What is a Community of Practice?
A Community of Practice (CoP) is a group of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better together by sharing learning and good practice.
The Practice Development Unit (PDU) currently facilitates three Communities of Practice:
- Co-Production
This CoP provides a forum for professionals and volunteers with a passion for, and commitment to, collaborating effectively with the people they support and empowering them to get the most out of their involvement.
- Employability and Skills
This CoP provides a forum for professionals and volunteers with a passion for, and commitment to, empowering people who experience multiple disadvantage through employment and skills led recovery and resettlement.
- Working Residents
This CoP provides a forum for professionals, volunteers and people with lived experience to more fully understand the barriers to employment experienced by both staff and service users within supported accommodation settings.
Other networks supported by the PDU
- Nottingham City Homeless Health Network
This is a collaborative cross sector forum that meets every two months to ensure systems across the city are responsive to the support needs of those suffering health inequalities, with a focus on people experiencing homelessness and/or Severe Multiple Disadvantage (SMD).