Resources

• NIN Report June 2024: Non-discrimination

  Sharing NIN members’ experience of discrimination and what they think might help to combat stigma.

• NIN Report March 2024: Accessibility

  Sharing NIN members’ experiences of the barriers to accessibility and what might improve things for them.

• 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.

• Money, Time and People

  2024 report capturing the experiences of social care providers in relation to the workforce, involving people and collaboration, including important insights into how social care could improve.

Films

• Charter film

  A short animated film that brings the Charter to life for people who have trouble reading.

• What NIN means

  NIN members describe what it means to them to be part of the NIN meetings.

• Independence

  4 NIN members explain what being independent means to them.

• Lynnette speaking up

  Lynnette explains what it’s like having her voice heard.

• Michael involved in an organisation

  Michael describes how he helps to make decisions in an organisation and how it makes him feel.

• Brian involved in the community

  Brian Robertson talks about how he got involved in his community and what he thinks about it.

Reports

• NIN Report December 2024: Money & Benefits

  NIN members’ experiences and top tips on managing money and benefits.

• NIN Report September 2024: Independent Living

  NIN members’ experience of living their life their way and how they’d like to be more independent.

• NIN Report June 2024: Non-discrimination

  NIN members’ experience of discrimination and what they think might help to combat stigma.

• NIN Report March 2024: Accessibility

  NIN members’ experiences of the barriers to accessibility and what might improve things for them.

• NIN Report Dec 2023: Health

  Challenges NIN members face with health, how things could improve, and what members feel helps keep them well.

• NIN Report Sept 2023: What Matters to You

  NIN members experience of the 5 areas that they told us mattered most to them: jobs, the right support, relationships, independence and speaking out and being heard.

• NIN Report Jun 2023: Getting out and about – Experiences of travel

  The barriers that NIN members face when using transport, and what might improve things.

• NIN Report Feb 2023: No-one Left Behind – Challenges with Support

  NIN members’ experiences of the challenges they face with support, and what would help.

• 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 and information on the various supports available.

• Practice Guide for Support Workers

  Guidance for those supporting people with communication support needs in the Scottish justice system.

Publications

• 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.

• Principles into Practice

  Practical guidance on how to put the Principles of Good Transitions into practice.

Supplements to Principles of Good Transitions

All found here: https://scottishtransitions.org.uk/supplements/

• Children and young people in conflict with the law
  In partnership with the Children and Young Peoples Centre for Justice.
• Supporting positive transitions through and out of foster care
  In partnership with the Fostering Network
• Life Shortening Conditions
  In partnership with Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS)
• Autism Transitions supplement
  In partnership with Autism Network Scotland

Films

• Why we need Principles into Practice

• ARC Scotland: working in partnership with disabled young people.

Publications

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

  Capturing the learning and experiences of those involved in the planning and delivery of social care services, during the Covid-19 pandemic and how this could influence the future of social care.

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

  Exploring the factors that led to improvements in recruitment over the pandemic;

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

  Exploring factors that helped and hindered staff motivation and commitment during the covid pandemic.

• Money, Time and People

  2024 report capturing the experiences of social care providers in relation to the workforce, involving people and collaboration, including important insights into how social care could improve.

• 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

• Talking Mats Stories

  How Talking Mats and peer advocacy improve the lives of supported people and help them identify changes they want to make.

• Talking Mats Stories (clips)

  Extracts from a longer NIN film where NIN members talk about using a Talking Mat to help people make changes to their support

• Involvement in Action

  NIN members describe their experience of using a new Talking Mat to help more people use the Charter for Involvement.

• The NIN and the future

  NIN members talk about their hopes for the future of the Charter and the NIN.

• Hear Our Voice Conference

  The Hear our Voice Conference was planned and led by NIN members and held to celebrate NIN's 10th anniversary

• 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

• Working together in challenging times

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

• 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.

• Putting the Charter Into Practice (short version)

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

• 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

• Anyone can be a superhero

  Explores a young man’s experience of leaving school and moving into college.

• Hear our Voice

  Members of the National Involvement Network (NIN) talk about what NIN means to them