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Four Nations: Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

We work across Northern Ireland to support evidence-informed change in adult social care. Through local Demonstrators, Facilitators and Networks, we bring together research, lived experience and practice to improve lives. Explore our projects below.

2024-25

Managed budgets – ARC NI and SPPG, Northern Ireland
Transitions from children to adults – Pembrokeshire Council, Wales, and NI Mencap and Centre for Independent Living, Northern Ireland

2022-23

Asset-based approaches – IMPACT Agewell and MEAAP, Northern Ireland

2024-25

Boosting employment for people with a disability – North Wales Together, Wales
Family group decision making to support people with drug and alcohol issues – City of Edinburgh Council, Scotland
Improving support for carers – Carers NI/South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust, Northern Ireland
Improving support for people who hoard and self-neglect – Aberdeen Health and Social Care Partnership, Scotland
Housing models for people with learning disability – Thera Trust, England
Enhancing choice and control for people with a learning disability – Positive Futures, Northern Ireland

2023-24

Community alternatives to hospital in a mental health crisis – Shared Lives in Caerphilly, Wales
Staying happy and well at home for longer – Southern HSC Trust, Northern Ireland
Recruiting more men into social care work – Paradise Independent Living in London, England
Tackling isolation in rural areas – Shared Lives Plus in Moray, Scotland

2022-23

Use of technology in care homes – Baillieston Community Care in Glasgow, Scotland
Direct payments in BAME communities – Leicester City Council, England
Supporting carers of people with dementia at end of life – The Hospice of the Valleys in Ebbw Vale, Wales

2024-25

Technology for prevention and independence – DHCNI_Digital Health and Care Northern Ireland
Involving people in strategic decision-making – Parent Action NI, DHCNI_Digital Health and Care Northern Ireland
Anti-racist practice and strengthening inclusion – British Association for Social Work Northern Ireland (BASW)
Carers, transitions and co-production – Brain Injury Matters, Carers NI
Recovery-based approaches to mental health – Laura Doyle
Commissioning differently – Brain Injury Matters

2023-24

Contacting for support: remodelling the front door – Brain Injury Matters
Care workforce wellbeing – Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC)
People with learning disabilities/autistic people leaving long-stay hospitals – Compass Advocacy Network (CAN)
Social care in rural areas – Carers NI, Mencap NI
Relationships between care homes and their residents/local communities – Spa Nursing Home Group

2022-23

Enhancing choice and control – Community of Common Interest’ – coordinated by ARC NI
Values-based staff recruitment – Northern Ireland Social Care Council

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