Accessability info and advice
- Created: Friday, 22 January 2021 20:21
- Published: Friday, 22 January 2021 20:21
- Written by Fife Voluntary Action
Latest updates from Fife Voluntary Action (FVA) Fri 22/01/2021
Do you help individuals and families in need of emergency financial help? This comprehensive, up-to-date and easy-to-navigate guide containing 1700 grant-making charities giving £308.5 million in funds, will simplify the often difficult task of finding the most appropriate support for your clients by outlining the eligibility criteria, amounts available and how to apply.
You’ll benefit from extensive advice on how to select funds and make successful applications, as well as a directory of useful organisations.
The 16th edition of The Guide to Grants for Individuals in Need, containing over 200 new grant-makers, is the only publication to provide a comprehensive listing of all sources of non-statutory funding available for individuals in the UK.
The Scottish Community Development Centre has released new support materials have been produced to accompany the revised National Standards for Community Engagement. Developed in partnership with Glasgow Disability Alliance (GDA), the National Standards for Community Engagement are now in the following accessible formats:
• Easy Read version of the National Standards for Community Engagement
• Easy Read – plain large print (18pt) of the National Standards for Community Engagement
• Easy Read – plain large print (24pt) of the National Standards for Community Engagement
• Audio version (MP3) of the National Standards for Community Engagement
• A braille version of the National Standards for Community Engagement is also available on request.
View and download the accessible versions by clicking here. For more information or further support around accessible versions of the Standards, please contact Paul Nelis at SCDC on 0131 248 1924 or e-mail paul@scdc.org.uk.
From Fife Centre for Equalities e-bulletin June 2017
The below information is from http://www.healthcareimprovementscotland.org/our_work/standards_and_guidelines/stnds/neurological_care_standards.aspx
General standards for neurological care and support
It is estimated that as many as a million adults in Scotland are living with a wide range of complex and life-changing neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, and Huntington’s disease, as well as those affected by cerebral palsy, brain injury, nerve and muscle disorders. Neurological disease can affect people in different ways; no two people living with a neurological condition are the same. People should expect to receive the same high quality service from the health and social care organisations that support them, regardless of their condition, geographical location or individual circumstances. Continue reading
The below information is from http://www.healthcareimprovementscotland.org/our_work/standards_and_guidelines/stnds/opah_standards.aspx
Care of older people in hospital standards
Everyone using healthcare services in Scotland is entitled to the same level of care regardless of their age, however, it is recognised that older people are admitted more often to hospital, and can face problems not experienced by other user groups.
We have developed standards to support staff and ensure the highest standards for the care of older people in hospital presenting with an acute episode, wherever healthcare is delivered.
These standards supersede the 2002 Clinical standards for older people in acute care. Continue reading
http://www.healthcareimprovementscotland.org/
About us
We are Healthcare Improvement Scotland, an organisation with many parts and one purpose – better quality health and social care for everyone in Scotland.
We have five key priorities.
These are areas where we believe we can make the most impact and where we focus our efforts and resources.
- Enabling people to make informed decisions about their care and treatment.
- Helping health and social care organisations to redesign and continuously improve services.
- Provide evidence and share knowledge that enables people to get the best out of the services they use and helps services improve.
- Provide quality assurance that gives people confidence in the services and supports providers to improve.
- Making the best use of resources, we aim to ensure every pound invested in our work adds value to the care people receive.
Brian Rosie of the Adult Protection Committee advised us about a text alert system he uses on his bank account. We asked Lisa Marriage from the Community Protection Team of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) for more information. The Royal Bank of Scotland have been working with the Scottish Business Resilience Centre on ways to tackle financial harm. Continue reading
The Below Article is from https://www.careinspectorate.com/index.php/complaints
One of the most important ways for us to make sure care services improve is by listening to your concerns. These may be about a care service or about the Care Inspectorate.
For more information, you can read unhappy about a care service?
‘How we deal with concerns and complaints‘ explains the process.
How to make a complaint
Registered care service
If you are not happy with the level of care you or someone you care for is receiving, we would encourage you to first of all speak to the care service itself about your concerns. This is often the quickest way to resolve a problem.
However, you can choose to complain directly to us by either:
- filling in our complaints form online
- calling us on 0345 600 9527
- emailing us at concerns@careinspectorate.gov.scot
- writing to any of our offices.
Whichever method you use to, we will deal with your complaint following ‘How we deal with concerns and complaints‘.
In summary, this means we will:
- acknowledge that we have received your complaint within three working days
- aim to complete the investigation within 40 working days
- let you know if we think there will be a delay and give you the reasons for the delay
- let you know our findings and the outcome of the complaint.
If you are unhappy with the outcome, you have the right to ask the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO) to look into our decision. The SPSO website has information on making a complaint and the types of complaints it looks at. They are the final stage for handling complaints about public services in Scotland.
Other organisations
Local authority social work departments: you need to contact the local authority and ask about their complaints procedure.
NHS hospital or clinic: you need to contact the local NHS board.
Independent health service or hospice: contact Healthcare Improvement Scotland.
If you want to raise a concern about a specific individual (or individuals) working in a care service – rather than the service itself – the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) may be able to help. The SSSC regulates a wide range of social care workers: www.sssc.uk.com. The SSSC can only consider concerns about workers who are registered or applying to register with it. You can check if a worker is registered by searching the Register or by calling the SSSC on 0345 603 0891.
The Above Article is from https://www.careinspectorate.com/index.php/complaints
PDF Procedure for Handling Complaints – Care Inspectorate
More Information and the below article can be found at https://www.careinspectorate.com/index.php/type-of-care Services we regulate, check and inspect
We regulate and inspect care services in Scotland to make sure that they meet the right standards. We also jointly inspect with other regulators to check how well different organisations in local areas work to support adults and children. You can find out more about each of the care services that we regulate here.
You can also read more about our joint inspections of services for children and young people and our joint inspections of services for adults within the professionals area of our website.
Childminding
Childminders are professional childcare workers who work from their own homes to provide a childcare service for other people’s children in a family setting.
Daycare of Children
Day care is care provided for infants and toddlers, pre-schoolers and school-aged children in a centre-based facility, such as a nursery, playgroup or afterschool club.
Care homes for adults
There are no legal differences between residential homes and nursing homes. They are all care homes and can be more flexible about the services they offer. They can meet all aspects of your accommodation, support and care including nursing and end-of-life care.
Care at home
Care at home makes sure that as many people as possible are supported in their own homes. The care at home service can touch on all aspects of your daily life in your own home.
Support services
These fall under the heading of day care and can be offered within a care home, centre or to those provided directly in the community and not based in a centre. Support services can help with people who need support with very complicated need to people who need time-limited support at various times.
Housing support
Housing support covers a range of activities that allow you to maintain your accommodation, meet your duties and responsibilities as a tenant and get involved in the local community.
More Information and the above article can be found at https://www.careinspectorate.com/index.php/type-of-care
Find a Care Service https://www.careinspectorate.com/index.php/care-services
As the above says, if you are looking for a Care Service lick on the above link. It will take you to The Care Inspectorate (Scotland) page containing different search parameters to help you find what you are looking for.