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- SCIE Knowledge review 15: Mtetezi - Developing mental health advocacy with African and Caribbean men
This Social Care Institute for Excellence review looks at the significant gap in high quality and effective mental health advocacy with African and Caribbean men. The research raises questions about available... - SCIE Position paper 09: Developing measures for effective service user and carer participation
This paper from the Social Care Institute for Excellence presents the process and outcomes of research into service user and carer participation in developing social care services. The paper looks at... - SCIE Practice guide 11: The participation of adult service users, including older people, in developing social care
This online guide focuses on how practitioners and managers can initiate and sustain the participation of adult service users, including older people, in ways that empower service users and reflect a... - SCIE Resource guide 07: Participation: finding out what difference it makes
With service user and carer participation firmly on the agenda, there is a need to find out what difference service user and carer participation is making. This online resource from SCIE is based on research... - The Rough Guide to Managing Personal Assistants
If you are a disabled person about to start receiving a Direct Payment to employ your own personal assistants (PAs), this book put together by Sian Vasey for the National Centre for Independent Living... - Essex county council - Support services and partnership working with user led organisations
This case study is a report taken directly from Essex county council. It is provided here to illustrate how working in partnership with a responsive support service and an effective user network can help... - Joint Protocol between National Centre for Independent Living (N.C.I.L) & Association of Directors of Social Services (A.D.S.S.) for the provision of Centres for Independent Living (CILs) and User Led Support Services.
This document outlines a protocol for developing and expanding local, user-led support services and centres for independent living. DH guidance states provision of support services are key to successful...