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Resource creator: e-learning for health (e-ELCA)
The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism aims to provide the care and health workforce with the right skills and knowledge to provide safe, compassionate and informed care to autistic people and people with a learning disability.
We’ve partnered with Health Education England to produce an instructional video and guide to explain how care providers can access the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training eLearning. The e-learning covers part of the new mandated training for all CQC regulated health and adult social care staff. Further information about the wider training is available from the Skills for Care website.
Date published: October 2022
Resource creator: National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
This is a short and visually appealing guide for social care practitioners, containing key information from the relevant NICE guidance.
Date published: April 2022
Resource creator: National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
This guideline covers support for disabled children and young people with severe complex needs, from birth to 25 years. It aims to encourage education, health and social care services to work together and provide more coordinated support to children and young people, and their families and carers.
Date published: March 2022
Resource creator: National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
This guideline covers how organisations, practitioners and carers should work together to deliver high-quality care, stable placements and nurturing relationships for looked-after children and young people. It aims to help these children and young people reach their full potential and have the same opportunities as their peers.
Date published: October 2021
Resource creator: National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing suspected or confirmed autism spectrum disorder (autism, Asperger’s syndrome and atypical autism) in people aged 18 and over.
It aims to improve access and engagement with interventions and services, and the experience of care, for people with autism. It includes recommendations on interventions for challenging behaviour and interventions for coexisting mental disorders.
Date published: June 2021
Resource creator: National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
This quality standard covers the provision of support for adults aged 18 or over who provide unpaid care for one or more person aged 16 or over with health and social care needs. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement. In particular, please see statements 1, 2 and 5.
Date published: March 2021
Resource creator: Skills for Care
This framework has been developed with input from experts across health, social care, the police, the justice system and the voluntary sector.
The framework sets out the knowledge and skills required by those who may meet the survivors of slavery and human trafficking.
It’s intended that the standards will be integrated into other training curriculums.
Date published: December 2020
Resource creator: National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
NICE quality standard on the care of children, young people and adults with a learning disability and behaviour that challenges.
It includes statements and measures on:
- initial assessment of behaviour that challenges
- a designated coordinator for the behaviour support plan
- personalised daily activities- review of restrictive interventions
- the use of antipsychotic medication.
The statements are specific and concise and focus on priorities for quality improvement.
Date published: July 2019
Resource creator: National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
This NICE Quality Standard advocates that people with dementia are supported to choose from a range of activities to promote wellbeing that are tailored to their preferences.
Date published: June 2019
Resource creator: National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
This quality standard covers promoting health and preventing premature mortality among black, Asian and other minority ethnic groups. It is relevant to all age groups and all settings. The statements are specific and concise and focus on priorities for quality improvement. In particular, please see statement 1.
Date published: May 2018
Resource creator: National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
This guideline covers services for children, young people and adults with a learning disability (or autism and a learning disability) and behaviour that challenges. It aims to promote a lifelong approach to supporting people and their families and carers, focusing on prevention and early intervention and minimising inpatient admissions.
This guideline should be read alongside the NICE guideline on challenging behaviour and learning disabilities: prevention and interventions.
Date published: March 2018
Resource creator: National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
This guideline covers the care and support of adults receiving social care in their own homes, residential care and community settings. It aims to help people understand what care they can expect and to improve their experience by supporting them to make decisions about their care.
Please see:
- E6.1 – recommendation 1.4.13
- E6.2 – recommendations 1.4.13 & 1.4.1
- E6.3 – recommendation 1.4.14
- E6.4 – recommendations 1.4.15 to 1.4.17
Date published: February 2018
Resource creator: National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
This is the NICE quality standard on the short-term prevention and management of violent and physically threatening behaviour among adults, children and young people with a mental health problem. It includes statements and measures on:
- identifying triggers and warning signs
- preventing and managing violent and aggressive behaviour.
The statements are specific and concise and focus on priorities for quality improvement. In particular, please see statement 1.
Date published: June 2017
Resource creator: National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
This NICE Quality Standard advocates that older people with multiple long-term conditions and eligible social care needs have a review of their health and social care plan at least once a year.
Date published: September 2016
Resource creator: National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
This NICE Quality Standard advocates that people who’ve had a stroke have a structured health and social care review at six months and one year after the stroke, and then annually.
Date published: April 2016
Resource creator: National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
This guideline covers the planning and delivery of person-centred care for older people living in their own homes. It aims to promote older people's independence and to ensure safe and consistently high quality home care services.
Date published: September 2015
Resource creator: National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
This NICE Quality Standard advocates that people in care homes have the symptoms and signs of physical problems recognised and recorded as part of their care plan.
Date published: December 2013
Resource creator: National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
This NICE quality standard advocates that people who are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition have a management care plan that aims to meet their complete nutritional requirements.
It also includes statements and measures on:
- screening for the risk of malnutrition
- management care plans
- documentation and communication of screening results and nutrition support goals
- self-management of artificial nutrition support.
Date published: November 2012
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