Out to play: practical guidance for creating outdoor play experiences in early learning and childcare
This resource supports the Scottish Government’s document A Blueprint for 2020: the expansion of early learning and childcare in Scotland and links to the Quality Action Plan.
Blog: We are changing how we inspect care homes for adults
By Edith Macintosh, Interim Executive Director of Strategy and Improvement and Marie Paterson, Chief Inspector - Adult Services
New ways of inspecting care homes for adults will start on 20 May 2019, reflecting Scotland’s Health and Social Care Standards which focus on people’s human rights, wellbeing and personal experiences of care.
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Justice social work services in Scottish Borders council
A report into how well community payback orders are implemented and managed in the Scottish Borders Council area has been published by the Care Inspectorate.
In the first inspection of its kind, a team of 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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Contact centre unavailable on 3 May for training
Our contact centre is closed for one day on Friday 3 May for staff training. We will reopen on Monday 6 May at 08:00.
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Care Inspectorate Statistical Summary Report for Quarter 4 of 2018/19
The Care Inspectorate Statistical Summary Report for Quarter 4 of 2018/19 has now been released. This presents data on the number of registered care services, new registrations and cancellations, complaints about care services and quality theme grades all by care service type and or service sector. This is updated on a quarterly basis.
All content is available under the Open Government License, unless otherwise stated. More information on this license is available here.
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