Clenton Farquharson, Associate Director of Think Local Act Personal, highlights the importance of language in reshaping the landscape of care and support.
John Potts, Lived Experience Working Group Member, and Gina Walton, Digital Innovation Lead at Kent County Council, explain the work and impact of the Kent Research Partnership’s Lived Experience Working Group.
Sean Ahern, Family Group Conferencing Manager for Camden Adult Social Care, shares his experience of Family Group Conferencing and explains how this way of working can support people to live the lives they want to live.
As the Department of Health and Social Care outlines plans to develop the social care workforce, Vici Richardson of Disability North speaks from a personal point of view about the importance of values-based support.
Jennifer Pearl, member of TLAP’s National Co-production Advisory Group, reflects on her experience at the National Children and Adult Services Conference in Bournemouth.
Following on from the Direct Payments Summit, held on 1st November, Dean Thomas, expert by experience, explains the eight changes he believes could transform direct payments.
In the third blog of our series in the lead up to the Direct Payments Summit we hear from Pat Stack, Chair of the National Direct Payment Forum and Camden Disability Action.
In the second of our blog series leading up to the November Direct Payments Summit we hear from Melanie Williams, Corporate Director of Adult Social Care and Health at Nottinghamshire County Council and Vice President of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS).
In the first of our blog series leading up to the TLAP Direct Payments Summit we hear from Chair of the TLAP Board, Clenton Farquharson, on improving direct payments.
Clenton Farquharson, Chair of the TLAP Board, reflects on the paramount value of trust in the foundations of social care and how nurturing trust in care and support can help build a more compassionate and effective social care system.
Head of Adult Social Care Policy for the Care Quality Commission (CQC), Dave James, tells us about how Making It Real was used to shape quality oversight in their single assessment framework.
Bryony Shannon writes about why language matters in care and support as she introduces the work we’ll be doing together to transform the narrative of care and support.
Isaac Samuels explores the challenges of navigating the complex language used in care and support and why it is necessary to redefine communication to foster empathy, understanding, and personalisation.
A new blog for co-production week 2023. How co-production in research can be radical plus a new collaboration between TLAP and the ESRC-funded Centre for Care.
Jenny Carter, member of the National Co-production Advisory Group, reflects on the report 'Why are we stuck in hospital?' and the importance of Care and Treatment Reviews.
National Co-production Advisory Group member Jennifer Pearl reflects on her recent experience of services, and how they could be improved by listening to the voices of people with lived experience.