Better Careers for Better Care: Learnings from the First Year
BelleVie is proud to be one of the recipients of a grant under the Rayne Foundation’s “Better Careers for Better Care” programme. One year into our two-year project, we’re exploring how BelleVie’s model of self-managing teams - which puts people at the heart of care - can make high-quality care accessible to all.
Empowering People, Improving Outcomes
Our approach empowers individuals - whether in the role of care provider or recipient - to have universal access to exceptional social care jobs and support. Through this project, we’ve been working with Northumberland County Council to support older people across the county and develop innovative ways to deliver outstanding care sustainably.
We’ve been pioneering new ways to measure what matters most to the people we support. BelleVie is the first homecare provider to use the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT) - a framework widely used in academia - to add quantitative measures to evaluate personal outcomes.
Making Quality Care Accessible
Accessibility and affordability of quality care is an issue in the sector. We’ve been piloting an Electric Vehicle in rural Northumberland, testing how sustainable travel options can reduce costs and extend access to quality home care in remote areas where travel expenses can make care provision unviable.
Our methods to evaluate outcomes - through outcomes-focused care plans, visit notes, and regular family reviews - allow us to evidence how investing in the care workforce and new delivery models leads to better outcomes. This includes helping people live independently at home for longer, reducing the need for costly residential care (around four times more expensive than at-home care), and cutting unnecessary hospital and GP visits.
Shaping the Future of Social Care
In the second year of our project, we aim to further explore how outcomes data can demonstrate the true value of person-centred care, influencing how care is commissioned and delivered across England long term. Ultimately, we want to show how outcomes-based commissioning can offer a viable, affordable alternative to the traditional “time-and-task” model of care delivery.
Our vision is clear: a future where high-quality care is accessible to all, and where carers have fulfilling, well-supported careers.
Shared Learning Across the Sector
The Rayne Foundation, together with Bean Research, has brought together BelleVie’s work and that of other grantees in the “Better Careers for Better Care – First Year Learning Report.” The report captures key themes, insights, and learnings from across the programme, bringing each organisation’s work to life.
We’ve had the privilege of connecting with other inspiring grantees, including the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, Barnsley Health and Care Partnership, Care City Innovation CIC, The Care Workers’ Charity, Leeds City Council and Leeds Health and Care Academy, My Home Life England, North Central London Councils, Nottinghamshire County Council, and Social Care Wales—sharing progress, challenges, and insights along the way.
“The opportunity to share and compare approaches with other innovators has been invaluable - it gives us confidence we are moving in the right direction.” - Dr Trudie Fell, CEO and Founder, BelleVie
Read the “Better Careers for Better Care” First Year Learning Report here.
