Event categories: Members event

  The Scottish Parliament's Health, Social Care and Sport Committee is undertaking an inquiry into how well the Self-directed Support legislation has worked since it came into force in April 2014. SDS Scotland would like to hear from our members what you believe it's important for the inquiry to understand about SDS. Please join us […]

This workshop aims to explore some real life examples of issues that may arise for anyone who is a Guardian or holds Power Of Attorney (POA), or is thinking about this. We will explore updated SDS Guidance to see how this affects the Guardian and POA role. Areas to be covered include: Including relevant powers […]

Community based Peer Researchers wanted for a Stirling University Research Project – Free Information Sessions The University of Stirling are undertaking a 3 year research project looking at the effects of stigma on older disabled people. The central aim of the project is to tackle stigma related to age, disability and place (as stigma can […]

A workshop looking at Applying SDS Eligibility Criteria This workshop will give people the opportunity to explore the meaning of eligibility criteria and look at how this is applied to someone’s assessment of need. The workshop will cover areas such as: What the different categories for eligibility criteria actually mean in practise (eg critical, substantial, […]

A workshop looking at issues relating to the underspending of an SDS budget This workshop will explore the issue of underspent SDS budgets and how people can approach their Local Authority to discuss their use. It will also look at how people can exercise choice and control and request changes to the use of their […]

Direct Payments (SDS Option 1) and Employing Personal Assistants – What is working well and what can we build on? Social Work Scotland and SDSS would like to invite SDSS members to an online event about Direct Payments and Employing Personal Assistants. Social Work Scotland’s SDS Team is leading on the development of a national […]

Developing the new SDS Improvement Plan for 2023 - 2027 A new strategic plan is being developed to improve the implementation of Self-Directed Support in Scotland.  Since the passing of the Self-Directed Support (Scotland) Act in 2013 and the accompanying strategy, several multi-year Implementation Plans have been in place to drive forward SDS implementation.   As […]

Share your views on Inspection, Scrutiny and Regulation in Social Care The Independent Review of Inspection, Scrutiny and Regulation (IRISR) was announced on 23rd September 2022. The IRISR will make recommendations to ensure that social care support services are the best that they can be for those that use them and work within them. IRISR […]

Updated SDS Statutory Guidance – information sessions for SDSS members The Scottish Government published the updated SDS Statutory Guidance on 21st November 2022. You can see the newly updated Guidance here: https://www.gov.scot/publications/statutory-guidance-accompany-social-care-self-directed-support-scotland-act-2013-2/ The Guidance has incorporated a number of recent developments, as well as others that have occurred over the last eight years, including: The […]