Co-production at SCIE

[Michael Turner]

It’s probably not the best metaphor to use so close to the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic, but it’s full steam ahead for a new co-production policy at SCIE (the Social Care Institute for Excellence).

SCIE's board approved a policy of working towards doing all our work in co-production with service users and carers last year and the implementation began with the appointment of Tina Coldham, a new service user representative to the board, in February. Tina’s role will include chairing a new co-production network with representatives of service user and carer organisations and equalities groups.

More details of SCIE's new co-production are available in our report – Towards Co-production: taking participation to next level – which is available here http://www.scie.org.uk/publications/reports/report53.asp

We’re also just starting work on a specific project called Co-production in the Age of Austerity – this will include an update on our existing research briefing on the evidence base for co-production (the current version is here http://www.scie.org.uk/publications/briefings/briefing31/index.asp) and a new guide to co-production. These are due to be completed late this year/early next year respectively.

We are currently putting together an advisory group for this project and would like to  include a practitioner involved in co-production in social care at a local level. Please let me know if you are interested.

 We are also looking for case studies of co-production in social care to feature in the guide – again please let me know if you have anything that might be useful.

[Michael Turner]

Thanks – this should be useful.

[Frankie Hine-Hughes]

Hey Michael,

Great to hear about the increasing co-production ethos at SCIE - will be keeping an eye out to see the progress you are making. 

I thought that you might find this link useful to several case studies in Social care -http://www.govint.org/good-practice/social-care/