Nick Johnson

Part eight: Providing well managed services

Well managed services are the hallmark of best practice. With indifferent management, it can be almost guaranteed that services will be unsatisfactory. Nick Johnson explains.

Part seven: The importance of support services

Entering a care home may disconnect people from many services and support systems. Nick Johnson explains how continued access to medical care, leisure and a social life can make the difference.

Part six: Maintaining links and relationships

Creating a Home from Home asserts that the continued involvement with family, friends and other social networks exemplifies centres of best practice. Nick Johnson explains.

Part one: Making decisions and being involved

To begin this series on the components of good care practice, Nick Johnson looks at how we can maximize the power and control available to service users.

Part three: Valuing the individual

This article, part of the components of good care practice series, focuses on meeting the unique needs and wishes of the person in a care setting.

Part two: A good place to live

This article examines what this phrase means in a care environment – in which staff are working where people live, rather than residents living where the staff work.

Part four: Personal care and support

Nick Johnson explains that continued involvement of a service user with life outside of his or her home is a key role of social care. This component of care is at the heart of all that we do.

Inductions to social care: the foundations of a sound career

The introduction of five standard units for the delivery of induction provides not only good guidance for employers but a way for new workers to have clear expectations.