A quality framework for childcare agencies introducing and supplying childcare staff
The primary purpose of a quality framework is to support services to evaluate their own performance. The same framework is then used by inspectors to provide independent assurance about the quality of services. Our frameworks are tested and evaluated to hear the views of children and people experiencing care, their carers and care providers. They are also kept under review to ensure they reflect any changes in the wider social care landscape. All of this helps us refine our
frameworks and the way we use them.
We have also produced a set of self-evaluation tools to support services to assess how well they are doing against key areas from our quality framework and highlight where they need to support improved outcomes for children
Key question 1: How well do we support children’s care, play and learning?
Quality indicator 1.1. Staff nurture and support children’s care, play and learning
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Trauma
Additional support for learning
Children & Young People’s Commissioner, Convention on the Rights of the Child
Codes of Practice for Social Service Workers and Employers (SSSC)
Common Core Skills and National Occupational Standards (SSSC)
Getting It Right For Every Child
Health and Social Care Standards
Personal planning guides for providers
Pre-Birth to Three: Professor Aline-Wendy Dunlop - Transitions
Step into leadership - Scottish Social Services Council
The Framework for Continuous Learning in Social Services (SSSC)
Transforming Psychological Trauma: A Knowledge and Skills Framework for the Scottish Workforce
Quality indicator 1.2: Children are safe and protected
National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland 2021
Keeping children safe practice notes
ELC national induction resource
Management of medication guidance
Infection prevention and control
Accident prevention guidance (ROSPA)
Royal society for the prevention of accidents - Keeping kids safe
Health and Social Care Standards
Supervision – Scottish Social Services Council
The Framework for Continuous Learning in Social Services (SSSC)
Transforming Psychological Trauma: A Knowledge and Skills Framework for the Scottish Workforce
Key question 2: How good is our leadership and staffing?
Early learning and childcare improvement programme
NES Quality improvement learning and tools
National Occupational Standards (NOS):
Leadership Development Activities – Scottish Social Services Council
Improving children and young people’s understanding of their wellbeing
Supervision – Scottish Social Services Council
Codes of Practice for Social Service Workers and Employers (SSSC)
The Framework for Continuous Learning in Social Services (SSSC)
Common Core Skills and National Occupational Standards (SSSC)
Transforming Psychological Trauma: A Knowledge and Skills Framework for the Scottish Workforc
Quality indicator 2.2. Staff are used effectively to meet the needs of children and families
Children & Young People’s Commissioner, Convention on the Rights of the Child
Family learning and engagement
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) guidance
Improving children and young people's understanding of their wellbeing
Involving children in improving services
Meaningful participation for children and young people
Parents as partners in their children’s learning toolkit
Partnerships and Co – conversation openers