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The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) carries out research in the care sector, particularly in adult, children’s and family care, and produced guidance and expert materials to support the deliverers of care services.

The mission of the SCIE is:

"The Social Care Institute for Excellence’s (SCIE) mission is to identify and spread knowledge about good practice to the large and diverse social care workforce and support the delivery of transformed, personalised social care services. We aim to reach and influence practitioners, managers and the sector leadership who have responsibility for service delivery in adults’ and children’s services. We recognise the central role of people who use services, children, young people, their families and their carers, and we aim to ensure their experience and expertise is reflected in all aspects of our work."

The role of the SCIE is:

"SCIE is an independent charity, funded by the Department of Health and the devolved administrations in Wales and Northern Ireland. SCIE identifies and disseminates the knowledge base for good practice in all aspects of social care throughout the United Kingdom. Only by understanding what works in practice - and what does not - can services be improved, and the status of the workforce be raised.

SCIE holds a unique and important remit for the sector, and like the sector itself, is entering a transitional phase. The coming changes in adult social care and embedding of changes envisaged in the Children Act 2004 will herald a critical new stage in SCIE’s development, as we go about reshaping our organisation to support the transformation of social care.

SCIE will become an increasingly influential and authoritative voice, recognised by the Government, opinion formers and the public as a champion not just for high-quality social care but also for service innovation. When people want to know what already works in social care, and what might work in the future, they will come to SCIE as their first port of call."