SDSS Events

SDS National Voice 2021: The quality approach, will focus on quality and closing the implementation gap between SDS policy and practice, giving you the chance to explore current projects and hear directly from key players in Scottish social care including user-led organisations and people with lived experience.
Past Events

Join SDSS and the ALLIANCE this International Women’s Day to discuss women’s experiences of using Self-directed Support (SDS) and social care in Scotland.

Age Scotland are delivering an interactive online session on 25 March for carers of people living with dementia to get to grips with the topic of Self-directed Support.

Iriss FM – Scotland’s Social Services Podcast host a discussion on new research on self-directed support in Scotland.

Supporting people to deal with SDS implementation issues in Scotland…

Supporting people to deal with SDS implementation issues in Scotland…

Social Work Scotland is leading the work to develop Standards for Self-directed Support (SDS) that will apply throughout Scotland. These Standards are to be implemented by all Scottish Local Authorities and will form part of the work of the Independent Review of Adult Social Care. The Standards will be a major development and will help to […]

Supporting people to deal with SDS implementation issues in Scotland…

SDSS look forward to welcoming members at our 2020 AGM, which this year will be hosted online, so that members from across Scotland can join us with ease. As always, this will be an opportunity for members to come together to discuss the key challenges over the last membership year & learn from each other. […]

SDS National Voice 2020 Common Ground ‘Making space for better conversations’ is our third SDS National Voice event and is all about bringing people together with a common interest in improving the implementation of Self-directed Support in Scotland, and in turn ensuring that Disabled People are afforded choice and control when it comes to social […]

SDSS are delighted to announce that our ‘My Support, My Choice research, which is in partnership with the Health and Social care Alliance Scotland (ALLIANCE) and funded by Scottish Government, will feature on ALLIANCE Live on December 3rd at 10am, a live webinar with a Q&A session for attendees. In this ALLIANCE Live session […]