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Scottish Parliament Report: ‘Are they involving us? Integration Authorities engagement with stakeholders’, where are we now?
In September 2017 The Health and Sport Committee at the Scottish Parliament undertook a short inquiry to assess the extent to which stakeholders (including the public, the service users, the…
SDSS Members Opportunity to Review Social Work Scotland’s SDS Report
Members’ Event-Review of Social Work Scotland’s Report:’Best Practice and Local Authority Progress in Self-Directed Support’ Social Work Scotland were asked to work with Local Authorites to find examples of best…
PVG scheme: consultation events.
This Scottish Government consultation seeks views on proposals for the reform to the disclosure regime in Scotland. The aim is for respondents to focus on what changes are required to…
New CCPS Briefing: Poor Procurement Practice and SDS – what can be done
This Providers and Personalisation (P&P) briefing sets out a local area example of the tensions that can exist between procurement and competitive tendering, and Self-directed Support (SDS) and enabling choice…
lndividual Service Funds: a guide to making Self Directed Support work for everyone
An Individual Service Fund (ISF) is one way of managing an individual budget available under Option 2 of the Self-Directed Support Act. In Control Scotland has produced a new guide…
SDS National Voice 2018: Video content.
SDS National Voice 2018 was an event held on March 14th 2018 to promote and showcase good SDS practice from across Scotland, videos of key content from the day are…
Two new Acts come into force: The Carers Act and The Lobbying Act.
Scottish Government have announced two new acts, The Carers Act and The Lobbying Act. Carers Act Members will be well aware of the Carers Act, which came into force on…
Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee: looking at concerns around SDS.
Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee The role of the PAPLS Committee is to scrutinise the Scottish Government, in relation to the following matters: Considering issues arising from audit of…
GDPR: Information for charities.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has produced a useful FAQ for charities, which you can read here.
Featured in TFN: Jess Wade on SDS Implementation.
Last week SDSS Manager Jess Wade was featured in TFN, find out more: SDSS Manager, Jess Wade, was featured in TFN last week discussing the future of SDS, and what needs…
Review of Independent Information and Support has now been published.
The newly published Research Findings (‘Review of Independent Information and Support Services’) by Craigforth social researchers on the independent support provided by organisations funded through Support in the Right Direction,…
Breaking News: SDS SIRD2021 Fund Now Open.
Breaking News – Self Directed Support SiRD2021 Fund Now Open for Applications: The new Support in the Right Direction Fund (SiRD2021) is open for applications as of today, 5th February….
New SDS SIRD Fund opens 5th Feb 2018!
The Scottish Government has announced the opening date for the new round of ‘Support in the Right Direction’ funding, SIRD2021. This fund is aimed at organisations providing Independent Information and…
Free Disability Equality Training for SDSS Members
SDSS are looking to run Disability Equality Training for any members that would like to attend. This is different from Awareness Training. Disability Equality training is designed and delivered by…
Access to Employment and the use of SDS
SDS – Access to Employment Learning Event The Scottish Union of Supported Employment (SUSE) undertook a survey into Employment and Self Directed Support late last year. Following on from this, and…