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.
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.
Latest update for Providers on various PVG scheme issues
1. ALL providers to be PVG scheme members
Issues in the healthcare sector: SCSWIS Statement
A spokesman for SCSWIS said:
Argyll and Bute Council scrutiny report
We have now published our scrutiny report on Argyll and Bute Council's delivery of social work services.
Joint inspection of services to protect children and young people in Aberdeen City Council area
We have published our joint inspection report on the protection of children and young people in the Aberdeen City area.
Glasgow City Council scrutiny report
We have now published our scrutiny report on Glasgow City Council's delivery of social work services.
Joint inspection of services to protect children and young people
Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (SCSWIS) has today published its joint inspection report on the protection of children and young people in the Glasgow City area.
SCSWIS response to Panorama expose
Jacquie Roberts,Interim Chief Executive of SCSWIS, said:
Two new online short courses on infection prevention and control
NHS Education for Scotland has just launched two new online short courses.