Resources

Publications

• Charter for Involvement

  Sets out in their own words how supported people want to be included in their services and communities

• Principles of Good Transitions 3

  A framework to inform, structure and encourage the continual improvement of support for young people who are making the transition to young adult life.

• The Criminal Justice Pathway for people with Learning Disabilities

  An overview of some key challenges and opportunities for change that will help improve support and reduce offending amongst people with learning disabilities in Scotland

• “We’re all in this together” Supplementary learning paper 1: Recruitment

  This short paper explores the factors that led to improvements in recruitment over the pandemic; the challenges experienced by providers and potential solutions as identified by the provider workforce. We conclude with an offer of recommendations for change.

• “We’re all in this together” Supplementary learning paper 2 : Staff motivation and commitment

  This short paper explores factors that helped and hindered staff motivation and commitment during the covid pandemic and how this experience can help inform longer term changes to social care in Scotland.

• A collective approach to improving recruitment in the social care sector

  Learning from a pilot in Fife to develop a collective approach to recruitment in the social care sector

• A Practice Guide for Defence Solicitors in Scotland: representing clients with communication support needs

  Advice on how to recognise when a person has difficulty with communication, how to communicate more effectively, and information on the various supports that may be available to help.

• ARC Scotland Consultation Response – A National Care Service for Scotland

  ARC Scotland are committed to helping to shape a National Care Service (NCS) for Scotland where people who need additional support can live the lives they choose.

• Charter for Involvement – short version

• Charter leaflet

  A handy summary of the Charter statements

• Children and young people in conflict with the law Supplement

  Brings together information for all those who work with these children and young people in any setting – in the community, through services, at school or in a residential setting – and combines this with words from the young people themselves.

• Facing the Future Together

  A national survey of young people with additional support needs and their parents and carers about their experiences of leaving school

• Getting Out and About: Experiences of Travel

  A report sharing the barriers that NIN members face when using transport, and what might improve things. Information gathered June 2023.

• No-one Left Behind: Challenges with Support

  A report sharing NIN members’ experiences of the challenges they face with support, and what would help. Information gathered in February 2023.

• Practice Guide for Support Staff

  People with communication support needs in the Scottish criminal justice system

• Practice Guide for support staff – People with Communication Support Needs in the Scottish Criminal Justice System

  Our Practice Guide was produced by the Supporting Offenders with Learning Disabilities (SOLD) network in collaboration with our justice partners. It aims to help support workers from all sectors who find the person with learning disabilities they support, in the criminal justice system.

• Practice Guide for Support Workers

  People with learning disabilities in the Scottish criminal justice system

• Putting the Charter Into Practice

  Describes the views and experiences of Chief Executives and senior managers of 15 organisations that have signed up to the Charter

• Putting The Charter Into Practice (short report)

• We’re all in this together – The impact of Covid-19 on the future of social care in Scotland: a view from the workforce

  A report capturing the learning and experiences of those involved in the planning and delivery of social care services, particularly those providing social care support to people with learning disabilities, autism and physical disabilities during the Covid-19 pandemic

• Working together in challenging times

  A report showing our learning from facilitating local forums for provider organisations