🧠 MCA & DoLS Workshop for Managers Are you an Adult Social Care manager looking to strengthen your understanding of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS)? 📅 Dates: 15 & 16 January 2026 ⏰ Time: 10:00am – 12:30pm (both days) 💻 Online via Zoom 🔗 bit.ly/3JIaMek

@mattiel.bsky.social's done it! In response to issues raised by the people in Daniel Hewitt's powerful ITV News film 'What is life really like for those with learning disabilities?' Sec of State for Social Care Wes Streeting tweeted: "I will act, especially on DNR issues". Watch: bit.ly/47OTvYQ

🩺 Are you responsible for assessing medication competence? 💊 Assessing Medication Competence in Social Care 📅 14 Jan 2026 | 🕙 10am–1pm | 💻 Zoom Gain the skills to assess medication competence confidently and consistently. Find out more 👉 bit.ly/4nSG2W3 Email [email protected]

"My deepest concern is for the future - what funding is there going to be?" These are the words of Matthew Lester, campaigner with lived experience of learning disability and Co-Chair of ARC England's Together4Change advocacy group in a powerful new ITV News film - watch it: wp.me/p9ih3D-9a8

📣 There’s still time to join us! Online (Internet) Harms and Grooming Co-delivered Workshop 📅: Tuesday 2 December 2025 🕰️: 10:00am – 4:00pm Explore the challenges of online harms & grooming. Hear directly from people with lived experience. Find out more 👉 bit.ly/4qS17m5

New Date! Digital Maturity in Learning Disability and Autism Services - have you found the solution? Join ARC England & Zone Standard to explore the findings of our Digital Maturity research. 📆 Join us 1-2.30pm 16th December 📌 Book your free places events.teams.microsoft.com/event/f6da04... ➜

New Date! Digital Maturity in Learning Disability and Autism Services - have you found the solution? Join ARC England and Zone Standard to explore the findings of our Digital Maturity research. 📆 Join us 1pm Wed 16th December 📌 Book your free places events.teams.microsoft.com/event/f6da04... ➜

Our Trustees make sure ARC runs well and stays true to our aims. We are very grateful for their time and effort. Pictured: Andrew Sleigh and Lynette Linton at our recent AGM Meet all our Trustees: arcuk.org.uk/arc-uk-home/... National Trustee Week 2025

Are you finding the recent updates and changes to the Disclosure & Barring Service difficult to navigate and keep up with? Why don’t you let us take care of the detail for you? We'll assist you throughout the process, reducing the possibility of delays! Find out more 👉 bit.ly/47Jv6E7

We are celebrating Lifelong Learning Week which runs from Nov 3rd to Nov 9th! It’s a great time to discover your passion for learning! You can brush up on skills, progress your career and improve your health and wellbeing! Want to find out more ? 👉 bit.ly/4pqz0tm 👉 bit.ly/3K2rdln

Last few places remaining now on this essential workshop! ⏰ 👉 bit.ly/4ni9hSc Contact us for booking! [email protected]

We’re excited to share that our Self-Neglect and Self-Harm Workshops have been revised and updated to better support people with learning disabilities and autistic people! 🧠 Inclusive 💬 Evidence-informed 💙 Person-centred Why wouldn't you join us and find out more bit.ly/3IWh9KI ?

Why don't you join us for our amazing, co-produced and award winning, training workshops? Want to find out more? 👉 bit.ly/4pqz0tm Contact us on 01246 555043, or email [email protected] #InnovationThroughCoproduction #LearningDisability #Autism #socialcare

We hope you have had a great Advocacy Awareness Week! We’ve certainly enjoyed celebrating the wonderful advocacy work undertaken throughout the sector, by our members, and beyond. At ARC England we champion Advocacy in many ways! You can find out more here - bit.ly/4m2e89u bit.ly/4n3zR0G

Our Together4Change group is🏆Award Winning🏆?? Matt, Co-Chair, says the following – “Advocacy is key now to the future of social care and Lived Experience and stories about real life. We are in golden time of advocacy for people making voices heard." Why don't you get involved? bit.ly/4m2e89u

In support of Advocacy Awareness Week 2025, and all the brilliant work to support people, we've launched the NEW ARC Independent Advocacy Recognition Certificate! It’s a great way to develop your workforce and it helps to improve support for the people who draw on your services! 👉 bit.ly/43bC5UD

It's National Hate Crime Awareness Week People with a learning disability are at high risk of mate crime, a disability hate crime - the victim is manipulated by someone they thought was a friend. We offer training for staff in this and related areas: bit.ly/4halOoH #SafePlaceForAll #NationalHCAW

We champion Advocacy with our Together 4 Change group. It's is a place where supported people can come together to talk about things that matter. Matthew Lester & Sui Ling Tang are the co-chairs of the group. They lead every meeting together. You can find out more here - bit.ly/4m2e89u

It's Advocacy Awareness Week, which runs from 13-17 October! Led by NDTi, it brings us together to raise awareness & celebrate the power & impact of independent advocacy! At ARC England we champion Advocacy! Together4Change group 👉 bit.ly/4m2e89u Advocacy Recognition Certificate 👉 bit.ly/4n3zR0G

Still time to complete the @cpa-socialcare.bsky.social survey to capture the true impact of Autumn Budget 2024 - make sure govt hears a united voice from providers about the pressures. Take the 9-question survey before 12pm 13 Oct: www.surveymonkey.com/r/CPABudget25

We're supporting World Mental Health day at ARC! It’s a reminder of the importance of good mental health & the need to prioritise & invest in it. If you, or someone you know is struggling with their mental health, you are not alone, there are places you can go to get help- bit.ly/4nMUwHE #WMHD2025

As winter approaches, flu season brings extra risks for people with a learning disability and autistic people. The LeDeR Stop Winter Flu Training Session will help you understand how to keep yourself and others safe this winter. 👉 Register here - stlukes.accessplanit.com/accessplan/c...

Have you heard? We are now offering ARC England membership to Care Associations! Your members can benefit from our knowledge and expertise specific to the learning disability and autism social care sector! Want to find out more? bit.ly/3KC4Za2 Alternatively contact – [email protected]

ARC England Director Samantha Leonard responds to the Government announcement of £500 million social care Fair Pay Agreement: "It's nowhere near enough. People's lives are going to be impacted. "We urge everyone to respond to the Fair Pay Agreement Consultation bit.ly/3IMroRr - let the Govt know"

Have you booked yet? Come and join us for our amazing, co-produced and award winning, training workshops! Want to find out more? 👉 bit.ly/4pqz0tm Contact us on 01246 555043, or email [email protected] #InnovationThroughCoproduction #LearningDisability #Autism #socialcare

"Brilliant!" "Really interesting session" "Very insightful" Feedback from our first Autism Employment Webinar with panellists Clive Parry, Michelle Rebello and Stephen Gell. Sign up for our next two 26 Sept and 3 October and find out for yourself how to help employees with autism: bit.ly/3Vybz3O

The first in this series of webinars was amazing! There's still time to join us for the next session - you really don't want to miss this! 👉 bit.ly/3I0c2ss

💡 Teams can achieve more when we think differently. Michelle Rebello from Dimensions is joining David Sargent from Real Life Options and Clive Parry @arcengland.bsky.social to discuss what it means to be an #autistic adult in the workplace. 👉 Free webinar 19th September 1-2pm http://bit.ly/3I0c2ss

Lives are being cut short by up to 16 years in the UK. Low wages, insecure jobs, and unemployment are part of the problem. That’s why we are proud to join @healthequals.bsky.social in calling for a cross-government health inequalities strategy to #MakeHealthEqual. 👉 bit.ly/41JJ0Uv

The recording, together with additional resources and helpful links from our webinar 'An update on the Oliver McGowan Code of Practice for registered care providers' are now online. www.careprovideralli... #socialcare #caremanagers #OliverMcGowan #Training

September 15-21st is Adult Learners week in Wales, or rather Wythnos Addysg Oedolion! It’s a great time to discover your passion for learning! You can brush up on skills, progress your career and improve your health and wellbeing! Want to find out more ? 👉 bit.ly/4pqz0tm 👉 bit.ly/3K2rdln

New research led by the University of Bedfordshire, in partnership with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) will explore how people with drug and alcohol dependence are supported in care homes. www.beds.ac.uk/news/... #socialcare

Still time to book free places on our Autism Employment Webinar series from 19th Sept Making your workplace work for autistic people makes it better for everyone Clive Parry and Stephen Gell, both diagnosed as autistic later in life, chat about what the sessions will cover Sign up: bit.ly/3HU57kj

David has been hard at work at Horticap again, where he's been painting garden furniture and preparing plants for sale. Thankfully he still managed to find some time for a beautiful woodland walk 🌳 #ActuallyAutistic #Inclusion #Work

"The report demonstrates that whilst premature deaths decreased in 2023, there's still significant work to be done in addressing health inequalities for people with learning disabilities" Read ARC England's response to the long-delayed LeDeR report bit.ly/4gdiLMb @cpa-socialcare.bsky.social

⭐We've just had some feedback!⭐ ‘... today’s trainer, Rod, was one of the best I have ever had. He is an exceptional trainer highly knowledgeable, very engaging, & extremely informative. His teaching style was clear, well-structured, & easy to follow, making the session both enjoyable & valuable.'

Welcome to the role of Chair for the @cpa-socialcare.bsky.social @ewandking.bsky.social

Last chance to be part of this Award-Winning workshop! Contact us now on 01246 555043 or email [email protected]

Could you be one of our new trustees? Help steer ARC England's future in this voluntary role: arcuk.org.uk/vacancy-for-... Easy Read info and application form: bit.ly/425rmKS Closing date 8/9/25 9.30am

The UK government will be carrying out a national test of the Emergency Alerts system on Sunday 7 September at 3pm. Here you can find a variety of assets, including easy read, BSL & audio) to share on your channels and help amplify the campaign. prepare.campaign.gov...

Join us for a series of free webinars on supporting autistic employees in social care - the benefits, challenges. Learn how to create an inclusive workplace environment. Secure your free spot now! bit.ly/468GWry #AutismEmployment #SocialCare #Inclusion #SupportAutisticEmployees

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Freshen up your skills this Autumn with ARC Workshops! 🍁

PBS Practitioners Wanted for a study looking at looking at experiences and practices of Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) Practitioners around supervision and competence assessments of front-line staff working with people with intellectual (learning) disabilities. Can you help? Details as below 👇

Celebrating Afternoon Tea Week, 11-17 August 2025? @thecareruk.bsky.social wants to help make your #AfternoonTeaWeek celebration that bit more special. It's offering one lucky care home the chance to win a £50 Marks & Spencer voucher thecareruk.com/celeb...#AfternoonTeaWeek#socialcare

Does your organisation practice Active Support? Our Active Support Training goal is for people to take a more active role in their own lives, lead meaningful & ordinary lives within their communities. Want to find out more and how to implement? Check out our introductory workshop - bit.ly/40Rj0Gp

4 in 5 of us will need adult social care at some point in our lives. But, currently, it’s not always there for everyone who needs it. We’re supporting @adass.bsky.social's #CareCantWait campaign – building the case for a care and support system we can all depend on. www.adass.org.uk/care-cant-wa...

@arcengland.bsky.social #CareCantWait

We welcome the Dr Penny Dash Review of Patient Safety across health and social care & acknowledges its robust evaluation. However, we caution concern on the proposed reallocation of Healthwatch functions to Integrated Care Boards and Local Authorities. Read our blog in full: wp.me/p9ih3D-95t