This Self-Assessment Tool and Evaluation Framework takes a reflective look at key areas of policy and practice in Scotland from a domestic abuse-informed perspective. The tools can be used to engage key staff in a reflective process, viewing their own…
Domestic abuse in families often intersects with the substance abuse and/or mental health issues of one or more family members. The intersection of these issues is complex and diverse and spans case management, service delivery, and safety issues.…
Type: Forms and templates
This guide is a resource to assist family and friends in being an ally to survivors of domestic abuse. A positive first experience talking about the abuse can make the difference between safety and increased isolation and entrapment for a loved one.…
Domestic violence perpetrator manipulation of systems is a critical problem that undermines responses to family violence and deeply impacts adult and child survivors in many ways. Perpetrators manipulate systems to bolster their own power and abuse and to…
These resources are for men who are worried about their behavior toward their loved ones. The Choose to Change Toolkit describes a four-step process to assist men in developing strong, safe support networks to help them interrupt their violence and…
Care home G was an independent care home in North Lanarkshire registered to care for up to eighty adult residents with mental health problems, associated disabilities and health issues. An LSI commenced for care home G following an escalation of multi-…
This is an ASPire webinar from October 2025. Its theme is the Most Significant Change (MSC) model. This is a storytelling approach to gathering and exploring change outcomes. This approach can capture complexity and explore outcomes in ways that go…
Topic: Risk assessment, Service improvement
This provides a snapshot of evidence about chronology improvement based on a quick review of ASP Joint Inspection Reports published between August 2024 and March 2025, plus an Overview Report from 2024. Key messages and examples of good practice are…
Topic: Chronologies
The guidance aims to provide a framework that can be used across Scotland, with a view to improving the quality and efficacy of Large Scale Investigations (LSIs). The guidance also aims to achieve greater consistency across Scotland in how LSIs are…
Topic: Large Scale Investigations
This webinar explores the challenges professionals face when individuals are "out of sight" - and what more we can do to ensure they are not out of mind, or at risk of harm.
Drawing on recent Adult Support and Protection (ASP) Learning Reviews, the…
Type: Videos
This review relates to the care and protection arrangements for Adult O, age 81. Adult O lived alone and died from injuries caused by a house fire in the early hours of the morning on 22 February 2022, following a visit to the Emergency Department the…
This review was commissioned by the Highland Adult Protection Committee (APC) in August 2021. It relates to the care and protection arrangements for three brothers, Hugh, David and Roderick McCulloch.
Themes and learning points in this review include…
This document offers good practice guidance to support Partnerships in developing systems for gathering feedback from adults at risk (and their significant others) on their experience of being involved in Adult Support and Protection. This includes making…
Topic: Participation, Legislation
This is a community of practice for members, sub-group members, and associate members of CPC Scotland and APC Conveners Scotland; and the Social Work Scotland ASP sub-group. It aims to provide a space for members to connect with each other, to exchange…
Topic: Learning Reviews
Type: Learning material
This report is a joint national overview of learning review activity. Data in this report is drawn from learning review notifications from 19 adult protection committees (APCs) and 15 child protection committees (CPCs).
During the reporting periods,…
Topic: Learning Reviews, Service improvement
This video presentation outlines the work of the Dying Homeless project, which aims to document and remember with love every person who dies while homeless in the UK. This presentation particularly focuses on harm and risk to people while homeless,…
Topic: Homelessness
Type: ASPire recordings, Videos, Presentations
This is an ASPire webinar from August 2025. Its theme is sharing positive case studies and strength-based practice in Adult Support and Protection. It has sessions from Dundee HSCP (on strength-based practitioner reflection); South Ayrshire HSCP (on GIFRE…
Topic: Service improvement, Learning Reviews
Type: ASPire recordings, Videos, Presentations
A video supporting Adult Support and Protection professionals to understand ASP case conferences and to help make them effective for adults at risk. This is a 'bitesize' version of the full online learning resource, Multi-agency Adult Support and…
Topic: Case conferences
Type: Videos
Following on from the Understanding Age report, an online session brought together Learning and Development (L&D) colleagues to understand how they disseminate the resource in their local areas. This report captures their thoughts and experiences,…
This short video explains key concepts relating to professional curiosity. It accompanies the resource pack on the same subject.
Please note that this resource is from an English local authority (Waltham Forest). The context is different but its messages…
Topic: Service improvement, Decision-making
Type: Videos
