Thanks Charis I guess that the Social Care Elf may be of interest to readers of your list. http://www.nationalelfservice.net/social-care/ It's a collaboration between Minervation, LSE, York and SCIE, amongst others. cheers Douglas On 30/09/2015 14:54, Miller Charis (HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT SCOTLAND) wrote: > > Thanks for all the replies. For those who are interested, below are > some of the responses I got from the list on this: > > ·/The Cavendish Review: an independent review into healthcare > assistants and support workers in the NHS and social care settings. > London: Department of Health, July 2013./ > > ·You'll have to read this selectively, but there may be useful > insights here: http://www.scie.org.uk/search?q=competencies > > ·Some HEE / Skills for Care documents: > http://nwl.hee.nhs.uk/files/2014/07/Care-Certificate-briefing-and-Qs-and-As-PDF.pdf > > ·A mandate from the government to Health Education England (HEE) for > April 2013 to March 2015. London: Department of Health, May 2013.Full > Text Link > <https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/203332/29257_2900971_Delivering_Accessible.pdf> > > ·http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/specialisms/educators/hcas-should-have-e-portfolio-of-competencies-to-prove-their-worth/5083208.article > > ·Royal College of Nursing 2011. Finding, using and managing > information: nursing, midwifery, health .and social care information > literacy competences. London: RCN > http://www.rcn.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/357019/003847.pdf > > Plus my own list of resources: > > *Social Care Organisations * > > SSSC <http://www.sssc.uk.com/> (Scottish Social Services Council) > > HCPC <http://www.hpc-uk.org/> (Health and Care Professions Council) > > NISCC <http://www.niscc.info/> (Northern Ireland Social Care Council) > > Care Council Wales <http://www.ccwales.org.uk/> > > BASW <https://www.basw.co.uk> (British Association of Social Workers) > > Skills for Care <http://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/Home.aspx> > > Care Knowledge <https://www.careknowledge.com/ck/home.aspx> > > Social Work Scotland <http://www.socialworkscotland.org/> > > CCPS <http://www.ccpscotland.org/> (Coalition of Care and Support > Providers in Scotland) > > *Improvement & Inspection* > > SCIE <http://www.scie.org.uk/>(Social Care Institute for Excellence)** > > Care Inspectorate <http://www.scswis.com/>and The Hub > <http://hub.careinspectorate.com/> > > CQC <http://www.cqc.org.uk/> (Care Quality Commission) > > RQIA <http://www.rqia.org.uk/>(Regulation and Quality Improvement > Authority) > > CSSIW <http://cssiw.org.uk/> (Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales) > > Joint Improvement Team <http://www.jitscotland.org.uk> > > *Research * > > What Works Scotland <http://whatworksscotland.ac.uk/>** > > IRISS <http://www.iriss.org.uk/> > > NIHR SSCR > <http://www.lse.ac.uk/LSEHealthAndSocialCare/aboutUs/NIHRSSCR/home.aspx> > (School for Social Care Research) > > KCL Social Care Workforce Research Unit > <http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/policy-institute/scwru/index.aspx> > > SPRU <http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/spru/> (Social Policy Research Unit) > > SWAPBox <http://www.swapbox.ac.uk/> > > Research in Practice <https://www.rip.org.uk/> > > TSRC <http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/generic/tsrc/index.aspx> (Third > Sector Research Centre) > > Health Foundation <http://www.health.org.uk/> > > Kings Fund <http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/> > > Social Care Research Impact <http://socialcareresearchimpact.org.uk/> > > ASCC <http://www.ascccymru.org/> (All Wales Academic Social Care > Research Collaboration) > > Social Policy and Practice <http://www.spandp.net/> > > BL Social Welfare Portal <http://socialwelfare.bl.uk/> > > SSKS <http://www.ssks.org.uk/> > > *Charis* > > *From:*UK medical/ health care library community / information workers > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Miller Charis > (HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT SCOTLAND) > *Sent:* 17 September 2015 09:29 > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Knowledge Support for Social Care > > --- > This message was sent from an email address external to NHSmail but > gives the appearance of being from an NHSmail (@nhs.net) address. 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Has anyone done any work on this recently and have > any useful sources or tips they’d be able to share? > > Happy to summarise for the list if respondents are agreeable. > > Kind regards, > > *Charis Miller*| Health Information Scientist > > *Healthcare Improvement Scotland* > > Delta House | 50 West Nile Street | Glasgow | G1 2NP > > *[log in to unmask]* <mailto:[log in to unmask]>** > > *0141 225 5558 (*internal extension*8747)* > > www.*healthcareimprovementscotland*.org > <http://www.healthcareimprovementscotland.org/> > > The Healthcare Environment Inspectorate, Scottish Health Council, > Scottish Health Technologies Group, > Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network and the Scottish Medicines > Consortium are part of Healthcare Improvement Scotland. > > > ******************************************************************************************************************** > > This message may contain confidential information. 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