Social care in Scotlandencompassessocial work;care homeservices in the community for adults, children and young people; and services for young children, including nurseries andafter-school care clubs.
TheNational Care Service (Scotland) Billwas published in June 2022. It would allow Scottish Ministers to transfer social care responsibility from local authorities to a new, national service.[1]
Workforce
editAs of 2016[update]there are approximately 203,200 people employed within social services in the country.[2]
Older people
editAcommunity buildingproject,Older People for Older People,resulted in a film being made in 2010 about how older people's skills were used inArdersierto assist other older people.[3]
Criminal justice
editThere is noprobation servicein Scotland. The equivalent function is carried out bycriminal 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
editTheUniversity of Stirling,Housing Options ScotlandandHorizon Housing Associationconducted 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
edit- 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
edit- ^"National Care Service (Scotland) Bill".Scottish Parliament. 2022.Retrieved26 July2022.
- ^"The social service workforce".Dundee:Scottish Social Services Council.Archived fromthe originalon 3 October 2016.Retrieved3 October2016.
- ^"Life on film: Ardersier's older people put their memories on DVD".Older People for Older People.Archived fromthe originalon 9 August 2014.Retrieved26 July2014.
- ^"Disabled home-seekers 'in distress' over accessible housing failures".Home Care Insight. 22 August 2019.Retrieved1 October2019.
Further reading
edit- Davis, Roger (2011).Social work and the law in Scotland(2nd ed.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.ISBN9780230276314.
- Guthrie, Tom (2009).Social work law in Scotland(3rd ed.). Haywards Heath: Tottel.ISBN9781847661654.
- Mooney, Gerry; Scott, Gill, eds. (2005).Exploring social policy in the 'new' Scotland.Bristol: Policy Press.ISBN9781861345943.
- Mooney, Gerry; Scott, Gill, eds. (2012).Social justice and social policy in Scotland.Bristol: Policy. p. 281.ISBN9781847427021.