Self-directed support: improvement plan 2023 to 2027
Plan for all those with a role in ensuring people experience high quality social care in line with the principles and values of the Self Directed Support (SDS) Act 2013. The Plan identifies four outcome areas reflecting where improvements in how SDS is delivered are most needed.
Footnotes
1 The Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act
2 As described by the SDS Statutory Guidance (update published in November 2022)
3 More information about the Workplan is available here: https://www.sdsscotland.org.uk/pa-programme-board-workplan/. This dependency reflects the principle that support for the PA workforce (through the Workplan mentioned above) and support for PA employers (through this Plan) are mutually reinforcing and must be coherent.
4 For more information about ILM, see the SDSS Factsheet
5 It should be noted that some issues like availability of providers and workers are subject to market forces outwith the control of senior leaders.
6 For example, Lou Close’s report for In Control in 2022 which describes the importance of ‘senior leaders publicly and routinely articulating their vision for increased choice and control. Including a staunch commitment to embody the spirit and the letter of the legislation’.
7 These have not been used in a formal scoring process, and none of these are weighted.
Contact
Email: ascas@gov.scot
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