School Care Accommodation

A resource to help early learning and childcare (ELC) and out of school care (OSC) services be the best they can be in terms of design. This section includes photographs of aspects of practice, which should be useful to those considering an indoor outdoor setting.

A guide for professionals.

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

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.

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

This non-statutory Guidance describes the responsibilities and expectations for all involved in protecting children in Scotland and replaces the 2014 version.

Poster to accompany the ELC campaign Keeping Children Safe.

Poster to accompany the ELC campaign Keeping Children Safe.

Guidance setting out the Care Inspectorate's approach to regulating these arrangements

Guidance to ensure that premises-based services have clear information on the effective assessment of safe staffing, in line with our quality frameworks, the Health and Social Care Standards, the Health and Care Staffing Scotland Act 2019, and Safety Huddle and Professional Judgm...

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 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

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

Our quality framework and methodology for inspecting care homes for children and young people and school care accommodation based on the new Health and Social Care Standards.

Refreshed guidance for education authorities on the promotion and management of school attendance