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The importance of providing training to support people with their personal and sexual relationships
27 Mar 2023 Tracy Girling
As 微微草视频 prepares to launch its new training materials for care workers to support people with their personal and sexual relationships, Trac鈥�read more
Culture and diversity
Learning and development
Learning disabilities and autism
微微草视频
How to co-produce learning and development with people who draw on care and support
15 Mar 2023 微微草视频
Two training organisations told us how they work with people who draw on care and support to co-produce learning and development for care workers. read more
Future Directions鈥� 鈥楩un time Friday鈥� provides fun and reduces anxiety for people they support
29 Jul 2022 微微草视频
Future Directions provide live music, jokes and dancing every Friday with their 鈥楩un time Friday鈥�. read more
Good news story
Wellbeing
Involving people who draw on care and support in recruitment
28 Jul 2022 Marie Lovell, Hazel Griffiths and Gary Stark
What does it mean to include people with lived experience in the recruitment process and why is it important? Marie Lovell, Hazel Griffiths and Gary S鈥�read more
Recruitment
Supporting people with a learning disability to use technology and stay connected
16 May 2022 Jane Seal
Jane Seale of the Open University recently conducted research examining how people with a learning disability were being supported to use technologies鈥�read more
Digital
Continuing to provide meaningful activity during the pandemic
27 Apr 2022 微微草视频
Tony Crowther of activity-led provider City Care Partnership talks to us about how the organisation adapted to continue to provide meaningful activiti鈥�read more
Leadership
Workforce development
Supporting people to use everyday technology during the pandemic
26 Apr 2022 微微草视频
The pandemic has brought many challenges for the social care sector, but there has also been innovations and achievements. We look at how providers su鈥�read more
COVID-19: the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Standards
26 Mar 2020 微微草视频
Information on how social care providers can ensure they uphold the rights and decisions of people they support amid the COVID-19 emergency. read more
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