are they caring?
- Are they responsive?
- Are they well-led?
It gives managers, owners and care staff the confidence to challenge and change practice. They can use it to identify products that support improvement in areas where they may have concerns, or to review their current practice against recognised good practice before and after inspection, or at any time.
People who use services and carers can also use the products to challenge their care providers.
The project is jointly led by Scie and Skills for Care, with funding support from TLap, who are involved to make sure there is a focus on personalised care and support that improves people’s lives. Care Improvement Works has been developed in partnership with care providers, people who use services, carers, commissioners, the Care Quality Commission and the Department of Health.
Care Improvement Works is available at careimprovementworks.org.uk
Content on this page is produced and controlled by Skills for Care, sponsor of the Guardian Social Care Network leadership, learning and development hub
