The Scottish Government have launched a consultation to look at how best to make sure that all children and young people with care experience are given the support they need to help them move on from care into adulthood and more independent living.

This consultation is about ensuring that young people leaving care and moving into adulthood have the right scaffolding of support available to ensure they thrive.

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The consultation is looking at:

 

• the practice already happening.

• what is missing in our scaffolding of support for young people leaving care.

• the potential solutions and challenges facing delivery partners and young people leaving care.

• care delivery.

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If you'd like us to help you respond to this / or collate your views and compile your response for you, please get in touch.

 

 

 

Child maintenance provides a vital service for separated families, though it is clear that the current system is not working for everyone.

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Work is taking place to look at what improvements need to be made in terms of how the systems works, administrative charges, barriers to use, etc.

 

Over the past year, improvements have been made, including introducing regulations to remove the £20 application fee so that the poorest families are not deterred from accessing the CMS.

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Do you have solutions to how this should work. Have you case studies to show how it is / isn't working? Do you wish to repsond to the current consultation looking at this? If so, and you need our help, please get in touch.

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The Scottish Parliament’s Health, Social Care and Sport Committee published its Stage 1 report on the National Care Service, with the Parliament voting to approve the general principles of the Bill at Stage 1 at the end of February.
 
In the Committee’s Stage 1 report, a majority of Committee Members requested the Scottish Government provide the draft text of its Stage 2 amendments in advance of formal Stage 2 proceedings. 

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Proposed Stage 2 amendments will include: 

• To have a National Care Service Board (NCSB). This is intended to provide national oversight and improvement of social work services, social care support and community health services which fall within the scope of the National Care Service.

• These are planned to replace Care Biards, with a view to support implementation of NCS priorities by building on existing structures and good practice.

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​Please contact us if you'd like support in responding to this.

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