Welsh Social Care - CIW

There’s a new delivery plan (2016-19), for realising the objectives of the 2012 ‘Together for Mental Health’ strategy for mental health and well-being in Wales. This builds upon the 2010…

The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act, 2014, mandates local authorities in Wales and their contracted care providers to deliver services in a ‘person-centred’ way. In effect this means that…

Social care has been moving inexorably over past decades, from a heavily medicalised model with an emphasis upon disease and disability, towards a more distinctly social model. This has led…

Leadership is about taking services forward, improving standards, promoting best-practice and inspiring others. Leadership is the final theme in the new (interim) Inspection Framework for care services in Wales. This…

The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act, (SSWA), 2014, established a clear direction of travel for social care which is now being followed through with new (interim) inspection methodology, prior…

  The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act, 2014, will in the words of the CSSIW (which enforces compliance) “transform the way social services are delivered, promoting people’s independence to…

Wales is currently going through a period of upheaval regarding service regulation, and a fundamental shift in the underlying philosophy of care and support delivery.  In this article we will…

Achieving truly person-centred care and support is a central objective of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act, 2014. Conversely, this means moving away from practice which is less flexible,…