We offer a wide range of consultancy services for providers working in the social care sector. We specialize in regulated children's services and community and voluntary sector provision.
We also undertake independent social research and have a particular interest in community sector and independent advocacy.
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SERVICES
Taking Your Services to the Next Level
Consultancy Services
Working with Nexus is an opportunity to gain objective insight into your organisation through supportive, reflective exploration of your people, strategies, policies and systems. We are a critical friend who work with you to drive informed improvement, create excellent teams and exceptional services. Our services include:
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Model and strategy analysis
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Work process analysis
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Policy development
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Staff training
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Risk management
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Quality assurance
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Employee and service user engagement
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Funding applications.
Research and Evaluation
Nexus research and project evaluation brings expertise and independence to evaluative processes and research work. We work with participatory approaches ensuring sensitive, inclusive engagement, sound methodology and accommodating the needs of all stakeholders.
Our learning and development approach will ensure that communities and their lived experiences will inform service development, policy and practice. Our areas of expertise include
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Independent Advocacy
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Community work with young people
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Community enterprise and community led projects
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Coproduction work
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Citizen engagement
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Independent Audits
Regulatory compliance is the bottom line for many providers and we understand the value of having time sensitive, expert input and solutions that effectively navigate your requirements. Nexus CR will conduct Ofsted, CIW and CQC compliant audits and services for
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Pre-inspection audit
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Independent visitor audit
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Safeguarding audits
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Health and Safety audit
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Expert witness
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Regulation 44 reports
Our Expertise
20+
Years of Experience
At Nexus CR we have decades of experience of front line community engagement, public engagement mentoring, project and service development and community organisation development and management.
We are practiced at including bottom up experience in the learning and development process ensuring that community, staff and user experience can inform policy and strategy. We have a particular interest in accessible engagement and the inclusion of marginalised groups for service growth and development.
Our Specialist Consultant for children's regulated services over 20 years experience in the social care sector within a range of roles and service user settings. They have over 10 years as a CQC, Ofsted and Care Inspectorate Wales Responsible Individual (RI) and are therefore a veteran of the regulatory inspection process across the sector. They have developed social care services across the UK from initial start up into multi million pound organizations with a strong reputation within the sector for delivering high quality, professional services.
Our Values
Nexus Social Care Consultancy & Research is dedicated to improving social care services and outcomes for vulnerable communities, through applying considered, principled expertise to the work we undertake. Our team of experts have extensive experience in social care policy, practice, and research. We work with social care providers, policymakers, and stakeholders to promote best practice and innovation in the sector. Our vision is to support the sector so that everyone has access to exceptional social care services and community initiatives so that they can live their best lives.
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We are focused on connection, equity, inclusivity, lived experience as expertise, excellence and learning.
TESTIMONIALS
CONTACT
Get in Touch
If you have any questions or would like to learn more about our services, the quickest way is by email:
Our registered company address is
Nexus Social Care Consultancy and Research
C/O Hammond McNulty, Bank House, Market Square, Congleton, CW121ET
You can find us on Companies House too,
company number 10183991