Adults and their carers at the heart of practice
Our work in Adult Social Care, at every level, intends to provide support to the residents of Coventry, in the least intrusive manner possible, based on the assets, resources and abilities that are available to them. Our focus is on the promotion of independence and this continues to be at the heart of the way we work and provide support.
Essential to the delivery of this is taking a ‘strength-based’ practice approach. Strengths-based approaches are key to effective social work, occupational therapy, social care interventions and achieving the best outcomes for people. In addition, the Care Act 2014 emphasises that local authorities should consider the person’s own strengths and capabilities, and what support might be available from their wider support network or within the community to help.
How we expect our staff to operate, the tools they are required to use and the support available in order to deliver positive outcomes for adults and their carers is what our ‘Adults and their carers at the heart of practice’ framework is produced to do.
In the same way that social work and social care doesn’t stand still neither will this practice framework. It will change as our approach develops and staff working within the service, plus feedback from the people that we support will be used to support this ongoing development.
We hope Coventry will be an incredibly rewarding place for practitioners to work for those who want to focus on practice and who are excited by the opportunity to be part of our adult services in one of the most diverse and dynamic cities in the country.
Download and print a copy of the adult social care practice framework.
In support of our practice framework we have produced a toolkit which identifies the practice tools, techniques and approaches that can support practitioners in the practical application of strengths-based approaches.