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10 October 2018PVG consultation: report now published.
The Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme was launched in 2011 and is managed by Disclosure Scotland to help ensure people whose behaviour makes them unsuitable to work with children or protected…
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10 October 2018National programme to support adult social care reform: have your say!
The Scottish Government and COSLA (The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities) are seeking views and input on the development of a national programme to support adult social care reform. SDSS…
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3 October 2018SDSS AGM 2018: Getting out of the Woods
SDSS AGM 2018: Getting out of the Woods The SDSS AGM 2018 ‘Getting out of the woods’ is a members only event and an opportunity to discuss the work of SDSS over the last…
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28 September 2018Speak Your Mind! Dementia, and SDS Event
Speak Your Mind! Dementia, SDS and Promoting Individual Autonomy Friday 19th October 2018 – in Glasgow 10:00 am – 12:00 noon This FREE event will look at how self-directed support…
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16 September 2018Social Work Scotland Report: ‘Best Practice and Local Authority Progress in Self-Directed Support.’
Social Work Scotland have recently released a report that aims to share good practice examples and promote learning between local authority areas and across different fields of practice. 15 of…
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16 September 2018Self-directed Support and People Living with Dementia
Alzheimer Scotland are conducting a short survey to find out more about what is happening locally from organisations involved directly in supporting people with self-directed support, so that they can further…
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16 September 2018The Programme for Government 2018-19: What does this mean for SDS?
Last week The Programme for Government 2018-19 ‘Delivering for Today, Investing for Tomorrow’ was released. In it, the Scottish Government made the following commitment: ‘We will also gather views and…
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16 September 2018Our take on ‘SDS Data Under Development 2016-17’
Many of you will be familiar with the SDS Data Under Development figures, the most up to date of which, covering 2016-17, were released last month. The recent figures show…
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13 September 2018Improving Social Care Services in the Highlands
Improving Social Care Services in the Highlands Highland Self Directed Support Stakeholder Group We are arranging a series of Self Directed Support meetings taking place across the Highlands over the…
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30 August 2018MECOPP Resource: ‘Challenging Social Care Decisions in Scotland: A Legal Guide’
As part of their 3 R’s project MECOPP have published a Legal Guide on challenging social care decisions. The aim of this guide is to help explain when decisions made…
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10 August 2018Pocket-sized Guide on the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016
The Coalition of Carers have produced a 2 page guide to what people can expect from the new Carers (Scotland) Act 2016. They outline the Carer Pathway to getting the…
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10 August 2018Research on SDS Implementation published
Providers and Personalisation: New Research report into the Barriers and Enablers for Self-directed Support implementation. Their Report covered 5 Local Authority areas and they interviewed 35 people with roles ranging across…