Social care in Scotland
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Social care in Scotland encompasses social work ; care home services in the community for adults, children and young people; and services for young children, including nurseries and after-school care clubs .
National Care Service
The National Care Service (Scotland) Bill was published in June 2022. It would allow Scottish Ministers to transfer social care responsibility from local authorities to a new, national service. [1]
Workforce
As of 2016 [ update ] there are approximately 203,200 people employed within social services in the country. [2]
Older people
A community building project, Older People for Older People , resulted in a film being made in 2010 about how older people's skills were used in Ardersier to assist other older people. [3]
Criminal justice
There is no probation service in Scotland. The equivalent function is carried out by criminal justice social workers , who are part of local authorities' social work departments. Criminal justice social workers follow the same entry procedure as other social workers.
Housing
The University of Stirling , Housing Options Scotland and Horizon Housing Association conducted a study of allocations and lettings practice for accessible and adapted social housing in 2018. They found that most of the 28 disabled home-seekers in their study received inappropriate housing offers, or no offers at all. [4]
See also
- Care Inspectorate
- Children's hearing system
- Cornerstone Community Care
- Criminal Justice Social Work Services
- Education in Scotland
- Health and Social Care Directorates
- Healthcare in Scotland
- Local government in Scotland
- NHS Scotland
- Quarriers
- Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People
- Scots law
- Scottish Children's Reporter Administration
- Scottish Social Services Council
References
- ↑ "National Care Service (Scotland) Bill" . Scottish Parliament. 2022 . Retrieved 26 July 2022 .
- ↑ "The social service workforce" . Dundee: Scottish Social Services Council . Archived from the original on 3 October 2016 . Retrieved 3 October 2016 .
- ↑ "Life on film: Ardersier's older people put their memories on DVD" . Older People for Older People . Archived from the original on 9 August 2014 . Retrieved 26 July 2014 .
- ↑ "Disabled home-seekers 'in distress' over accessible housing failures" . Home Care Insight. 22 August 2019 . Retrieved 1 October 2019 .
Further reading
- Davis, Roger (2011). Social work and the law in Scotland (2nd ed.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230276314 .
- Guthrie, Tom (2009). Social work law in Scotland (3rd ed.). Haywards Heath: Tottel. ISBN 9781847661654 .
- Mooney, Gerry; Scott, Gill, eds. (2005). Exploring social policy in the 'new' Scotland . Bristol: Policy Press. ISBN 9781861345943 .
- Mooney, Gerry; Scott, Gill, eds. (2012). Social justice and social policy in Scotland . Bristol: Policy. p. 281. ISBN 9781847427021 .