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Connecting partnerships: a framework for supporting leadership, effective management and service innovations across health and social care partnerships
- Author:
- JOINT IMPROVEMENT TEAM
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
A framework is provided for the Joint Improvement Team (JIT) Connecting Partnership Programme. The (JIT) was established in 2005 to work directly with health and social care partnerships to accelerate the pace of improvements to ensure better outcomes for service users and carers. The JIT is sponsored by the Scottish Executive, the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (CoSLA), and NHS Scotland and aims to help partnerships work towards both national and local improvement targets. The JIT Connecting Partnership Programme provides an opportunity to provide additional support and advice to Partnerships involved with the JIT Intensive Support Programme by developing a more structured link with one or more other Partnerships. It provides an approach to facilitate effective sharing of experience, skills and good practice It will also provide mentoring and ‘peer support’ to individuals. The Programme involves identification of key objectives based on the joint action plan between the JIT and the Partnership, supporting shared learning and benchmarking opportunities. There is the potential to develop links with an academic department to further support personal development and support.
Residential care and education: improving practice in residential special schools and secure care accommodation services in Scotland
- Authors:
- CARE COMMISSION, HM INSPECTORATE OF EDUCATION
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 100p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Intended as a staff development guide to support the evaluation of quality across care and education, the aim of this guide (developed by a working group which included senior managers from residential special schools and secure care accommodation, with representatives from Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education and the Care Commission) is to provide practical support for evaluating and improving the quality of provision made for children and young people and to promote excellence in residential schools and secure care services. It draws on best practice in monitoring and evaluating across different sectors of education and on best practice in residential special schools and secure care accommodation, aiming to highlight effective ways in which services can fully support vulnerable children and young people. It covers sources of advice and legislation, self-evaluation in the context of residential special school and secure care accommodation services, the framework for self-evaluation and gathering the evidence, and includes case studies and a toolkit entitled Aiming high through developing a culture of reflection within your service. It builds on advice given in the third edition of How good is our school?, and is intended to be read in conjunction with that.
Residential care and education: improving practice in residential special schools in Scotland
- Author:
- CARE COMMISSION. HM INSPECTORATE OF EDUCATION
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 31p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The first national review of school care accommodation services inspected jointly by the Care Commission and HM Inspectorate of Education, this report is based on the first round of inspections undertaken in 2002-04 of all of Scotland's residential schools which came within the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001, and aims to help schools to take forward improvements by describing good practice. Schools were asked to undertake self-evaluation as a starting point, inspection teams listened to the views of children and young people, gathered parental views through questionnaires, and gave feedback to school senior management and other relevant staff about the evaluations, key strengths, and main points for action from the inspection; reports on all of the inspections were published. This report looks at maintaining positive environments for safety, support and education, creating a climate to ensure pupils' care and protection, working together to meet pupils' needs, promoting pupils' learning and the curriculum, and leadership, management and planning to improve provision. It describes good practice, identifies weaknesses and improvements needed, and sets out points for action.
Delivering a healthy future: an action framework for children and young people's health in Scotland: a draft for consultation
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 78p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
National standards for Scotland's youth justice services: a report by the Improving the Effectiveness of the Youth Justice System working group
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This report by the Improving the Effectiveness of the Youth Justice System Working Group describes the characteristics of effective local management of youth justice services and outlines a set of standards to improve delivery. The group believes strongly that the development of national standards for youth justice should take place in the context of integrated children’s services at a national and local level. All authorities should therefore review and update their children’s services plans to ensure that this report’s recommendations are effectively addressed. The group also believes that this mechanism should include three key elements: local commitment to the overall aims for Scotland’s youth justice services, an inter-agency youth justice strategy group, and an operational youth justice services team.
Code of guidance on homelessness: guidance on legislation, policies and practices to prevent and resolve homelessness
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 104p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The purpose of this code is to help guide local authorities in their duties to homeless and potentially homeless people. This Code of Guidance replaces the previous version issued in 2004 and has been updated to reflect legislative change, notably through the Homelessness etc (Scotland) Act 2003. The Code sets out a summary of legislative duties with supporting explanation and guidance. It is principally intended for local authority staff dealing with homelessness policy and responsible for making decisions on homelessness applications.
Partnership matters: a guide to local authorities, NHS boards and voluntary organisations on supporting students with additional needs in college
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 83p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This guidance is intended for those involved in the decision making process in relation to how students with additional needs, whether they are young people or adults, are supported in Scotland’s colleges and those responsible for day to day management of that support. The aim is to provide greater clarity on the roles and responsibilities of all agencies that support students with additional support needs studying at college. The guidance contains a number of examples of how agencies have worked well together to provide the best support possible for individuals.
The new Mental Health Act: an easy read guide
- Author:
- SCOTTISH CONSORTIUM FOR LEARNING DISABILITY
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 139p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
An easy read guide to the mental health act, a new law which says how you can be treated if you have a mental disorder, and also says what your rights are, is presented.
The conditions and treatment of prisoners under escort
- Author:
- HM CHIEF INSPECTOR OF PRISONS FOR SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 50p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This report is the result of the first systematic inspection of the conditions and treatment of prisoners under escort across Scotland. The inspection covers only the conditions and treatment of prisoners as they are taken to and from court, and when they are held in court. The report is based on visits to every court in Scotland, observation of the processes involved, and examination of the range of records kept in prisons and courts, by Reliance Custodial Services and by the Scottish Prison Service. It is also based on listening to prisoners, prison staff, RCS staff and Scottish Courts Service staff; and on the answers given by prisoners to questions developed by HMCIP and included by the SPS in the Annual Prison Survey. The main findings cover safety issues and decency issues.
National Practitioner Conference 20 June 2007 BLCC, Halbeath, Dunfermline: conference report
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 28p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The National Practitioner Conference 2007 was organised by the Scottish Executive Workforce and Capacity Issues Division, in conjunction with the Chairs of the five Change Programmes and building on ideas from a range of practitioners. The specific objective of the day was to give a voice to the people, i.e. front line practitioners, who’s input, buy-in and commitment to the Changing Lives agenda will determine its success or failure, as well as providing an update on developments. The conference was attended by over 140 people, which included practitioners from all 32 local authority areas. There were nine workshops which included presentations from BASW and the User and Carer Forum. Notes from these workshops are included in this report.