What steps can we take to better share power with those who draw on social care? Join a series of open access webinars to explore an Evidence Review co-produced by Research in Practice and Social Care Future.
The Care Act 2014 statutory guidance emphasises the need for local authorities to adopt co-production, treating people with lived experience as equal partners in designing, delivering and evaluating services. It is one of the key principles involved with building community capacity and in supporting outcomes focused, person-centred approaches to social care.
Our Evidence Review brought people with diverse lived experiences of social care together to discuss five key changes needed to unlock an equal life:
- Communities where everyone belongs
- Living in the place we call home
- Leading the lives we want to live
- More resources, better used
- Sharing power as equal
In a series of three open access webinars, we invite you to explore key messages from the review, each session focusing on different topic areas. Designed for anyone with an interest in adult social care, including frontline practitioners, managers, leaders, commissioners and people with lived experience of accessing care and support services. There are also messages on the value of co-production for colleagues in broader local authority roles such as civic planning.
By working together and amplifying the voices of people with lived experience, we can address power imbalances and create more equitable support.
We are also interested in sharing your experiences of using the resources in your role or organisation. If you have examples of where you have applied learning from this Evidence Review, we would love to hear from you. Contact us to share your examples.
A brighter social care future: Communities where everyone belongs
The first webinar on 28 May will introduce Social Care Future and explore how the Evidence Review was co‑produced.
We will examine the first key change, Communities where everyone belongs, considering what community means to people and how communities can become more inclusive. We will highlight different aspects of what we mean by ‘community’, with a focus on the importance of accessibility and co-production.
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Home, choice, and control: Transforming adult social care for the lives people want to lead
The second webinar on 25 June will explore the key change Living in the place we call home, reflecting on what home means to different people. It looks at the barriers to people accessing suitable accommodation, what we can do to support people to overcome these barriers and sustain a home that meets their physical and emotional needs.
We will also examine the key change Leading the lives we want to live, with a focus on understanding, promoting and applying the social model of disability. The chapter considers how the social model of disability can be used to support people to overcome disabling barriers in society that prevent them from leading the lives they want to live.
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Sharing power and resourcing what matters: A new vision for adult social care
The third webinar on 23 July will discuss the key change More resources, better used, considering how resources can be used more effectively to provide meaningful care and support. It considers the ways we can reduce waste and improve efficiency. It also provides useful insights into ways we can develop innovative solutions in key areas of social care practice.
We will also explore the key change Sharing power as equals, focusing on how power can be shared with people to improve their care and support. The chapter examines how we can work in ways that help to build confidence and empower people to ‘positively challenge things that impact on our lives’.
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A brighter social care future: Communities where everyone belongs
Explore a co-produced Evidence Review from Research in Practice and Social Care Future that discusses the five key changes needed to unlock an equal life.
Home, choice, and control: Transforming adult social care for the lives people want to lead
Explore a co-produced Evidence Review from Research in Practice and Social Care Future that discusses the five key changes needed to unlock an equal life.
Sharing power and resourcing what matters: A new vision for adult social care
Explore a co-produced Evidence Review from Research in Practice and Social Care Future that discusses the five key changes needed to unlock an equal life.
A brighter social care future: co-producing the evidence to make five key changes
This Evidence Review was co-produced by Research in Practice and Social Care Future, and brought together groups of people, with different lived experiences of social care, to talk about five key changes needed in social care in order to unlock an equal life.
Talking about co-production and evidence with Social Care Future
Jeanette Sutton talks to Anna Severwright about co-production and the recent Research in Practice Evidence Review that was co-produced with Social Care Future, which outlines the changes that are needed to make life better and equal for those who draw on social care.