Adult Placement

A strategy providing an insight into what the Care Inspectorate's improvement support offer will be over the next three years and how we will identify where improvements are required

A guide to support managers and staff in services to develop and improve how personal plans for adults are undertaken

A national plan for implementing the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 between 2021 and 2023

Best practice guidance for public bodies on procurement of care and support services - originally published in March 2016, it has been updated to reflect changes that have occurred as a result of the UK's exit from the EU and the end of the Transition Period

A framework for dementia detailing the knowledge and skills all health and social services staff should aspire to achieve in relation to the role they play in supporting people with a diagnosis of dementia, and their families, and carers

Veganism is more than just a diet helps you identify hidden animal products and explain more about what to consider when shopping and caring for a vegan.

This trauma-informed practice toolkit has been developed as part of the National Trauma Training Programme, to support all sectors of the workforce, in planning and developing trauma informed services.

Guidance on the records all registered care services (except childminding) must keep about people who use a service, staff records, environment and safety, complaints, medication, finance, staffing levels and deployment. It also includes guidance on notification reporting for all...

Guidance, developed with Scottish Care and the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, highlighting good practice to support people with eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties (Dysphagia)

Guidance promoting the safe use of bed rails

Guidance on managing self-directed support for adults with incapacity

A learning resource for health and social care staff which will help support better conversations and interactions with carers

A strategy providing an insight into what the Care Inspectorate's improvement support offer will be over the next three years and how we will identify where improvements are required

The ASP Improvement Plan was developed by the Scottish Government between November 2018 and April 2019 following a Thematic Inspection by the Care Inspectorate and Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary.

A guide for care services undertaking self-evaluation

A voluntary code intended to offer guidance on good practice for designing and delivering Animal Assisted Interventions effectively and safely, ensuring that the welfare needs of both humans and animals are met

A document setting out a vision for how adult social care support will look like in the future, as part of a partnership programme to support local reform

A framework for the partnership programme to support local reform of adult social care, setting out priorities, workstreams and vision

A booklet of examples showing how collaboration and compassion at the heart of integrated working can make a real difference for everyone involved

Evidence-based recommendations on lifestyle behaviours and interventions to delay or prevent cognitive decline and dementia

A report providing a Change Map intended to capture the required changes for the effective delivery of social care within the context of Self-directed Support