Services for children and young people in need of care and protection in Orkney
Services for children and young people in need of care and protection in Orkney are now improving after inspectors identified weaknesses during an earlier inspection.
That is the key finding of a progress review of services in Orkney published today by the Care Inspectorate.
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Care Inspectorate report to the Scottish Parliament on inspections, 18 August 2021
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 we have completed since those detailed in our previous report to Parliament on 4 August 2021.
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Joint inspection of adult support and protection in Fife
A joint inspection of adult support and protection measures in Fife has found clear strengths in ensuring adults at risk of harm are safe, protected and supported.
However, inspectors also identified areas which could further improve.
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Keeping children safe - look, think, act campaign
Let’s keep children safe by raising awareness of how, and why, they could leave a childcare setting without a responsible adult.
As we begin the new term, it’s a good time to remind all early learning and childcare services to be aware of how and why children could potentially leave a setting without staff or a parent/carer.
That’s why we want to introduce Simoa, the elephant, to all ELC settings. Let’s raise awareness and act responsibly to safeguard, protect and support children’s wellbeing.
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Care Inspectorate report to the Scottish Parliament on inspections, 4 August 2021
Under the duties placed on us by the Coronavirus (Scotland) (No.2) Act, we report to the Scottish Parliament fortnightly on our inspections activity.
In order to robustly assess the arrangements put in place by care services to respond to the Covid-19 Pandemic, our inspections place a particular focus on infection prevention and control, personal protective equipment and staffing in care settings. This enables us to focus on these areas while also considering the overall quality of care and people’s wellbeing. The reports we lay before Parliament are in addition to our normal process of publishing full inspection reports, which we will publish in due course.
The report laid before the Scottish Parliament on 4 August is here.
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