Housing Support

Housing support covers a range of activities that allow people to maintain their accommodation, meet their duties and responsibilities as a tenant and get involved in the local community.

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  • Equalities / Human Rights
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  • Food and Fluid
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  • Involvement and Participation
  • Learning Disabiities
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  • Offender Rehabilitation
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Resource Type
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Authors
Care Inspectorate

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Postural care practice note

Date
30/11/2023

Good postural care is important for everyone and especially for people with movement disorders and for those whose physical wellbeing is changing.

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SSP-adults-webinar-series

Date
03/10/2023

Authors
CAPA team

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Personal Moving More Record

Date
11/07/2023

Category
Guidance

Track your own movement improvement over time

Authors
Royal College of Nursing

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Mouth care during end of life care

Date
31/05/2023

Category
Guidance

This guide has been created by the Mouth Care Matters in End-of-Life Care Steering Group. It has been developed to help support people during the end of life when a person is dying, and can be used by relatives and those important to the person.

Authors
Care Inspectorate

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Quality Improvement and Involvement strategy 2022-25

Date
17/11/2022

Category
Care Inspectorate Publication, National strategies and frameworks

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

Authors
Care Inspectorate

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Records that all registered children and young peoples care services must keep and guidance on notification reporting

Date
25/10/2022

Category
Care Inspectorate Publication, Guidance

Records that all registered children and young peoples care services must keep and guidance on notification reporting.

Authors
Scottish Government

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Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007: Code of Practice

Date
28/07/2022

Category
Guidance

Guidance about the performance of functions under Part 1 of the Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007

Authors
Care Inspectorate

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Guide for Providers on Personal Planning - Adults

Date
08/11/2021

Category
Self-directed Support Library, Care Inspectorate Publication, Guidance

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

Authors
Eat Well Age Well / Care Inspectorate

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Care at Home - Malnutrition Screening Pack - Guidance Booklet

Date
30/09/2021

Category
Care Inspectorate Publication, Guidance

A resource for the care at home sector to help care at home staff feel confident in understanding, identifying and addressing when a person’s diet is not meeting their nutritional needs

Authors
Scottish Government

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Carers (Scotland) Act 2016: National Implementation plan 2021-2023

Date
23/09/2021

Category
National strategies and frameworks

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

Authors
Scottish Government

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Procurement of care and support services: best practice guidance

Date
25/06/2021

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

Authors
NHS Education for Scotland

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Promoting Excellence 2021: A framework for all health and social services staff working with people with dementia, their families and carers

Date
17/05/2021

Category
National strategies and frameworks, Guidance

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

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Essentials of Safe Care

Date
23/03/2021

Category
Guidance

Authors
Scottish Government

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Trauma-Informed Practice: A Toolkit for Scotland

Date
15/03/2021

Category
Guidance

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.

Authors
Care Inspectorate

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A quality framework for housing support and offender accommodation services

Date
23/02/2021

A quality framework for use in self-evaluation, scrutiny and improvement support in relation to housing support and offender accommodation services

Authors
CAPA Team

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Movement is not time consuming

Date
01/12/2020

Category
Case Study

Authors
Care Inspectorate and Healthcare Improvement Scotland

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Good practice communication guide for carers

Date
01/12/2020

Category
Guidance

Guidance for staff on how to communicate with a person to understand their care needs and any information required

Authors
CAPA team

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Healthcare getting involved, using CAPA principles to improve health

Date
01/04/2020

Category
Case Study

Authors
CAPA team

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Improvement Record

Date
01/04/2020

Category
Case Study

Authors
Care Inspectorate

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Supporting people with eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties (Dysphagia)

Date
18/03/2020

Category
Guidance, Care Inspectorate Publication

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)

Authors
Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

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Safe Use of Bed Rails

Date
11/03/2020

Category
Guidance

Guidance promoting the safe use of bed rails