Seeing the wood for the trees
Authored by Henry Mathias, this academic paper charts how the regulation of early learning and childcare has evolved to improve children’s experience of outdoor play. The paper will contribute to the growing body of knowledge on the scrutiny of care and will be added to the course materials for the Professional Development Award. There is considerable interest in the role that we are playing in supporting the flourishing of outdoor play in Scotland. For example, the Lawson Foundation is funding us to give a keynote address at a conference in Canada and our presentation will be based on this paper. October 2018.
Whose life is it anyway? Countering epistemic injustice in social service scrutiny
Rami Okasha discusses why involving people in inspection and improvement activity is important, and how it can help tackle a relatively-recent form of social injustice. July 2018.
Scotland’s Health and Social Care Standards
Authored by Henry Mathias this paper follows previous academic papers we have published, which contribute to the body of specialist knowledge regarding care scrutiny and will be included in reading materials for our Professional Development Award. July 2018.
Animal Magic
Summary of Angus improvement workshop Feb '18
From enforcer to enabler
Karen Reid discusses how new approaches to regulation can support innovation and improvement, including by using collaborative regulatory sandboxes in health and social care. February 2018.
Our Creative Journey
My Childminding Experience
Pocket ideas - a moment in time
If inspection is the enemy of improvement, someone’s not doing it right
Rami Okasha describes a model of scrutiny and improvement support which is underpinned by Scotland’s new health and social care standards. April 2017.
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