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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
📷Watch our new film or visit our website to learn more: www.scie.org.uk
📣Join SCIE’s board: Chair Elect and Trustee opportunities📣
Find out more about the roles and how you can apply on our website.
Find out more about the roles and how you can apply on our website.
Job vacancies - SCIE
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November 7, 2025 at 10:31 AM
📣Join SCIE’s board: Chair Elect and Trustee opportunities📣
Find out more about the roles and how you can apply on our website.
Find out more about the roles and how you can apply on our website.
Trustees’ Week is a time for us to celebrate the achievements of trustees across the UK⭐.
We would like to sincerely thank our trustees for their time, expertise and unwavering commitment to SCIE and to social care excellence more broadly💙.
We would like to sincerely thank our trustees for their time, expertise and unwavering commitment to SCIE and to social care excellence more broadly💙.
November 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Trustees’ Week is a time for us to celebrate the achievements of trustees across the UK⭐.
We would like to sincerely thank our trustees for their time, expertise and unwavering commitment to SCIE and to social care excellence more broadly💙.
We would like to sincerely thank our trustees for their time, expertise and unwavering commitment to SCIE and to social care excellence more broadly💙.
📣Getting the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty right for children and young people
📅Thursday 27 November
⏰09:30 – 10.30 am
📌BIC, Bournemouth
This interactive session at #NCASC25 will include polls, Q&As and smaller group discussions. Find out more on our website🔗.
📅Thursday 27 November
⏰09:30 – 10.30 am
📌BIC, Bournemouth
This interactive session at #NCASC25 will include polls, Q&As and smaller group discussions. Find out more on our website🔗.
National Children and Adult Services Conference (NCASC) 2025 - SCIE
SCIE will attend the National Children and Adult Services Conference (NCASC) to showcase digital innovation around future care models.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
📣Getting the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty right for children and young people
📅Thursday 27 November
⏰09:30 – 10.30 am
📌BIC, Bournemouth
This interactive session at #NCASC25 will include polls, Q&As and smaller group discussions. Find out more on our website🔗.
📅Thursday 27 November
⏰09:30 – 10.30 am
📌BIC, Bournemouth
This interactive session at #NCASC25 will include polls, Q&As and smaller group discussions. Find out more on our website🔗.
The UK Supreme Court was recently asked to reconsider what deprivation of liberty means.
In this blog for The Open Justice Court of Protection Project, Claire Webster, Practice Development Consultant at SCIE, reflects on what this means for those working in health and social care.
In this blog for The Open Justice Court of Protection Project, Claire Webster, Practice Development Consultant at SCIE, reflects on what this means for those working in health and social care.
Reform, not rollback: Reflections from a social worker and former DOLS lead on the upcoming Supreme Court case about deprivation of liberty
This question strikes at the heart of the “subjective element” of deprivation of liberty. And it’s why charities like Mind, Mencap, and the National Autistic Society are sounding the alarm. As some…
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November 3, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The UK Supreme Court was recently asked to reconsider what deprivation of liberty means.
In this blog for The Open Justice Court of Protection Project, Claire Webster, Practice Development Consultant at SCIE, reflects on what this means for those working in health and social care.
In this blog for The Open Justice Court of Protection Project, Claire Webster, Practice Development Consultant at SCIE, reflects on what this means for those working in health and social care.
Yesterday, in partnership with The Access Group, we convened the second roundtable in our four-part series focused on national standards of care.
Thank you to all those who attended and contributed to a wonderful discussion.
Thank you to all those who attended and contributed to a wonderful discussion.
October 31, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Yesterday, in partnership with The Access Group, we convened the second roundtable in our four-part series focused on national standards of care.
Thank you to all those who attended and contributed to a wonderful discussion.
Thank you to all those who attended and contributed to a wonderful discussion.
Today, 31 October 2025, SCIE has welcomed the Government’s announcement that the first-ever full review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP), or the Timms Review, will be led by disabled people.
Read our full statement, authored by our Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE, on our website.
Read our full statement, authored by our Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE, on our website.
The Timms Review: SCIE welcomes Government’s commitment to co-production- SCIE
Today, 31 October 2025, the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has responded to the Government’s announcement that the first-ever full review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP), or the Ti...
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October 31, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Today, 31 October 2025, SCIE has welcomed the Government’s announcement that the first-ever full review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP), or the Timms Review, will be led by disabled people.
Read our full statement, authored by our Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE, on our website.
Read our full statement, authored by our Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE, on our website.
We are proud to share that yesterday, SCIE Trustee, Isaac Samuels, received their Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) medal at a prestigious investiture ceremony.
October 29, 2025 at 10:49 AM
We are proud to share that yesterday, SCIE Trustee, Isaac Samuels, received their Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) medal at a prestigious investiture ceremony.
Last week, SCIE and The Access Group hosted the first of four roundtables to help lead the sector towards a framework within which national care standards can be developed.
This blog by Kathryn Marsden OBE and Anisa Byrne discusses the findings in detail and outlines the next steps.
This blog by Kathryn Marsden OBE and Anisa Byrne discusses the findings in detail and outlines the next steps.
Taking first steps towards a National Care Service: exploring how we raise standards of care - SCIE
Last week, the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) and the Access Group hosted the first of four roundtables to help lead the sector towards a framework within which national care standards ca...
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October 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Last week, SCIE and The Access Group hosted the first of four roundtables to help lead the sector towards a framework within which national care standards can be developed.
This blog by Kathryn Marsden OBE and Anisa Byrne discusses the findings in detail and outlines the next steps.
This blog by Kathryn Marsden OBE and Anisa Byrne discusses the findings in detail and outlines the next steps.
Last week, SCIE’s Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE, delivered a keynote address at ‘North West Forward: stories of digital support for working age adults’.
It explored the factors driving the need for innovation, barriers and how they can be overcome and the importance of co-production.
It explored the factors driving the need for innovation, barriers and how they can be overcome and the importance of co-production.
October 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Last week, SCIE’s Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE, delivered a keynote address at ‘North West Forward: stories of digital support for working age adults’.
It explored the factors driving the need for innovation, barriers and how they can be overcome and the importance of co-production.
It explored the factors driving the need for innovation, barriers and how they can be overcome and the importance of co-production.
Today, 24 October, SCIE has responded to the Care Quality Commission’s annual report, ‘The state of health care and adult social care in England 2024/25.’
Read our full statement, authored by our Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE, on our website.
Read our full statement, authored by our Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE, on our website.
Inequalities persist as demand for social care rises: SCIE responds to the CQC’s annual assessment of health and social care- SCIE
Community health and care services need immediate and sustained investment to meet these challenges, empower people to live with independence, dignity and purpose and support the delivery of the gover...
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October 24, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Today, 24 October, SCIE has responded to the Care Quality Commission’s annual report, ‘The state of health care and adult social care in England 2024/25.’
Read our full statement, authored by our Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE, on our website.
Read our full statement, authored by our Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE, on our website.
Transitional safeguarding: Strengthening practice across adolescence to adulthood.
📅Thursday 6 to Friday 7 November 2025
⏰09:30 to 12:30 (GMT) each day
📌Online
The course is aimed at practitioners who work with young people aged 14-25 years.
📅Thursday 6 to Friday 7 November 2025
⏰09:30 to 12:30 (GMT) each day
📌Online
The course is aimed at practitioners who work with young people aged 14-25 years.
Transitional safeguarding: strengthening practice across adolescence to adulthood - SCIE
View and book onto our transitional safeguarding course.
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October 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Transitional safeguarding: Strengthening practice across adolescence to adulthood.
📅Thursday 6 to Friday 7 November 2025
⏰09:30 to 12:30 (GMT) each day
📌Online
The course is aimed at practitioners who work with young people aged 14-25 years.
📅Thursday 6 to Friday 7 November 2025
⏰09:30 to 12:30 (GMT) each day
📌Online
The course is aimed at practitioners who work with young people aged 14-25 years.
Yesterday, 21 October, SCIE responded to the new Carers UK report, ‘State of Caring 2025: The cost of caring – the impact of caring across carers’ lives.’
Read our full statement, authored by our Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE, on our website.
Read our full statement, authored by our Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE, on our website.
SCIE urges government and sector partners to act on the growing cost of caring- SCIE
The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), on 21 October, responded to the new Carers UK report, ‘State of Caring 2025: The cost of caring – the impact of caring across carers’ lives.’
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October 22, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Yesterday, 21 October, SCIE responded to the new Carers UK report, ‘State of Caring 2025: The cost of caring – the impact of caring across carers’ lives.’
Read our full statement, authored by our Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE, on our website.
Read our full statement, authored by our Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE, on our website.
On Saturday 18 October, SCIE responded to news that the Government will launch a consultation on Liberty Protection Safeguards to improve safeguarding for vulnerable people.
Read our full statement, authored by our Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE, on our website.
Read our full statement, authored by our Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE, on our website.
SCIE welcomes improved safeguarding and protections for vulnerable people- SCIE
The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), on Saturday 18 October, responded to news that the government will launch a consultation on Liberty Protection Safeguards to improve safeguarding for v...
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October 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
On Saturday 18 October, SCIE responded to news that the Government will launch a consultation on Liberty Protection Safeguards to improve safeguarding for vulnerable people.
Read our full statement, authored by our Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE, on our website.
Read our full statement, authored by our Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE, on our website.
Today, SCIE and The Access Group are bringing together people who draw on care and support, sector leaders and practitioners for the first of our four roundtables to co-produce a framework for national standards of care.
October 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Today, SCIE and The Access Group are bringing together people who draw on care and support, sector leaders and practitioners for the first of our four roundtables to co-produce a framework for national standards of care.
Last week at the #CareShowBirmingham, our Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE, joined Jacqui Darlington, Deborah Rozansky, and Caroline Waugh for a panel discussion on ‘Successful co-production: practical approaches and success stories.’
Thank you to everyone who attended and contributed💙.
Thank you to everyone who attended and contributed💙.
October 16, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Last week at the #CareShowBirmingham, our Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE, joined Jacqui Darlington, Deborah Rozansky, and Caroline Waugh for a panel discussion on ‘Successful co-production: practical approaches and success stories.’
Thank you to everyone who attended and contributed💙.
Thank you to everyone who attended and contributed💙.
Today, 15 October 20205, SCIE has responded to the new Skills for Care publication, ‘The state of the adult social care sector and workforce in England 2025’.
Read our full statement, authored by our Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE, here.
Read our full statement, authored by our Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE, here.
Room for cautious optimism but further action required: SCIE responds to new Skills for Care data- SCIE
A relentless focus on improving care workers’ pay, working conditions and career opportunities remains critical to stabilising the social care system.
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October 15, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Today, 15 October 20205, SCIE has responded to the new Skills for Care publication, ‘The state of the adult social care sector and workforce in England 2025’.
Read our full statement, authored by our Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE, here.
Read our full statement, authored by our Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE, here.
Last week SCIE hosted its first ‘Get me to hospital: MCA guidance’ session.
Decisions about taking people with cognitive impairments to hospital can be complex. SCIE’s guidance focuses on supporting practitioners and the individual.
To learn more, take a look: www.scie.org.uk/mca/practice...
Decisions about taking people with cognitive impairments to hospital can be complex. SCIE’s guidance focuses on supporting practitioners and the individual.
To learn more, take a look: www.scie.org.uk/mca/practice...
October 15, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Last week SCIE hosted its first ‘Get me to hospital: MCA guidance’ session.
Decisions about taking people with cognitive impairments to hospital can be complex. SCIE’s guidance focuses on supporting practitioners and the individual.
To learn more, take a look: www.scie.org.uk/mca/practice...
Decisions about taking people with cognitive impairments to hospital can be complex. SCIE’s guidance focuses on supporting practitioners and the individual.
To learn more, take a look: www.scie.org.uk/mca/practice...
SCIE proudly helped deliver a key panel session at this year's Labour Party conference with @plmr.co.uk and @homecareassn.bsky.social.
We explored how social care can drive prevention, independence, and community-based support, ensuring the 10 Year Health Plan delivers real outcomes for people.
We explored how social care can drive prevention, independence, and community-based support, ensuring the 10 Year Health Plan delivers real outcomes for people.
October 14, 2025 at 8:25 AM
SCIE proudly helped deliver a key panel session at this year's Labour Party conference with @plmr.co.uk and @homecareassn.bsky.social.
We explored how social care can drive prevention, independence, and community-based support, ensuring the 10 Year Health Plan delivers real outcomes for people.
We explored how social care can drive prevention, independence, and community-based support, ensuring the 10 Year Health Plan delivers real outcomes for people.
It's World Mental Health Day—a day dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of good mental health.
In this blog, Donna Bronson-Barnes, SCIE’s Head of Social Care Improvement, reflects on the role strength-based leadership and co-production play in building services that empower people.
In this blog, Donna Bronson-Barnes, SCIE’s Head of Social Care Improvement, reflects on the role strength-based leadership and co-production play in building services that empower people.
World Mental Health Day: communities flourish when everyone feels heard - SCIE
This World Mental Health Day is a timely reminder that mental health isn't just an individual concern, it’s a community one.
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October 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
It's World Mental Health Day—a day dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of good mental health.
In this blog, Donna Bronson-Barnes, SCIE’s Head of Social Care Improvement, reflects on the role strength-based leadership and co-production play in building services that empower people.
In this blog, Donna Bronson-Barnes, SCIE’s Head of Social Care Improvement, reflects on the role strength-based leadership and co-production play in building services that empower people.
✨ On Tuesday, SCIE’s Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE, had the honour of hosting the Leaders in Care Awards 2025.
Congratulations to every nominee and winner. Your achievements exemplify the very best of the sector. And a huge thank you to ITP Media Group and Care Home Professional💙
Congratulations to every nominee and winner. Your achievements exemplify the very best of the sector. And a huge thank you to ITP Media Group and Care Home Professional💙
October 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
✨ On Tuesday, SCIE’s Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE, had the honour of hosting the Leaders in Care Awards 2025.
Congratulations to every nominee and winner. Your achievements exemplify the very best of the sector. And a huge thank you to ITP Media Group and Care Home Professional💙
Congratulations to every nominee and winner. Your achievements exemplify the very best of the sector. And a huge thank you to ITP Media Group and Care Home Professional💙
SCIE, in partnership with The Access Group, is stepping forward to help lead the sector drive to define national standards of care.
Together, we are hosting roundtables in October and November to co-produce a framework that will support consistency, personalisation and quality across the country.
Together, we are hosting roundtables in October and November to co-produce a framework that will support consistency, personalisation and quality across the country.
Towards a National Care Service - SCIE
SCIE, in partnership with The Access Group, is stepping forward to lead the sector drive to define national standards of care and shape the government’s reforms.
www.scie.org.uk
October 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
SCIE, in partnership with The Access Group, is stepping forward to help lead the sector drive to define national standards of care.
Together, we are hosting roundtables in October and November to co-produce a framework that will support consistency, personalisation and quality across the country.
Together, we are hosting roundtables in October and November to co-produce a framework that will support consistency, personalisation and quality across the country.
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.
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.
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October 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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.
Read our full statement here.
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’.
Ellie will be joining a panel discussion on ‘Balancing Regulation and Innovation in Children’s Services’.
CYP Conference 2025 – The Children & Young People Award
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October 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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’.
Ellie will be joining a panel discussion on ‘Balancing Regulation and Innovation in Children’s Services’.
📢 Attending the Care Show Birmingham?
Join us for this timely and practical panel discussion—‘Successful co-production: practical approaches and success stories’.
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
October 6, 2025 at 10:33 AM
📢 Attending the Care Show Birmingham?
Join us for this timely and practical panel discussion—‘Successful co-production: practical approaches and success stories’.
Join us for this timely and practical panel discussion—‘Successful co-production: practical approaches and success stories’.
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.
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.
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October 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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.
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.