Welcome to the Association of Social Care Communicators (ASCC)
The Association of Social Care Communicators (ASCC) is the only UK organisation that links and supports public information workers in social services and social work departments, health and voluntary sector organisations.
The ASCC is a membership organisation and you will find details of our activities and how to join the ASCC elsewhere on the site. Members of the ASCC have access to their own area with on-line copies of the ASCC's newsletter Synergy, a database of members' names and contact details, and other 'member-only' features.
News
Every child matters
The new ‘every child matters’ website is now live.
Swine Flu updates
A range of materials has been added to the Department of Health website to help communicate the public health information contained in the national Swine Flu campaign. The toolkit includes leaflets, press ads and posters. These have been supplied as pdfs and word documents. In addition to the generic versions of these items, there are versions of the leaflets and posters that allow the inclusion of local contact details.
Please visit Swine flu campaign resources.
Information Accreditation Scheme
Events
Regional Seminars 2009 - book online now
The Association of Social Care Communicators’ Regional Seminars are held every other year in between our main biannual Training Conference. Its aim is to provide a networking and training opportunity for anyone involved in social care communicators across the UK. It’s a time to network, pick up new skills and be inspired!
To find out more please look at our Regional Seminars 2009 page.
How to use the electronic media to communicate effectively with teenagers
13 May 2009 - Euston, London
See: http://www.rodlaird.co.uk/default.asp?page=737
New resources
Communications toolkit
The Office for Disability Issues has published a communications toolkit to help local authorities communicate more effectively with disabled people. The toolkit has been developed in partnership with four local authorities, who have tested out new ways of involving disabled people in their work. Find out about this exciting new project on the Local Government Association website. You can check out the ODI's own guidance for better communication in our Improving Communication section.
Personalisation: a rough guide - 'Easy Read guide to personalisation' from the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE).
Communities in Control: Real people, real power. Code of recommended practice on local authority publicity. A consultation (277kb PDF file). Department for Communities and Local Government.
Guidance on writing early years inspection reports for the website, Ofsted - The aim of this guidance is to assist inspectors to write inspection reports of early years provision other than that directly provided by schools.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has produced a communications toolkit for local authorities focusing on:
- how to design and implement an effective communications strategy;
- how to create and disseminate an effective message;
- how to target the message at the appropriate customer group;
- how to monitor progress.
New in Members section
- Latest issue of Synergy now available
- Conference 2007 report and presentations are now available
- NHS Choices Programme briefing
- Members survey 2006
- An information accreditation scheme for health and social care in England
New on the Members noticeboard
- LGNL menu (Date added: 22/05/2009)
- Office for Disability Issues photo gallery (Date added: 10/02/2009)
- Commission for Social Care Inspection - newsletter for social care professionals (Date added: 10/07/2007)