Community Care Inform
Community Care Inform is a fantastic resource available to DBC staff working with adults and children & families in Darlington. It provides a wealth of online resources created by sector experts enabling professionals to make robust, evidence based decisions and to keep on top of their CPD. It includes:
- learning tools - podcasts, videos, webinars, group learning tools and case studies to support different learning styles
- practice guidance - in-depth guides on a huge range and variety of topics as well as at a glance summaries and top tips
- legal - summaries of the most significant cases with key points for practice plus comprehensive and accessible legislative guidance
- research - the latest and most relevant social care research summarised, with key practice points highlighted.
You can also log each learning event you complete on the website in your own CPD log. You can also record training accessed via other sources & you can easily download all of the information so you have an easily accessible record of your CPD.
- Community Care Inform Adults [external link]
- Community Care Inform Children [external link]
Welcome to Community Care Inform
If you have received your subscription to CCI but you aren't sure where to start then why not join one of their weekly interactive demonstrations! This short half hour session will give you hints & tips of how to make the most of your subscription.
To book a place please click on the following link: Weekly Demonstration [external website]
Live Webinar: Working with Autistic Adults
Monday 26 January 2026 from 11.00-12.00pm
Join our upcoming live webinar to enhance your understanding of autism and to build your knowledge and confidence in working with autistic adults.
During this one-hour session our expert speaker, Jenni Guthrie, will explore what autism and autistic experience is – and is not – and how that relates to social work and social care. She will focus on specific contexts where autistic adults may become involved with social care services, including safeguarding and autistic parenting.
Jenni will then consider how professionals can work relationally with autistic adults using the Autistic SPACES framework.
Learning points:
- An understanding of autism and how that relates to adult autistic experiences
- What may impact and influence your assessment, decision-making and support of autistic people
- How to make assessments and support for autistic adults more neuro-inclusive
Speaker:
Jenni Guthrie, social work educator and researcher, lead for BASW Neurodivergent Social Workers (Student and NQSW) Special Interest Group and co-director of Neuro Inclusive Solutions.
To book a place click on the following link: Eventbrite [external website]
When you arrive on the event booking page you will see the tickets marked as £35. As a Community Care Inform Adults subscriber you are eligible to attend for free. To register your free place, simply follow the online instructions and enter the following promo code when prompted: Inform260126
Learn on the Go Podcast: The Occupational Therapist’s Role in Eating Disorder Treatment
Episode 4 of Season 2 features Abigail Cardwell, the lead Occupational Therapist for Eating Disorders at the South West London & St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust, who discusses:
- the different types of eating disorders, their symptoms and prevalence
- how eating disorders can affect individuals’ functioning in various areas of their life and the different ways occupational therapists can play a part in their recovery
- the link between neurodivergence and eating disorders.
To listen click on the following link: CCI [external website]
More from Inform Adults:
- Webinar: Identifying & Working with Coercive & Controlling Behaviour [external website]
- Podcast: Working with Fathers in Child Protection [external website]
- Part 3 of the Children and Families Act 2014 [external website]