How well does social care assess and support older LGBTQ+ people?
How well does social care assess and support older LGBTQ+ people?
Delivered online using Teams
12:00 - 14:00 Thursday, 9 May 2024
The LGBTQ+ Older Adult Social Care Assessment (LOASCA) study sought to understand the experiences of LGBTQ+ older people who draw upon social care services. In this webinar, Dr Jason Schaub and a project advisor with lived experience share their findings, with key messages for social care.
This event is open to social care practitioners from children, young people and adults services. It is the third in a series of workshops focused on support for LGBTQ+ people who draw upon social care services.
Audience Types
Practitioners
Senior practitioners
Social workers
Team leaders
Workforce development teams
Principal Social Worker (PSW)
Professional Standards
PQS:KSS - Relationships and effective direct work | Communication | Developing excellent practitioners | Confident analysis and decision-making | Purposeful and effective social work | Creating a context for excellent practice | Developing excellent practitioners | The role of social workers | Person-centred practice | Effective assessments and outcome based support planning | Direct work with individuals and families | Values and ethics | Developing confident and capable social workers | Assuring good social work practice and development | Promoting and supporting critical analysis and decision-making
CQC - Safe | Effective | Caring | Responsive
PCF - Professionalism | Values and ethics | Diversity and equality | Rights, justice and economic wellbeing | Knowledge | Intervention and skills
RCOT - Understanding relationship | Service users | Collaborative | Communication | Identify needs
Supporting LGBTQ+ people who draw on social care throughout their lives
This webinar shares learning from two projects focused on supporting LGBTQ+ people who draw upon social care throughout their lives.