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.
New resources
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.
Communications toolkit
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.
See: Communications toolkit.
Help us portray social care positively
ASCC Conference 2008
Presentations from the 2008 conference are now available in the members area.
New in the Members area
The latest issue of the Synergy newsletter is now available.
New resources
Effective and Efficient Use of Resources in Services for Children and Young People with Speech, Language and Communication Needs - DCSF Research Report (PDF file)
Information booklet for older people on hospital stays
The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has produced a booklet to help older people to manage their hospital stays. Written and developed in partnership with older people, the booklet covers a comprehensive range of issues including how to prepare for a hospital stay, what to expect from doctors, nursers and social care staff, and how to plan and what to expect when you leave hospital. The booklet will be useful to older people, their carers, and health and social care professionals. Local information and contacts are important, so SCIE has made the artwork for the booklet available online for organisations to download, personalise and brand with their own information, and print.
See: Information booklet for older people on hospital stays
Lost to the System? The Impact of Fair Access to Care
A report commissioned by the Commission for Social
Care Inspection for the production of The state
of social care in England 2006-07.
See:
Lost
to the System? The Impact of Fair Access to Care
The State of Social Care in England 2006-7 (29 January 2008)
People not receiving care from councils are struggling
with a poor quality of life. So says our third
annual report to Parliament on the state of social
care. It gives a comprehensive overview of
the social care sector in England.
See: The
State of Social Care in England 2006-7
Hello, how can I help?
Councils
must give people looking for care better
and more accessible information. That’s
the verdict of our mystery shopper exercise,
the results of which you can read in our
report.
See: Hello,
how can I help?
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
- Plain English services (Date added: 04/11/2008)
- Service User / Carer Engagement (Date added: 01/10/2008)
- Fostering Campaigns (Date added: 19/06/2008)
- Information for councillors (Date added: 19/06/2008)
- Commission for Social Care Inspection - newsletter for social care professionals (Date added: 10/07/2007)