NICE Guidelines relevant to social workers

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) produces best practice guidance across the health and care sector. Here we have compiled all the guidelines with relevance to social work practice.

Advocacy services for adults with health and social care needs (NG227) 

Social work with adults experiencing complex needs (NG216) 

Integrated health and social care for people experiencing homelessness (NG214)

Shared decision making (NG197) 

Safeguarding adults in care homes (NG189) 

Supporting adult carers (NG150) 

Care and support of people growing older with learning disabilities (NG96)

Learning disabilities and behaviour that challenges: service design and delivery (NG93) 

People's experience in adult social care services: improving the experience of care and support for people using adult social care services (NG86) 

Transition between inpatient mental health settings and community or care home settings (NG53) 

Transition from children’s to adults’ services for young people using health or social care services (NG43) 

Transition between inpatient hospital settings and community or care home settings for adults with social care needs (NG27) 

Disabled children and young people up to 25 with severe complex needs: integrated service delivery and organisation across health, social care and education (NG213) 

Self-harm: assessment, management and preventing recurrence (NG225) 

Social, emotional and mental wellbeing in primary and secondary education (NG223)

Looked-after children and young people (NG205) 

Child abuse and neglect (NG76) 

Harmful sexual behaviour among children and young people (NG55)  

Pregnancy and complex social factors: a model for service provision for pregnant women with complex social factors (CG110)