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.

Using the drop down menus below, you can filter resources by resource type, relevant topics or date of publication.

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Topics
  • Adult Protection
  • Adults with Incapacity
  • Alcohol / Drug Misuse
  • Bowel and Bladder
  • Child Protection
  • Complaints
  • Dementia
  • Disability
  • End of Life / Palliative Care
  • Equalities / Human Rights
  • Falls
  • Food and Fluid
  • Infection Control
  • Involvement and Participation
  • Learning Disabiities
  • Management & Leadership
  • Medication
  • Mental Health
  • Offender Rehabilitation
  • Restraint
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  • Self-directed support
  • Self-evaluation
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Resource Type
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  • Case Study
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  • National strategies and frameworks
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Authors
Care Inspectorate

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Do you provide care to people living with dementia?

Date
10/10/2024

Category
Guidance

Authors
Care Inspectorate

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Complain confidentially - poster for adult and older people services

Date
23/09/2024

Authors
Care Inspectorate

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Supporting self-evaluation in adult care services - Thursday 9 May 2024

Date
09/05/2024

Category
Event

Authors
Care Inspectorate

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Supporting self-evaluation in adult care services - Monday 22 April 2024

Date
22/04/2024

Category
Event

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
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
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
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
Scottish Government

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Guidance on Managing Self-Directed Support for Adults with Incapacity

Date
01/02/2020

Guidance on managing self-directed support for adults with incapacity

Authors
Scottish Government

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Code of Guidance on Homelessness: Guidance on legislation, policies and practices to prevent and resolve homelessness (interim update)

Date
07/11/2019

Category
Guidance

Updated code of guidance to help guide local authorities in their duties to assist people who are threatened with or who are experiencing homelessness

Authors
Care Inspectorate and NAT (National Aids Trust)

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Care of people living with HIV: Practice note

Date
01/11/2019

Category
Guidance, Care Inspectorate Publication

Practice note to support inspectors to identify good and weak practice in the care of people living with HIV, support improvement and ensure the best possible outcomes for people experiencing care. Providers and staff can also use this to make sure they are implementing good prac...

Authors
NHS Education for Scotland & Scottish Social Services Council

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Equal Partners in Care

Date
22/10/2019

Category
Guidance

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

Authors
Care Inspectorate

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Care Inspectorate Improvement Strategy 2019-2022

Date
21/10/2019

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