Shared inspection framework for ELC services including childminding and school-aged childcare
Join us for an engagement event to help shape the new framework.
The Care Inspectorate and Education Scotland are working together to progress the development of the shared inspection framework for early learning and childcare (ELC) services, including childminding and school-aged childcare in Scotland.
The new framework will replace Education Scotland’s ‘How good is our early learning and childcare’ and the Care Inspectorate’s ‘Quality framework for daycare of children, childminding and school aged childcare’.
As part of the first phase of our consultation on the new framework, we would like to invite you to attend one of our engagement events taking place in May either in-person or online.
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Health and safety in adult care home services: Share the learning event
We would like to invite those working within an adult care home, older people care home, commissioners, and providers of adult social care to an online ‘share the learning event’ about health and safety in adult care home services.
Event details:
- When: Tuesday 9 May
- Time: 10:00 to 12:30
- Location: Online (Microsoft Teams)
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Revised quality framework for support services (not care at home)
As part of the our learning from the pandemic we have been working to update all our quality frameworks and we have now updated the Quality Framework for Support Services (not care at home).
We have made important updates to reflect the changing practice and policy context in which care and support is now provided. These updates include:
- introducing ‘core assurances.’ These are some things we will always look at on our inspections because they are key areas that are essential to a service being safe.
- adding a new quality indicator 1.5, ‘People’s health and wellbeing benefits from safe infection prevention and control practice and procedure’.
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Joint inspection of services for children and young people at risk of harm in East Dunbartonshire
A joint inspection of services in the East Dunbartonshire community planning partnership has found clear strengths in ensuring children and young people at risk of harm are safe, protected and supported. Some areas for improvement were also identified.
Inspectors found that initial concerns were being responded to timeously and effective collaborative practice was helping to keep children and young people safe from harm.
Risks to children and young people at risk of harm were being reduced by consistent assessment and care planning, and by the support that services delivered in response.
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Joint inspection of adult support and protection in Orkney
A joint inspection of adult support and protection in Orkney has found some strengths in ensuring adults at risk of harm are safe, protected and supported. However, inspectors also identified substantial areas for improvement.
Inspectors found that partnership staff worked collaboratively to support and protect adults at risk of harm.
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