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Supporting people
Resources and guidance promoting and supporting safe person-centred care
Strength based and person centred care
- Leadership in strengths-based social care – SCIE
- Person-centred care planning guidance for care homes (PDF)
- Person-centred care planning guidance for domiciliary and extra care services (PDF)
- What is person centred care worksheet (PDF)
- Writing Good Care Plans (PDF)
- Domiciliary Care tasks worksheet (PDF)
- Important to and Important for person-centred care worksheet (PDF)
- Person-Centred Thinking Tools – Helen Sanderson Associates
Communication
- Communication cards for people living with dementia (PDF)
- Social care practice, strengths-based practice and meaningful relationships in hybrid working – SCIE
- Making a difference for care staff members (PDF)
- Making a difference for care managers (PDF)
Falls
- Falls prevention training presentation (PDF)
- Preventing Falls Checklist (PDF)
- Hampshire County Council Post Falls Action Flowchart (PDF)
Hydration and nutrition
- Hydration at Home - Health Innovation Wessex
- Information and resources to help care homes to meet their residents’ nutritional needs via a food-based approach - NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight
- Framework for food textures and drink thickness - International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative
- Adult Speech and Language Therapy - Portsmouth and South East Hampshire
Medicines
Safeguarding
Risk assessment
- Positive Risk Taking Information sheet (PDF)
- Sensible risk assessment in care settings – HSE
- Risk assessment: Template and examples – HSE
Mental capacity
- Managing the requirements of the Mental Capacity Act (PDF)
- Mental Capacity Act assessment case study (PDF)
- Provider Consent Form template (PDF)
- Mental Capacity Act (MCA) - SCIE
- MCA assessment and determination form (DOC)
- Decision-making and mental capacity guidance | NICE
Managing people
Resources and guidance to support effective management of social care workforce
Recruitment
- Recruitment and retention - Skills for Care
- Recruitment support - Skills for Care
- Values based recruitment - Skills for Care
- International recruitment - Skills for Care
- International recruitment - SESCA
- Regulatory policy position on modern slavery and unethical international recruitment - Care Quality Commission
- Social care interview question guide (PDF)
Supervision and appraisals
Values and team culture
- A positive culture toolkit for adult social care - Skills for Care (PDF)
- Values based recruitment - Skills for Care
- World Values Day
- World Values Day 2025 - Values Guide for Organisations (PDF)
- Developing a team charter - People First (PDF)
- Reflecting on values in practice worksheet (PDF)
Wellbeing
- Taking care of your staff’s mental health | Mind website
- Wellbeing - Skills for Care
- Wellbeing Action Plan (PDF)
Service delivery
Resources and guidance promoting effective governance and oversight of quality services
Health and safety
- Health and social care - Health and Safety Executive
- Health and safety in care homes - Health and Safety Executive
Record keeping and data protection
- Ombudsman issues guide for care providers on good record keeping - Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman
- Digital record systems: achieving good outcomes for people using adult social care services - Care Quality Commission
- Provider Data Protection presentation (PDF)
Infection prevention and control
- IPC support for Adult Social Care colleagues - NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight
- Contacts: UKHSA health protection teams - GOV.UK
- Infection prevention and control in adult social care - Acute respiratory infection - GOV.UK
- National infection prevention and control manual (NIPCM) for England
- Infection Prevention Control Compliance Assessment Tool - National Care Forum (PDF)
Inspection preparation and compliance
- Resources to support with CQC assessment
- Preparing for CQC assessment - Skills for Care
- Good and Outstanding care (GO) - Skills for Care
- Inspection toolkit - Skills for Care
Governance good practice
- Introduction to governance in adult social care (PDF)
- Schemes and Projects - NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Policies and procedures
Audits and checks
Using feedback to develop services
Training and development
Fire safety
Learning from incidents and complaints
- Duty of candour - GOV.UK
- Regulation 20: Duty of candour – Care Quality Commission
- Learning from safety incidents - Care Quality Commission
- Resources for care providers - Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman
Environment
- Making your home dementia friendly - Alzheimers Society (PDF)
- Dementia-friendly care home environmental assessment tool (PDF)
- Dementia Friendly Environments Checklist (PDF)