CLS Heroes: Neil Jane and Kim
Derby Direct, LAC and Community Action Derby have worked closely together to develop the 'Community Hub'. This was initially a quick pandemic response in relation to shielding but has developed into much more
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CLS Heroes: Hazel and Alica
Hazel and Alica have been nominated for their amazing work with the Denbighshire Community Support Services Volunteers Project. It was set up at pace at the height of Covid 19. They have recruited and supported over 50 volunteers and careful matching with citizens has led to some fantastic outcomes for all. This award is for them and all the amazing Volunteers involved.
CLS Hero: Lee Calvert
Cheshire West & Chester are the most recent area to join the network and are still in the very early stages of getting going. He is a reluctant but highly deserving Hero demonstrating the preparation that is possible, behind the scenes and on top of an already highly busy and pressured ‘day job’.
CLS Hero: Andrew Dunston-Brady
Andrew Dunston Brady has embraced strength based practice throughout his work and always strives to promote independence, control and self esteem with those he works with.
The right thing to do is also the economically sound thing to do
Mike Richardson explains why the recent report demonstrates a forest of impact, rather than just green shoots of hope, for strength-based practice in Adult Social Care.
Observable Impacts of Community Led Support
Observable Impacts of Community Led Support: A summary of six opportunities and impacts of CLS Strength Based & Place Based working in Adult Social Care.
Radical Proposals for Adult Social Care in Scotland
If not now, when? And if not us – who? Elaine Torrance comments on the recent publication of the much-anticipated Adult Social Care Review in Scotland.
How COVID has transformed the strengths-based culture in West Sussex
All this changed with the pandemic lockdown ... recent circumstances in some instances ‘turbo charged’ the move to a strengths based culture of practice.
CLS and Covid-19
Through our Community Led Support (CLS) programme we are working with over 30 areas across the UK to transform the way they support people. Covid-19 has inevitably changed things but what has been the impact of CLS on this?
Paper 6b: Lessons from implementing CLS in Scottish Borders
In this Paper, we focus on Scottish Borders - an established CLS site with good data literacy and a realistic approach to collecting and using different sources of evidence - to look at what we know is changing as a result of their local approach and what can be learnt from this.