Preparing for CQC assessment A practical resource

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Preparing for CQC assessment A practical resource to help Principal Social Workers prepare for their role in CQC assessment. Introduction to PCH The Local Government Association and Association of Directors of Adult Social Services are Partners in Care and Health (PCH) working with well-respected organisations. PCH helps councils to improve the way they deliver adult social care and public health services and helps Government understand the challenges faced by the sector. The programme is a trusted network for developing and sharing best practice, developing tools and techniques, providing support and building connections. It is funded by the Department of Health and Social Care and offered to councils without charge. www.local.gov.uk/PCH Foreword Never has being a Principal Social Worker (PSW) played such a pivotal role within our organisations, our systems, and our communities. Our role is full of opportunity to make significant impact on the quality of social work practice through our skilled and experienced leadership. We develop and implement quality assurance standards and champion anti-racist and culturally inclusive right-based approaches, ensuring that our interventions are informed by strengths-based, relational social work practice. The CQC process is our opportunity to shine, to showcase our passion for practice, to celebrate our workforce and to demonstrate why social work makes a life-changing difference to the people we serve. Foreword continued But we also need to remember that all this work is hard, so it is essential that wherever we as PSWs find ourselves within the CQC assurance process, wellbeing, self-compassion and camaraderie empower and support us to enhance our resilience. The Adult PSW Network Leadership Team is proud to endorse this resource which will support us in our CQC assurance preparation journey. Sarah Range and Hannah Scaife Co-Chairs of the Adults PSW National Network “Believe in yourself, you're enough. It's no mistake that you're the PSW at this time.” Quote by Chris Erskine, PSW Lincolnshire County Council. Background Principal Social Workers (PSWs) are a key contributor in the Care Quality Commission local authority assessment process and PCH has responded to demand from the sector to provide support to help PSWs to prepare. This resource forms part of that support which also includes a webinar: Role of Principal Social Worker in CQC Assessment and a publication ‘Learning from the Care Quality Commission pilots for Principal Social Workers’. The resource has been developed in response to conversations with, and feedback from PSWs, chairs of national