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DEEP learning opportunities

The Developing Evidence Enriched Practice (DEEP) programme runs free bitesize learning sessions throughout the year. 

The sessions are designed for social care practitioners, managers, allied practitioners, trainers and people who access care and support. However, everyone is welcome to attend including people who are involved in co-production activities.

How do the sessions support social care practitioners in their work? 

The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 calls for co-produced care and support that’s relationship based, person centred and responds to ‘what matters’ to individuals and their families.

To deliver the commitments in the Act, people need skills in co-production and dialogue. They also need to be able to evaluate the impact of care and support services. 

DEEP learning sessions can:

  • develop skills in gathering and analysing people's experiences

  • offer a range of tools and methods that help us talk well together

  • suggest ways to find and use evidence

  • inform decision making and help practitioners feel confident in their decisions.

“We’ve been working with the DEEP programme to gather and learn from stories of change collected from everyone involved in our work. We’ve been using 'Most significant change' and 'Community of enquiry' to help us with this and have been very pleased with what we’ve discovered.” 

- Sam, community development worker, Cardiff

The learning offer: bitesize sessions

We run sessions that can help you create a supportive learning culture:

  • The DEEP principles
  • Interdependent well-being and the senses. 

There are sessions to help you find, gather, and value different types of evidence:

  • Person centred community care inventory (PERCCI)
  • Sharing evidence using talking points
  • Magic/tragic moments
  • Most significant change.

We  also run sessions to explore the different ways we can understand and use evidence to inform, support and grow learning and development:

  • Community of enquiry
  • Different ways to explore stories
  • Making collective decisions.

"More recently we've attended training on 'Community of enquiry', and we're working with the DEEP programme to do further development work. For instance, we're supporting MacMillan nurses to explore ‘Magic moments' in end-of-life care."

- Jane, programme lead for quality improvement within Swansea Council's Adult Services provision

DEEP catalyst course

The DEEP catalyst course is a free 10-week online course that introduces the DEEP approach. Experienced facilitators use engaging formats to help people learn more about the DEEP methods and how they can help them in their work.

We've published a blog that provides lots of feedback from people who have completed the course to help you decide if this course is suitable for you, or someone you know.

Book your place!

You can reserve your place for DEEP events, learning sessions and courses through our events page or directly through the DEEP eventbrite link.

For more information, please contact insightcollective@socialcare.wales.