Speakers from Wiltshire Council and Wiltshire Independent Centre for Living
We are back with another live episode of the Social Work Community Podcast – this time from Wiltshire adult social care. The session took place at Community Care Live 2024.
In this episode you will hear from Abbie-Jo Lawrence, who not only works for local disabled people’s organisation Wiltshire Centre for Independent Living (Wiltshire CIL) but also uses Wiltshire adult social care’s services.
This session is about how people with care and support needs and practitioners can work together, through co-production, to enable disabled people in Wiltshire to be able to live the life they want.
In this session, Abbie-Jo and colleagues from Wiltshire Council and Wiltshire CIL talk about practical ways to enable this to happen, such as by changing assessment forms and language. They explain how working together has improved the lives of adults with disabilities.
You will also hear the Q&A segment at the end.
Listening to this episode will benefit anyone who works in adult social care. And don’t forget, this podcast episode also counts as CPD.
The workshop was hosted by Kaylie Chapman, principal social worker at Wiltshire Council adult social care.
Taking part were:
- Dan Wilkins – head of transformation and quality assurance
- Leila Dickson – assistant team manager in the advice and contact team
- Abbie-Jo Lawrence – pioneer from Wiltshire Centre for Independent Living
- Rachael Hanwell – SEND resource facilitator at Wiltshire Centre for Independent Living
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