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Publication - Advice and guidance

Super Sponsor Scheme and Homes for Ukraine: guidance for local authorities

Last updated
23 January 2026 - see all updates
Topic
Communities and third sector, Housing, International, +1 more … Ukraine

Guidance for local authorities on the Scottish Government’s Super Sponsorship Scheme and Scotland’s responsibilities under the UK Government’s Homes for Ukraine scheme.

Supporting documents

Safeguarding

We have developed and published the People arriving from Ukraine - risk and need: public protection guidance for all practitioners involved in safeguarding of children and adults who are arriving in Scotland from Ukraine to identify and respond to risk and need.

The vast majority of children will arrive with family members who are able to safeguard and meet their needs with minimal support and signposting. Likewise, adults with additional support needs, including adults at risk of harm, may be travelling with carers (relatives or others) who are able to safeguard and meet their needs with minimal support.

Inevitably there will also be children and adults whose needs were previously met within their communities and may require formal support and safeguarding within Scotland, depending on their circumstances on arrival, including proximity of accommodation to their informal support networks. If you have any queries, please speak to your local safeguarding team.

The NHS Education for Scotland learning platform provides public protection courses for both adult support and protection and child protection. Anyone with an email address can get a free Turas account (required for access). 

Unaccompanied children

A particularly vulnerable group are children arriving with adults who are not their parent or legal guardian. Guidance relating to the support and assessment of unaccompanied children from Ukraine is in the People arriving from Ukraine - risk and need: public protection guidance.

Adult support and protection

People from the Ukraine who are deemed to be at risk of harm will be treated the same as any other adult at risk of harm in Scotland, as per the Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 (ASP). Statutory responsibility for undertaking ASP inquiries rests with the local authority where the adult who may be at risk of harm is. Further guidance relating to the protection of adults from Ukraine can be found in the People arriving from Ukraine - risk and need: public protection guidance. 

When undertaking Child or Adult Support and Protection procedures, sensitivity around the use of family members as interpreters is recommended. For more information see: Adult Support and Protection revised Code of Practice.

Contact

Email: ceu@gov.scot

Related content

First published
1 April 2022
Last updated
23 January 2026 - show all updates

  1. Information added to welcome hubs section about opening hours and arrangements for accommodation.

  2. Updates made to majority of pages to reflect latest guidance.

  3. Updated welcome accommodation information.

  4. Updated disclosure checks info and thank you payments.

  5. Updates to background and eligibility, thank you payments and welcome hub chapter.

  6. Updates to background and eligibility.

  7. Amended contradictory information about thank you payments. They are available for up to 3 years.

  8. Updated information under data flow and checks and homes for Ukraine scheme.

  9. Updated to reflect UK Government visa changes.

  10. Added note to explain guide is being reviewed to reflect Home Office visa announcement.

  11. Updated to reflect policy on welcome accommodation.

  12. Updated the funding chapter.

  13. Added link to the guide for displaced people and minor amendment to education section (primary and secondary) intro.

  14. Added information on ending hosting arrangements.

  15. Updates to council tax section.

  16. New sections created for rematching and thank you payment content (formerly part of other sections). Other minor edits.

  17. Changes to Overview, Homes for Ukraine Scheme, Funding, Super Sponsorship Scheme, Data flow and checks, Travel, Role of sponsor/host, Role of councils, Safeguarding, Mental welfare and healthcare, Person checks and Employment.

  18. Changes made to Welcome Hub chapter

  19. Various updates, including information on thank you payment.

  20. Content reviewed and still current. Minor changes to layout of thank you payment. Updated PDF of main guide added.

  21. Updates to safeguarding section.

  22. Added Welfare checks section to Person checks.

  23. Minor update to Funding.

  24. Minor updates: added information about requirement for checks for students returning to host home during holidays. Updated the LA guide PDF.

  25. Updated to reflect latest situation. Standard property check rejection letter templates added to supporting documents.

  26. Information added about the pause on Super Sponsors Scheme

  27. Additional information and template added on assessing enhanced disclosure.

  28. Updates to housing, person checks and added annex: assessing enhanced disclosure information.

  29. Update role of sponsor/host section. PDF replaced.

  30. Updated various chapters with more detail: housing checks, person checks, health, education and employment.

  31. Changes to person checks section and UK Government Scheme section. PDF replaced.

  32. Changes to Mental welfare and healthcare.

  33. Changes to Person checks.

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