Community Planning and Commissioning

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 national strategy for community justice providing a shared vision to help partners and communities work together effectively to improve community justice outcomes, while retaining the flexibility to adapt to local needs and circumstances

Updated guidance setting out the Care Inspectorate’s expectations for residential services to plan for and assess the needs of children and young people before a placement begins, to consider how the needs of individual children and young people will be met.

National report on notifications submitted between January 2018 and December 2021

A quality framework for daycare of children, childminding and school aged childcare, designed primarily to support services to evaluate their own performance, but will also be used by our inspectors to provide independent assurance about the quality of experiences and outcomes

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

Seven standards for services to support children and young people who have neurodevelopmental profiles with support needs and require more support than currently available

Guidance setting out the process NHS boards and local authorities should follow when responding to, and reviewing, the death of a child or young person.

An action plan setting out the Scottish Government’s vision for childminding and the actions to support it that are being taken now and into the future

A Code of Practice for the review of Significant Case Reviews (SCRs) of children and young people in Scotland, outlining the role of the Care Inspectorate as a central collation point for SCRs and in reviewing and disseminating learning nationally. The Code also sets out the arra...

Guidance on managing self-directed support for adults with incapacity

Guidance setting out how to improve practice in the issuing and implementation of directions issued under the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014

Care Inspectorate report on the main themes emerging from notifications received by the Care Inspectorate related to the deaths of 61 care-experienced children and young people between 2012 and 2018

Toolkit for adults who work with children and young people, which highlights the ways in which children and young people already act as human rights defenders, and how adults can best empower and protect them

A collection of case studies to demonstrate examples of good practice within health and social care

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

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

Guidance is intended to support local authorities to develop good practice to identify, refer and support victims of human trafficking and exploitation, and disrupt and deter criminal activities. Topics covered include spotting the signs of trafficking and exploitation, strategic...