Keara O'Connor (she/her) @kearao.bsky.social · 09/04/2025We just completed a great webinar launching these resources, thanks to everyone who came! Now for lunch in the sun 🌞 020
Reposted by Keara O'Connor (she/her)Think Local Act Personal @tlap.bsky.social · 07/04/2025We're pleased to be working with the Care Quality Commission and the National Co-production Advisory Group to help shape how good leadership is defined and inform the way CQC assesses leadership under the key question of well-led in the assessment framework. Learn more 👉https://bit.ly/4jlKj2e 032
Keara O'Connor (she/her) @kearao.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Build your confidence on direct payments with our soon to be launched resources and webinar on direct payments for social work teams👇 010
Keara O'Connor (she/her) @kearao.bsky.social · 18/03/2025So great to see this live! Language is so important and something we have control over in terms of what we say and terms we use! 👇 020
Reposted by Keara O'Connor (she/her)Think Local Act Personal @tlap.bsky.social · 04/03/2025🚨 New report on paying speakers with lived experience Fair payment and recognition are crucial to ensuring people with lived experience can contribute to health and social care events. This report sets out practical ways to recognise and reward speakers fairly. bit.ly/4ime2HV 1910
Keara O'Connor (she/her) @kearao.bsky.social · 18/02/2025My favourite time of year is nearly upon us 🐟🐟 (along with fat bear week🐻) 010
Reposted by Keara O'Connor (she/her)Simon Bottery @blimeysimon.bsky.social · 17/02/2025We know that council tax is a bad way of funding adult #socialcare because it raises less money in areas with highest demand for publicly-funded care. But here’s another reason from @resfoundation - council tax puts more of a burden on low income families than wealthier ones. 1/3 161
Reposted by Keara O'Connor (she/her)Think Local Act Personal @tlap.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Generative AI can play a role in improving care and support, but it must be implemented with people at the centre of decision-making. This report identifies: - Principles to inform policy - Practical issues that need addressing - Urgent action needed from Government and regulators bit.ly/3QgYHw5 145
Reposted by Keara O'Connor (she/her)Think Local Act Personal @tlap.bsky.social · 10/02/2025This year's Race Equality Week theme was #EveryActionCounts asking us to focus not on rhetoric but on real, meaningful change. In a new blog, @clentonf.bsky.social asks: How do we ensure that our actions are truly inclusive❓ How can we move from performative to sustainable action❓ bit.ly/3WUZAOC 022
Keara O'Connor (she/her) @kearao.bsky.social · 06/12/2024'Age, disability, marital status and nationality influence decisions to investigate claims' www.theguardian.com/society/2024...theguardian.comRevealed: bias found in AI system used to detect UK benefits fraudExclusive: Age, disability, marital status and nationality influence decisions to investigate claims, prompting fears of ‘hurt first, fix later’ approach 000
Reposted by Keara O'Connor (she/her)Ewan King @ewandking.bsky.social · 02/12/2024This is well worth a read: www.local.gov.uk/publications...local.gov.ukEarlier action and support: The case for prevention in adult social care and beyondPrevention is a central feature of the new Government’s mission-led approach to national renewal. Our joint publication makes the case for a shift towards taking action and offering support earlier, s... 152
Keara O'Connor (she/her) @kearao.bsky.social · 02/12/2024An interesting agile tool/workshop looking at unintended consequences of innovation 💡 Can see this being useful #innovation #agile doteveryone.org.uk/project/cons...doteveryone.org.ukConsequence Scanning – an agile practice for responsible innovators – doteveryone 010
Reposted by Keara O'Connor (she/her)TRAstonDrs @castltrastondrs.medsky.network · 02/12/2024Today I learned about a term called a 'glimmer.’ Which is the opposite of a trigger. Glimmers are those moments in your day that make you feel joy, happiness, peace, or gratitude. Once you train your brain to be on the lookout for glimmers, these tiny moments will appear more and more. Unknown 45412
Reposted by Keara O'Connor (she/her)Matt Skinner @skinnerm.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Thanks Think Local Act Personal for a thought provoking session on some tips to make coproduction more inclusive, diverse and equitable. If it’s not hard you aren’t doing it right. Great examples from the fab Lisa in Greenwich who are leading by example #NCASC 143
Reposted by Keara O'Connor (she/her)Think Local Act Personal @tlap.bsky.social · 19/11/2024The way health and social care works can make it hard for people to live the life they want. We work to create care and support that’s personalised to people’s unique lives. We think you share our mission: better lives for more people, shaped by what matters to them. Together, let's make it real. 083
Reposted by Keara O'Connor (she/her)Ian McCreath @ianmccreath.bsky.social · 30/08/2024A personal view on the “long good bye”. A thread 🧵 1/ The Alzheimer's Society is rerunning the controversial "long goodbye" campaign, despite complaints and distress caused. The only change seems to be details about their dementia support services at the end. 394
Reposted by Keara O'Connor (she/her)Think Local Act Personal @tlap.bsky.social · 19/08/2024Hi Bluesky! We're Think Local Act Personal and we believe that everyone should have the care and support they need to live life their way. We work in lots of different ways to make change happen, with the experiences of people who draw on care and support at the heart of everything we do 💜. 164