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This guidance supports NHS organisations to increase the number of people with learning disabilities employed in NHS services. The accompanying toolkit aims to raise awareness, provide information on reasonable adjustments, and break down some of the barriers that both employers and potential employees may face. It aims to help create a culture which welcomes people with learning disabilities and promotes equitable access to job opportunities.

The Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) is a UK law that brings the rights enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) into domestic law, making them directly enforceable in UK courts. It ensures that all public authorities in the UK, including the government, must act compatibly with these human rights.

Getting it right for every child (GIRFEC) is Scottich Government's commitment to provide all children, young people and their families with the right support at the right time.

The GIRFEC principles and values are based on children's rights. GIRFEC contains eight wellbeing indicators (SHANARRI) that describe how a child or young person is doing at a point in time.

GIFRE is a multi-agency approach to health and social care support and services from young adulthood to end of life care. It is Scotland’s approach to designing and delivering public services that focus on people’s needs. It makes sure services work well for everyone who uses them.

A toolkit is included, which is designed to directly addresses the real challenges and needs of those accessing care and support.

The Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 is the key piece of legislation relating to the protection of adults at risk of harm and neglect in Scotland.

There is a Code of Practice to support practical application of the Act.

The Act was passed by the Scottish Parliament in February 2007 and received royal assent on 22 March 2007.

This paper explores research evidence on the Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007. In particular, it considers whether safeguarding powers and duties a set out in the Act can achieve a proportionate balance between individual autonomy and the state's duties to protect adults at risk of harm.

This Easy Read booklet explains CSE and how it can happen. It breaks down all the different types of CSE, the risks to women, and how to get support.

There is also a video version of this booklet.

This booklet is directly aimed at women involved in commercial sexual exploitation (CSE). It aims to help people to stay safe and know their rights. The booklet highlights the different risks women may face while selling or exchanging sexual activity, with safety tips and strategies.

The booklet is informed by the experiences of women who are or have been involved in selling or exchanging sex or images.

This report explores the intersections between women’s lived experience of learning disability and involvement in commercial sexual exploitation (CSE). It collected data and experiences from support staff in the learning disabilities and wider support sectors in order to understand the dynamics of learning disabled women's experiences of CSE. It also explores service responses and contains recommendations for future work.

This is an ASPire webinar from May 2025. Its theme is commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) and human trafficking. It has sessions from Operation Begonia (Police Scotland and Scottish Government's collaborative approach to challenging demand for prostitution and supporting those with experience of it); the Women's Support Project (on making the links between CSE and other forms of violence against women and girls) and the TARA project (on human trafficking and exploitation in Scotland).