Shetland Islands Council Scrutiny Report

We have now published our scrutiny report on Shetland Islands Council delivery of social work services.


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Report on care and permanence planning for looked after children

The Scottish Children's Reporter Administration (SCRA) has published a report on Care and Permanence Planning for Looked After Children in Scotland, as part of its work with the Looked After Children Strategic Implementation Group (LACSIG).  


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Time to Live Applications Now Open

The Scottish Government has made the Short Breaks Fund available to help support and sustain Scottish carers, including young carers and kinship carers, through enabling better access to short breaks or respite care. 


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Involvement Review Consultation Survey

We are currently undertaking a review of involvement activities in SCSWIS and want to hear your views on how SCSWIS should engage with people, what you think will work and any experiences you have of good practice in involvement.  


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Performance Improvement Handbook 2011-12 for local authority social work inspection

The handbook that SCSWIS uses for its inspection of local authority social work services has now been published on our website.


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