Care & support · England
Learning about good support with SCIE
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SCIE is the name of a charity.
It shares information about good care and support.
Find information
SCIE has information, training and research.
Some information uses harder words.
You can ask someone to help explain it.
Choose a useful topic
Start with a question that matters to you.
You might want to learn about your rights or support.
Check the cost
Some resources are free.
Some courses cost money.
Check the full cost before booking.
Check what is included
Ask what you will learn.
Ask if you will get a certificate.
Not every course gives you one.
Research
Research helps us learn more about a question.
Ask someone to explain what a study found.
It does not tell people everything about you.
Working together
People using services should help shape them.
Your ideas and experience matter.
Ask for access
Ask for information you can understand.
You may need breaks or captions.
Ask if someone can attend with you.
Make a change
Talk about what could improve your support.
Agree who will make the change.
Agree when you will check it.
What you can do next
Choose one topic.
Ask someone you trust to help if you want.
Open SCIE resources Web pageThis link opens another website.
It may use harder words.
More useful links
- SCIE: information and resources Web page
Browse guidance on care, housing, safeguarding and making decisions. Many resources use professional language.
- SCIE: training courses Web page
Courses for individuals and organisations. Check the audience, fees, access and booking conditions.
- SCIE: e-learning and free learning resources Web page
Online courses and some free resources. Free exploratory resources require a MySCIE account and do not include assessed certificates. Check each listing.
- SCIE: Care Equity Evidence Hub Web page
Research, data and practice evidence about unfair differences in social care. Standard text, mainly for people using evidence in their work.
- SCIE: tackling inequalities in care Web page
Guidance and project resources developed with people with learning disabilities and autistic people, including video and discussion of Easy Read material.
- SCIE: working together to improve services Web page
Explains coproduction: people using services, carers and staff sharing influence over how services are developed.
These links open other websites.
They may use harder words.
SCIE: training, information and research — Easy Read
Find SCIE information, training and research, and check costs, reading formats and how it can help.
England-focused signposting · SCIE also publishes UK-wide material
What SCIE does
SCIE stands for the Social Care Institute for Excellence. It is an independent charity sharing knowledge about improving social care. Its resources may help people using services, family carers, supporters and professionals. Many pages are written for workers and use longer words. Choose the information that fits your question.
Find information about care
The resources hub links to subjects such as safeguarding, housing, the Mental Capacity Act and working together. You could use a page to prepare questions for a support review or discuss how staff work with you. Check the date and whether the guidance is for England. Guidance is not itself a decision about your own care or funding.
Training and online learning
SCIE offers scheduled courses, training for organisations and online learning. Some courses charge. Before booking, check who the course is for, what it covers, the total fee, cancellation rules and whether there is an assessment or certificate. Ask for an accessible explanation of anything you do not understand.
Free resources are different from paid courses
The e-learning page identifies some free exploratory resources, including Get me to Hospital and Legal Literacy. These require a free MySCIE account and do not provide marked assessments or completion certificates. Other courses have their own terms. Check the current listing rather than assuming every SCIE course is free.
Research and evidence
SCIE’s Care Equity Evidence Hub brings together research, data and practice evidence about unfair differences in social care. It can help supporters and professionals explore what is known about a problem. Ask who took part in a study, how old it is, what it found and what remains uncertain. A study about a group does not decide what one person needs.
Learning disability and autistic people
SCIE’s tackling inequalities project looks at barriers such as delays in diagnosis, missing adjustments and health problems being wrongly explained by disability. People with lived experience helped shape it. The project includes guidance and videos, and describes Easy Read material. Use these to start a discussion about changes a service could make.
Working together and access
Coproduction means people using services and carers share influence with staff over how work is planned and done. SCIE has guidance about this. For a course or meeting, ask about plain language, captions, breaks, materials in advance and attending with a supporter. Check that the chosen format will work for you before paying.
Turn learning into a useful change
Choose one issue that matters to you. Bring a relevant resource to a meeting if you want to. Ask what the team will change, who will do it and when you will check progress. Your experiences, wishes and communication should stay central. Completing training does not by itself show that a service is giving good support.
Words you could use
“Please help me find information I can understand, and explain how this learning will improve my support.”
More useful links
- SCIE: information and resources Web page
Browse guidance on care, housing, safeguarding and making decisions. Many resources use professional language.
- SCIE: training courses Web page
Courses for individuals and organisations. Check the audience, fees, access and booking conditions.
- SCIE: e-learning and free learning resources Web page
Online courses and some free resources. Free exploratory resources require a MySCIE account and do not include assessed certificates. Check each listing.
- SCIE: Care Equity Evidence Hub Web page
Research, data and practice evidence about unfair differences in social care. Standard text, mainly for people using evidence in their work.
- SCIE: tackling inequalities in care Web page
Guidance and project resources developed with people with learning disabilities and autistic people, including video and discussion of Easy Read material.
- SCIE: working together to improve services Web page
Explains coproduction: people using services, carers and staff sharing influence over how services are developed.
These links open other websites.
They may use harder words.
Where the information comes from
Links checked 7 November 2026.
These links open other websites.
They may use harder words.
- SCIE: information and resources Web page
Browse guidance on care, housing, safeguarding and making decisions. Many resources use professional language.
- SCIE: training courses Web page
Courses for individuals and organisations. Check the audience, fees, access and booking conditions.
- SCIE: e-learning and free learning resources Web page
Online courses and some free resources. Free exploratory resources require a MySCIE account and do not include assessed certificates. Check each listing.
- SCIE: Care Equity Evidence Hub Web page
Research, data and practice evidence about unfair differences in social care. Standard text, mainly for people using evidence in their work.
- SCIE: tackling inequalities in care Web page
Guidance and project resources developed with people with learning disabilities and autistic people, including video and discussion of Easy Read material.
- SCIE: working together to improve services Web page
Explains coproduction: people using services, carers and staff sharing influence over how services are developed.