Press release: Jacaranda Nursery, East Ayrshire
A nursery in East Ayrshire must make urgent improvements in the care experienced by children, inspectors have warned.
The Care Inspectorate has served a formal Improvement Notice on Jacaranda Nursery following an inspection which raised serious concerns.
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Developing artists and Arts in Care
Blog by Lisa Maynard, Improvement Adviser
Arts in Care is a partnership project with Creative Scotland, Luminate Scotland, the Care Inspectorate and The Baring Foundation to embed high quality creative practice within Scotland’s care sector.
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A new Q Special Interest Group (SIG) – the Improvement Research Network
We would like to bring to your attention a new Q Special Interest Group (SIG) – the Improvement Research Network.
This SIG has been established through Q and the Scottish Improvement Science Collaborating Centre (SISCC), to bridge the gap between academics in the fields of improvement and implementation science and improvement practitioners. The SIG will create a forum to enable cross-sectoral collaboration through the sharing of ideas, challenges and knowledge.
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Inspection of justice social work services in Inverclyde council
A report into how well community payback orders are implemented and managed in Inverclyde has been published by the Care Inspectorate.
Inspectors looked at how justice social work services in the area were delivering services for individuals who are, or have been, subject to community payback orders.
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Review of our quality frameworks
We are currently reviewing our quality frameworks.
So far, we have published quality frameworks for:
- care homes for older people
- care homes for adults
- care homes for children and young people and school care accommodation (special residential schools)
- support services (not care at home).
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