Joint inspections of services for children and young people in need of care and protection 2018-2020
The Care Inspectorate has today published an overview report of joint inspections of services for children and young people in Scotland.
Between 2018 and 2020, the Care Inspectorate led a series of joint inspections of services for children and young people in need of care and protection in community planning partnerships across eight areas in Scotland – in partnership with Education Scotland, Healthcare Improvement Scotland and HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland.
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Care Inspectorate report to the Scottish Parliament on inspections
The Care Inspectorate has laid before the Scottish Parliament a report of inspections it has carried out in care services in the past two weeks.
This report covers inspections completed since the previous report submitted to Parliament on 2 September.
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Joint inspection report for services for adults in West Lothian
We have published our joint inspection report for services for adults in West Lothian.
You can download a copy of the report here.
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Release of Early Learning and Childcare Improvement Programme Bitesize resources
The Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) Improvement programme are pleased to announce they have launched a series of online bite size resources on the Hub today. These will support services to complete their Key Question 5 self-evaluation.
The flexible design means all ELC staff can view the four sessions at any time - supporting them to raise their knowledge and skills in specific areas. Anyone can access them, so it's a helpful resource for the wider ELC sector.
They are centred on the programme’s vision which is to see an increased number of ELC settings achieve the national standard.
- Key Question 5 self-evaluation.
- Quick wins in ELC Care Inspectorate inspections.
- Introduction to quality improvement in an ELC context.
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Scottish Government publish adult care homes visiting guidance
The Scottish Government has published guidance on the return of health and social care and other professionals / services to adult care homes. The guidance also provides advice about residents leaving the care home for day or overnight visits, group, communal activities and residential respite care during the pandemic.
The recommendation is that, from 7 September, non-essential services should be able to resume visiting residents in care homes. This is provided relevant risk assessments have been undertaken by care homes and approved by the local Director of Public Health (or delegated representative).
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