Resources

Self-neglect and neglect of adults are being highlighted this year as part of Scotland’s national Adult Support and Protection Day 2023, on 20 February. This video explains some of the signs of self…

To celebrate Scotland’s National Adult Support and Protection Awareness Day we want to make sure that adults in Scotland are as safe as possible, year round, because staying safe matters every day.

Provides an overview of the literature on service provision for autism in Scotland.

Provides an overview of the literature on how to best support the relationships of siblings in care.

Examines how and why fetal alcohol spectrum disorders are relevant to social work and the implications for practice. 

Provides social workers – and those concerned with their learning and development – the opportunity to consider ideas from workplace learning theory. This is alongside research and evidence from the…

Evidence summary that provides an overview of the evidence around accommodation based support for adults with mental health conditions.

Evidence summary that provides an overview of the evidence on extra living costs that people with disabilities face.

An examination of what disguised non-compliance is, what the research tells us, and what it means for social work practice.

A review of care home quality assurance materials from 17 local authority areas in Scotland to understand how improvement is best supported during periods of acute crisis. It draws out: