Kathryn Smith, Chief Executive The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE; pronounced 'sky') is a UK charity and improvement agency.

SCIE has a role identifying and disseminating the knowledge base for good practice in all aspects of social care in the United Kingdom.

[4] It gained charitable status, which is one reason why it survived when other agencies were abolished or merged in the 2010 UK quango reforms.

In recent years they have evolved from a largely government-funded body to a more commercial organisation, increasing their income from training and consultancy work and becoming less reliant on the Department of Health and Social Care for funding.

[8] Much of their current work focuses on transformation of care systems and implementing person-centred practice such as strengths-based approaches.