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We work in partnership with both the City of Edinburgh and Falkirk Councils.
SCIE provide a wealth of learning resources on their site. Their mission is to improve the lives of people who use care services by sharing knowledge about what works. They are an independent charity that works with adults, families and children’s social care and social work services across the United Kingdom. The SCIE have also developed Social Care TV where you can watch videos to learn about subjects such as safeguarding adults, Working with mental health, dementia, challenging behaviors, and many more subjects.
Scottish Care is a not for profit organisation and is the voice of the independent care sector in Scotland, representing the large majority of care homes, including some charity and voluntary. Convening regular meetings with all national statutory authorities and bodies including, the Scottish Parliament, the Scottish Executive, cosla, ADSW, they aim to represent all independent care providers in Scotland, including UKwide national groups or organisations, who have operating units or companies in Scotland.
Alzheimer’s Society is a membership organisation, which works to improve the quality of life of people affected by dementia in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The Joint Improvement Team (JIT) is a uniquely positioned strategic improvement partnership between the Scottish Government, NHS Scotland, COSLA (Convention of Scottish Local Authorities) and the Third, Independent and Housing Sectors. They provide a range of practical improvement support and challenge including knowledge exchange, developmental innovation and improvement capacity and direct practical support to local health, housing and social care partnerships across Scotland.