SCIE is putting the focus on prevention in adult services
17:30 - 21/12/2010
SCIE is putting the focus on preventi...
The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) is aiming to promote independence and wellbeing for vulnerable adults through the addition of a new ‘Prevention’ section on their website.
The idea behind the new webpage is to supply commissioners and care providers with evidence and practical advice. It will focus on three key areas: early intervention; reablement and the mental health and wellbeing of older people with care and support needs.
The Government’s recently launched vision for the future of adult social care features prevention as a key factor. It incorporates the general issue of ongoing care and support for elderly people.
Initially, the new section of SCIE’s site will focus on how to prevent or delay the deterioration of wellbeing in elderly, ill or disabled people and how to delay the requirement for more intensive care services. It also looks at how further investment in preventative care and support services, including reablement, can help to promote independence for vulnerable adults.
SCIE are planning further developments to the site in the near future and are working with an advisory group of people who commission, provide and use services in order to give the best practice guidance based on available evidence. Where possible, SCIE are also planning to provide information about costs and the cost-effectiveness of preventative approaches.
David Walden, the Director of Adult Services for SCIE, says: “The Prevention Agenda will play an important role in care and support over the next few years. During a time of financial restraint, it is inevitable that commissioners consider focussing their resources only on those with the highest needs. But the developing evidence base on areas like reablement and the Partnership for Older People Projects (POPPS) shows that not investing – or even disinvesting – in prevention is a false economy [...].”
Care providers should ensure that they visit the new webpages in order to become well-informed on the issue of prevention. To build on the information and guidance provided by SCIE, they can also ensure they undertake a programme of training.
First Response Training can provide training in the Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults, which teaches care workers to protect adults from harm and and how to identify the signs and symptoms of abuse.
Charlotte Potter, Head of Quality and Curriculum at First Response, a unique position within the sector, says: “Prevention is an important issue and something every care worker should be aware of. Safeguarding is an integral part of prevention and training in safeguarding is a must for all care workers. I am confident that our course can provide carers with the knowledge and skills they need to protect the vulnerable adults in their care from harm. Just as disinvesting in prevention is a false economy, so is the decision not to invest in training.”
Call First Response on 0800 310 2300 to find out more.
The idea behind the new webpage is to supply commissioners and care providers with evidence and practical advice. It will focus on three key areas: early intervention; reablement and the mental health and wellbeing of older people with care and support needs.
The Government’s recently launched vision for the future of adult social care features prevention as a key factor. It incorporates the general issue of ongoing care and support for elderly people.
Initially, the new section of SCIE’s site will focus on how to prevent or delay the deterioration of wellbeing in elderly, ill or disabled people and how to delay the requirement for more intensive care services. It also looks at how further investment in preventative care and support services, including reablement, can help to promote independence for vulnerable adults.
SCIE are planning further developments to the site in the near future and are working with an advisory group of people who commission, provide and use services in order to give the best practice guidance based on available evidence. Where possible, SCIE are also planning to provide information about costs and the cost-effectiveness of preventative approaches.
David Walden, the Director of Adult Services for SCIE, says: “The Prevention Agenda will play an important role in care and support over the next few years. During a time of financial restraint, it is inevitable that commissioners consider focussing their resources only on those with the highest needs. But the developing evidence base on areas like reablement and the Partnership for Older People Projects (POPPS) shows that not investing – or even disinvesting – in prevention is a false economy [...].”
Care providers should ensure that they visit the new webpages in order to become well-informed on the issue of prevention. To build on the information and guidance provided by SCIE, they can also ensure they undertake a programme of training.
First Response Training can provide training in the Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults, which teaches care workers to protect adults from harm and and how to identify the signs and symptoms of abuse.
Charlotte Potter, Head of Quality and Curriculum at First Response, a unique position within the sector, says: “Prevention is an important issue and something every care worker should be aware of. Safeguarding is an integral part of prevention and training in safeguarding is a must for all care workers. I am confident that our course can provide carers with the knowledge and skills they need to protect the vulnerable adults in their care from harm. Just as disinvesting in prevention is a false economy, so is the decision not to invest in training.”
Call First Response on 0800 310 2300 to find out more.
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