Innovation coaching

What is the innovation coaching service?

Our coaching service is the first of its kind for social care in Wales.

It gives you access to a team of coaches who’ll help you develop your ideas to improve practice, processes, services and outcomes.

If you have a great idea you want to test on the ground, we're here to support you to do so safely and to help it reach its full potential.

Why have we created it?

We created our coaching service to help guide and support the innovation that’s happening across the social care system to develop new ways of working.

We know people working in social care are developing new ideas around the way they work all the time. Our team is here to help your idea have the biggest impact possible.

Who can apply?

The service is for people in social care roles who are working to innovate or improve their practice to deliver better services.

We want to hear from people at any stage of their career who have ideas they want to test on the ground.

Following a selection period, the coaching itself will last six weeks.

How does it work?

Send us your ideas and we’ll consider how we can best support you.

If your project is selected to be part of the coaching service, you’ll get online support from our team of coaches, who are experts in delivering change.

They’ll help you solve problems and build the confidence to continue using your new way of working once the coaching has finished.

The service can support you from idea to implementation. Whether you need to test an idea or develop a way to understand its impact, we can help.

Everyone who takes part in the coaching service will be eligible to join our ‘coaching club’ – a network of others who've been through the same process.

Even if your project isn’t selected to be part of the coaching service, we’ll help you find other support to help move your project forward.

How to apply

Give us an overview of your project or idea by completing our application form, or send a short video application to innovationcoaching@socialcare.wales.

Our coaching team will also be on hand to help with the application process, so get in touch if you have any questions.

Need more information?

Contact innovationcoaching@socialcare.wales if you'd like to know more about our innovation coaching service.

Terms and conditions - click to expand

Read the terms and conditions of our innovation coaching service.

Key contact

Angharad Dalton

Innovation Coaching Manager

innovationcoaching@socialcare.wales

I am the Innovation Coaching Manager and I look after our new innovation coaching service and coaching team. We support people working in social care who are trying to improve the way they provide care by helping them to test new ideas, develop new ways of working or adapt what works elsewhere. My background is varied, but the golden thread that runs through my career is a focus on making life better for people. I’m vice-chair of Cwmpas, and previously worked as a programme manager for Nesta, supporting public service innovation in Wales. I’ve also developed health policy for the Institute of Welsh Affairs, and pioneering story-centered digital inclusion outreach work across Wales. I was part of the founding team behind The National newspaper, Trade School Cardiff, and part of Think ARK – a social design collective.