Provider support

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The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)

The Social Care Institute for Excellence is a leading improvement support agency and independent charity, working with the care and support sector in the UK. We co-produce our work with people who use services and carers.

National Institute for Heath and Care Excellence (NICE)

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence provides national guidance and advice to improve health and social care.

Skills for Care

Skills for care helps create a better led, more skilled and valued adult social care workforce. They provide practical tools and support to help adult social care organisations recruit, develop and lead their workforce.

North Tyneside Carers Charter

The North Tyneside Carers Charter is a document showing a set of principles agreed by carers in North Tyneside to promote better recognition and support for them.

10 Dignity Do's

Dignity in Care ran numerous focus groups around the country to find out what 'Dignity in Care' meant to people. These events resulted in the development of the 10 Dignity Do's. These pointers describe values and actions reflective of high quality services that respect people's dignity.

Signpost Information Guidance Network (SIGN)

SIGN North Tyneside is a network of providers of free, independent and confidential information working to put people in need of practical or emotional help and guidance in touch with those local organisations best able to provide it.

Registration in the SIGN Directory

The SIGN Directory is an online directory of community services and events for the residents of North Tyneside. It is designed for people to search for and find services and activities that may support them in their lives. It allows people to make informed choices in an accessible, user-friendly manner.

If you are a commissioned organisation or a group providing a service to the residents of North Tyneside, please register with us as a provider in the SIGN Directory.

You can register for free by visiting the provider welcome page and following instructions.

If you are a comissioned service with encryped e-mail facilities please contact a member of the support team before registration

Further Information and assistance is available from the support team by e-mailing: sign@northtyneside.gov.uk

Training opportunities are available to external providers via North Tyneside’s Workforce Development Team and the learning pool.

Here are the details of the upcoming provider forums. Almost all provider forums are held at the Langdale Centre.

 Langdale Gardens

Wallsend
NE28 0HG

Telephone: (0191) 643 8500

The dates and times of meetings for the remainder of 2019 are To Be Confirmed (TBC)

Commissioning Service

Telephone:
Commissioning Team: (0191) 643 7100
General enquiries: 0345 2000 101 

Email: commissioning@northtyneside.gov.uk