Letter to ELC providers


Jackie Irvine, Chief Executive of the Care Inspectorate, has written to all early learning and childcare providers, including childminders and school-aged child care.

You can read the full letter here.

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Annual returns go live today


The annual return is now available for services to complete between 9 January and 19 March 2023.

Each year, we ask you to complete an annual return. This gives us important information that helps us plan, inform and carry out our inspections and improvement work. We also share some of the information with other organisations, such as the Scottish Social Services Council and the Scottish Government, and we use it to produce several statistical publications that you can view on our website.

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Message from Jackie Irvine, Chief Executive of the Care Inspectorate


Dear Colleagues

During this festive season, I want to express my sincere gratitude to all staff working in social work, social care and children and young people’s services throughout the country for their continuing professionalism and commitment to caring for some of the most vulnerable people in our communities and in the most challenging of circumstances.

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Annual returns go live soon


Each year, we ask services to complete an annual return.

This year's annual returns will be available from Monday 9 January until Sunday 19 March 2023 (an additional four weeks for completion).

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Updated guidance for employers recruiting people with refugee status


The Care Inspectorate and Scottish Social Services Council have updated their guidance for employers when recruiting people with refugee status for paid or voluntary work in any registered social care service.

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