This guidance on children who run away or go missing is issued under section 7 of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970.
This paper proposes the setting of final dates for achievement of registration with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) for social workers and social service workers through the introduction of the Regulation of Care (Fitness to Employees for Employment in Care Services) (Scotland) Regulations 2008.
The legislation applies to full and part time workers, not to volunteers or workers in seasonal services.
Annual report of MAPPA for the assessment and management of the risk posed by certain sexual and violent offenders in the Tayside area.
Annual report of MAPPA for the assessment and management of the risk posed by certain sexual and violent offenders in the Glasgow area.
Annual report of MAPPA for the assessment and management of the risk posed by certain sexual and violent offenders in the Lanarkshire area.
This guide is aimed at people with learning disabilities and their families and takes you step by step through how you can get direct payment.
Report investigating what it would mean if the social services system in the UK was underpinned by a philosophy of independent living. It describes transformative work already done to show what personalisation looks like in practice, uses case studies of user-led organisations to describe the 'why', 'what' and 'how' of independent living and suggests what should be possible if government implements wholesale reform of the system.
Guide produced by SWIA to enable local authority social work services to undertake self-evaluations in order to improve service performance and outcomes for those who use services.
Document summarising the results of an inspection of collaborative working arrangements between health and social work services for older people in Tayside and recommendations for improvements.
Report providing the results of an inspection of collaborative working arrangements between health and social work services for older people in Tayside and making recommendations for improvements.