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The Communities of Practice in Adult Social Care: Previous Sessions

Our Communities of Practice in Adult Social Care bring together people working on the front line in local charity, voluntary and community organisations with people working in adult social care and health. Each of our sessions has a theme, with a speaker or training element. Our previous speakers and sessions have focused on:

How assistive technology can support people to stay independent at home, with Oxfordshire County Council’s Assistive Technology team
An introduction to trauma-informed practice, with Lisa Cherry of Trauma-Informed Consultancy Services
How does the adult social care assessment process actually work? with Oxfordshire County Council’s adult social care team
Support for microenterprises in care and support in Oxfordshire, with Community Catalysts
Trans inclusion
Support for Oxfordshire residents experiencing fuel poverty, with Better Housing Better Health
Making the most of Live Well Oxfordshire
Introducing Sport in Mind in Oxfordshire
Asset-based community development and active listening workshop, with Community First Oxfordshire
Support for carers, with Carers Oxfordshire
Dementia Friends training
Coping with the cost of living crisis, with Citizens Advice teams from across the county
Supporting people – and ourselves – to keep physically active, with Active Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire’s new Community Insight Profiles: what’s happened so far, what happens next, and how you can contribute
Recruiting and retaining volunteers, with Volunteer Link Up, Volunteer Connect or OCVA
User involvement and lived experience, with LEAF and Shaping Our Lives
Tackling loneliness, including workplace loneliness, with The Archway Foundation
The ‘No Limits’ project, delivered in partnership by SOFEA and Aspire, which aims to remove barriers to getting into work, education, or training, including among the over-50s and those identified as Clinically Extremely Vulnerable (CEV) for COVID, and/or affected by the digital divide, food poverty or other socio-economic deprivation
Introduction to Oxford University Gardens Libraries & Museums Community Engagement programme and Cultural Social Prescribing
Supporting healthy living in Oxfordshire, with Achieve Oxfordshire and NHS Health Checks
Gambling harms awareness: exploring the impacts and related harms of gambling, with GamCare