This briefing intends to provoke a conversation about the power of embracing risk as a natural part of decision making. It questions a blanket definition of risk, and looks at the impact of risk-averse and risk-positive cultures. It encourages reflection…
Duty of candour is a professional responsibility to be honest with people. It means being open and transparent in health and social care support. It also means that services must say sorry when things go wrong. The Duty of Candour Procedure (Scotland)…
Topic: Legislation, Large Scale Investigations, Health
This briefing looks at how legislation, policy, and services use the term ‘abuse’ and related terms such as 'victim'. Use of words surrounding abuse is complex, because how we talk about abuse can vary across contexts. It is also dynamic, because societal…
Topic: Legislation
Self-neglect is one of the key challenges in Adult Support and Protection. Research has identified that health and social care professionals often find self-neglect cases personally and professionally difficult. Ethical and legal considerations,…
Topic: Self-neglect
Adult Support and Protection is everyone's business. This video animation, made for Scotland’s national Adult Support and Protection Day 2023, highlights the signs of self-neglect and neglect. The video is especially useful in highlighting the role that…
Topic: Self-neglect
A video supporting Adult Support and Protection professionals to put adults and carers at the centre of their work. This is a 'bitesize' version of the full online learning resource, Working together in Adult Support and Protection.
This resource is part…
This report explores working with 16 and 17 year olds through Adult Support and Protection (ASP) legislation and Child Protection (CP) guidance. Included is a guidance and legislation table, which can be used as a reference for professionals working…
This presentation was delivered in April 2024 to a joint child protection / Adult Support and Protection meeting. It gives an overview of the Iriss work on chronologies. This includes some major challenges in creating effective chronologies, suggestions…
Topic: Chronologies
This video, from the ASPire 2024 conference, explores the issue of undue pressure. This includes when it's relevant, how it is defined, and how it is proved. The video particularly sets out the legal context and challenges in proving undue pressure is (or…
Topic: Legislation, ASPire recordings
This video, from the ASPire 2024 conference, explores the case of 'AB'. This person had mild-moderate learning disabilities and a long-term medical condition, and died aged 52. Alongside AB, the case highlights the role of CD, who repeatedly thwarted AB's…
The Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 is guided by a number of principles recognising the importance of adult participation. This guidance explains the Chair's role during multi-agency ASP conferences (commonly known as case conferences) in…
Topic: Participation, Case conferences
The Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 is guided by a number of principles which recognise the importance of adult participation. This guidance sets out practitioner's responsibilities and best practice in promoting an adult's participation…
Topic: Participation
This video is for residential care and care-at-home services. It helps them understand their responsibilities when responding to allegations that a care worker is causing harm to a person. This might be through deliberate acts or through neglect. The…
Topic: Care providers
This factsheet is for residential care and care-at-home services. It helps them understand their responsibilities when responding to allegations that a care worker is causing harm to a person. This might be through deliberate acts or through neglect. It…
Topic: Care providers
This document sets out the legislative basis for the council officer role. It also covers the activities required in Scottish Borders in order to maintain accreditation. This includes training and participation in particular groups and activities. It…
Topic: Service improvement, Legislation
This document sets out the legislative basis for the council officer role. It also outlines the training expected by Scottish Borders in the council officer role, the ongoing learning required, and the final approval process for accreditation. It…
Topic: Service improvement, Legislation
The Pan Lothian chronologies working group was established by NHS Lothian in collaboration with NHS National Services Scotland in 2018. This evaluation report covers their work in developing, testing, and implementing a chronologies tool. Key findings on…
Topic: Chronologies, Service improvement
A powerpoint presentation outlining the TILS risk clarification approach. TILS stands for Type of harm, Imminence, Likelihood, Severity of impact. This presentation aids understanding of the approach, and includes several case examples where TILS can be…
Topic: Risk assessment
This is the template for the TILS risk clarification tool (Type of harm, Imminence, Likelihood, Severity of impact). It aids practitioners to think about the information they have on risk (and what they may still need to work out). It enables plotting of…
Topic: Risk assessment
Explanation of the TILS risk clarification tool (Type of harm, Imminence, Likelihood, Severity of impact) via a worked case example. The case concerns 'John', an 80 year old man who has been found lost and confused while regularly walking outside, late at…
Topic: Risk assessment
