Key question 7 for care homes for children and young people and schoolcare accommodation (special residential schools)
Our children and young people’s inspection teams began using key question 7 in April 2022. As part of everyone's journey to meet the Promise, we reviewed key question 7 with inspectors, young people who experience or have experienced care and providers to evaluate the impact it was having and how well it was supporting the sector to self-evaluate its own performance. We have made some changes as a result of this review and agreed that we will continue to use key question 7 for inspections from April 2024 onwards.
- Key question 7 for care homes for children and young people and schoolcare accommodation (special residential schools)
- Self-evaluation tools and guidance for care homes for children and young people and schoolcare accommodation (special residential schools)
QI 7.1: Children and young people are safe, feel loved and get the most out of life
National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland 2021 - updated 2023
The Health and Social Care Standards
Information from the Scottish Human Rights Commission
Rights, Risks and Limits to Freedom
Practice Guide: Involving Children and Young People in Improving Services (Care Inspectorate)
Guidance for care providers in Scotland using CCTV
9 basic requirements for children’s participation (Save the Children)
National Trauma Transformation Programme
National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland 2021 - updated 2023
National Missing Persons Framework for Scotland (Scottish Government)
Child Sexual Exploitation: Definition and Practitioner Briefing Paper (Scottish Government)
Responding to Offending in Residential Childcare – Next Steps (CYCJ)
Practice Guide: Suicide Prevention for Looked After Children and Young People (Care Inspectorate)
Guidance on personal plans - Children and Young People
Managing Medicines in Care Homes (NICE)
Prompting, assisting and administration of medication in a care setting: guidance for professionals
Safe Administration of Medication: Modules 1-3 (SSSC)
A health resource pack for staff and care Insights: Children, Food and Care (IRISS)
Creating a Tobacco Free Culture (Care Inspectorate and ASH Scotland)
Insights: Trauma Sensitive Practice with Children in Care (IRISS)
Insights: Attachment-informed Practice with Looked after Children and Young People (IRISS)
The Scottish Care Leavers Covenant
Continuing Care and Co: Conversation Openers
Staying put Scotland: providing care leavers with connectedness and belonging
The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014: Part 11
Practice Guide to Chronologies (Care Inspectorate)
An Independent Guide to Quality Care for Autistic People (National Autistic Taskforce)
Care Homes for Children and Young People – The Design Guide
Designing with Care Interior Design and Residential Child Care
Learning Disabilities and Behaviour that Challenges: Service Design and Delivery (NICE)
Throughcare and Aftercare Services in Scotland’s Local Authorities: A National Study
The Support and Assistance of Young People Leaving Care (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015
Keys to Life (Scottish Government)
Understanding Personal Outcomes (SSSC)
My Anticipatory Care Plan (Healthcare Improvement Scotland)
Parental rights and responsibilities under Children (Scotland) Act 1995
Guidance for services on the provision of continuing care
Guidance for providers on the assessment of staffing levels in: premises-based care services
QI 7.2: Leaders and staff have the capacity and resources to meet and champion children and young people’s needs and rights
Leading for Outcomes: Children and Young People (IRISS)
Further information, advice and evidence on personal outcomes approaches can be found at
Notifications about Controlled Drugs: Guidance for Providers (Care Inspectorate)
Insights: Achieving Effective Supervision (IRISS)
Supervision learning resource (SSSC)
The Model for Improvement and associated resources (Care Inspectorate)
Organisational Duty of Candour (Scottish Government)
National Occupational Standards (NOS)
Information Commissioner’s advice on data protection, including GDPR
The National Health and Social Care Workforce Plan
Information about health and safety at work
Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010, asp 8
Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014, asp 8
Self-evaluation for improvement: Your guide