Consultations

We are committed to consulting with all our stakeholders about our work. We value your thoughts and welcome any comments that you have.

Open consultations

Help us improve our equality outcomes

We are currently consulting on our equality outcomes for 2025-2029 under the Public Sector Equality Duty. Your feedback plays a vital role in shaping our equality outcomes and improving social care and social work services in Scotland. Take part in this consulation here.

Closed consultations

Shared inspection framework for ELC services including childminding and school-aged childcare

The Care Inspectorate and Education Scotland are working together to progress the development of a shared inspection framework. We would like to thank all those who took time out of their very busy schedules to complete the consultation and provide valuable feedback to support the ongoing development of the shared inspection framework. We are working to address the feedback and issues raised in the consultation as we move forward in developing the shared framework. We remain committed to delivering a shared framework for the sector in September 2024.

Depriving and restricting liberty for children and young people in care home, school care and secure accommodation services

We would like to thank everyone who responded to the above consultation. We recognise that services are treading a delicate balance between taking necessary action to keep children and young people safe, whilst not unnecessarily restricting liberty. Our new position paper aims to set out our attitude, expectation, and actions around the restriction and deprivation of liberty in care home, school care and secure accommodation services. This includes circumstances where children and young people may be deprived of their liberty, where their liberty is restricted, or where this is a risk through environmental design and/or care practices. You can see the paper here.

Staffing method framework

We would like to thank everyone who responded to the above consultation. We will review this feedback and issue a repsonse shortly.

Mainstream Boarding Schools and School Hostels Design Guide

We would like to thank everyone who responded to the above consultation. We will review this feedback and issue a repsonse shortly.

Review of our Technology and Digital Opportunities Guide

We would like to thank everyone who responded to the above consultation between March 21 and April 11 2021. You can review the feedback from this consultation here.

Corporate Plan 2022-25

We would like to thank everyone who responded to the above consultation between October 26 and November 28 2021. We will review this feedback and issue a repsonse shortly.

Draft policy position in relation to registration, and variation of existing conditions, for services for adults with learning disabilities and/or autistic adults where support is linked to accommodation

We would like to thank everyone who responded to the above consultation between November 8 and December 5 2021. You can review the feedback from this consultation here.

Care Homes for Adults – The Design Guide and Care Homes for Children and Young People – The Design Guide

We would like to thank everyone who responded to the above consultation between 21 June and 19 July 2021. You can review the feedback from this consultation, and our response to the feedback below: