Definitions of escape, attempted escape, abscond and failure to return in secure mental health services

Recent policy debate has centred on a number of claims about why people do not have jobs and the benefits of employment for individual and family life. This report draws

This SCR learning point was developed from an event held in Fife in June 2009. Hosted by Fife Community Planning Partnership and chaired by Councillor Fiona Grant, it brought together

This study suggests the idea of a ‘narrative in common’ – developed by local people and connecting them across different neighbourhoods and backgrounds – as a more natural and progressive

An evaluation report of the development and early implementation phases of Getting it right for every child in Highland 2006 – 2009.

The purpose of this Statistics Release is to present the latest national figures for home care services provided or purchased by local authorities in Scotland. All local authorities in Scotland

Giving older people more choice and control.

Staff in care homes for older people can be confused as to what constitutes restraint, and unsure how to balance their responsibilities to residents with the rights of residents to

This Statistics Release presents the latest figures for free personal care ( FPC) and free nursing care ( FNC). Free personal and nursing care ( FPNC) was introduced in Scotland

Association of Directors of Social Work( ADSW) has published a report on Personalisation. The concept of personalisation has entered the language, if not yet always the practice, of social care