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11 June 2018Scottish Govt Consultation: Supporting Disabled Children, Young People and their Families
Supporting Disabled Children, Young People and their Families: Scottish Government Consultation on a Resource for the Information Needs of children and families In 2016 the Scottish Government set out a…
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8 June 2018Open University: New Revised Online SDS Course
Open University: New Revised Online SDS Course The Open University has had recently updated and improved this course so that it considers self-directed support for both children and adults. The Course…
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29 May 2018Participation Requests Training for Members
Participation Requests Training: Bring public authorities to the table! The Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act (2015) created new opportunities in Scotland. Participation requests have been introduced under the Community Empowerment (Scotland)…
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16 May 2018Self Management Fund Open to Organisations
This fund is an opportunity for third sector organisations and any statutory sector partners to work together over a short period to demonstrate and build capacity for self management approaches…
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15 May 2018Scottish 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…
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14 May 2018SDSS 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…
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10 May 2018New 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…
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10 May 2018PVG 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…
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10 May 2018lndividual 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…
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15 April 2018SDS 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…
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12 April 2018GDPR: Information for charities.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has produced a useful FAQ for charities, which you can read here.
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12 April 2018Two 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…