Quality
More work needs to be done across the social care sector to improve the quality of care services.
TLAP's role in this is to help clarify which organisations are involved in driving quality, what they are doing and what this means for people who use services, carers and professionals.
Quality Initiatives Map
A map to help providers of adult social care navigate the complex quality system.
Key reports
Driving up Quality in Adult Social Care: Quality Assurance briefings
These briefings provide a framework to promote and support quality assurance and improvement in adult social care
Recent reports
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Reflections from the 'frontline' (opens new window)
Social workers' experiences of post-qualifying child care training and their current work practices in the new children's services.
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The Demos Commission on Residential Care (opens new window)
The Commission was formed in July 2013 to explore the future of residential care in its broadest sense - from care homes to extra care villages and supported living, for older and disabled people.
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John Kennedy's Care Home Inquiry (opens new window)
The final report of a personal inquiry into the crisis in UK care homes for older people.
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The Kingsmill Review: Taking Care (opens new window)
An independent report into working conditions in the Care Sector.
Other Quality resources
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Skills for Care - The Social Care Commitment (opens new window)
The sector's promise to provide safe, high quality services.
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National Collaborating Centre for Social Care Standards (opens new window)
Standards developed using NICE methods and intended for use with current frameworks and regulation to drive quality in adult social care.