What are in these sections?
Practice
Social care workers have told us how important good practice is in order for them to carry out their jobs successfully.
This section includes all the latest practice articles from Community Care and also breaks down articles by client group so you can select articles written in your field of work.
Research
Community Care presents useful and recent social care research on good practice in the sector from both academics and practitioners.
The evidence-based practice is across both children and adult services.
Expert guides
Our database of more than 50 expert guides offers you all-you-need-to-know information on a variety of topics across the social care sector.
In adult services, there are expert guides on personalisation, individualised budgets and direct payments as well as older people’s services.
Across the children’s services sector, the guides vary from the Baby P case in Haringey to the issue of unaccompanied asylum seeking children and from child poverty to autism.
Workforce issues such as conduct, the social work degree and social work jobs also feature in these accessible must-have guides.
Legal
A team of legal experts provide regular updates on cases relevant to social care, with explanations of what each case means for people working in the sector.
PRTL/90hours
This section is designed to help social workers fulfil their Post-Registration Training and Learning (PRTL) requirements.
Topics outlined include what is PRTL, what counts as acceptable PRTL, how do I log my 90 hours and top tips on continued professional development.