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This is an ASPire webinar from August 2024.  Fiona Brown from the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) is talking about the national role and remit of the OPG, and its links to Adult Support and Protection. There is also a presentation from Pearse McCusker and Lauren Gillespie concerning supported decision making. Supported decision making aims to protect a person’s ‘legal capacity’, or their right to have their will and preferences upheld.

Financial harm includes any type of harm which adversely impacts on an adult’s finances. Under the Adult Support and Protection Act (Scotland) 2007, a Council Officer has the legal right to ask any financial institution for financial information in relation to the adult (under a Section 10 request). This briefing outlines the legal framework for Section 10 requests relating to financial harm, the responsibilities of everyone involved, and key considerations in relation to Section 10 requests where financial harm is being investigated.

This report focuses on people with learning disabilities and complex needs who are currently placed far from home. This might be in a hospital (exacerbated when someone's discharge is delayed) or in a care home. Returning people to their home area is a complex issue involving interrelated processes, agencies, and services, all of which must work together for better outcomes for individuals. This report outlines the transformational change needed to address this issue.

This is a booklet, aimed at the public, that describes the different kinds of harm. This includes neglect, psychological harm, financial harm, physical harm, and sexual harm. It also provides guidance for people when they, or someone they know, is being harmed.

The booklet is available to download in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, English, Gaelic, Hindi, Polish, Punjabi, and Urdu.

Joint inspection reports provide independent scrutiny and assurance of how partnerships ensure that adults at risk of harm are kept safe, protected, and supported. This work builds on the joint inspections undertaken in 2017-18 (and which can be found in this review from 2018).

This investigation concerns Ms ST who had learning disabilities, cerebral palsy and diabetes, and is registered blind. She was treated in hospital following a neck fracture. Ms ST was deemed fit for discharge, however, she remained in hospital due to prolonged disagreement between family, health professionals and the Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) about discharge plans.

The Care Inspectorate look at the quality of care in Scotland to ensure it meets high standards. They provide an overall evaluation for each of the key questions inspected , using the six-point scale from unsatisfactory (1) to excellent (6). This resource helps everyone understand what the evaluation scale means.

Scotland's ambition for young people is that “we grow up loved, safe, and respected so that we realise our full potential.” The Promise is built on these foundations:

This statement offers principles and guidance to support the provision of supervision for all Allied Health Professions (AHPs) and AHP Health Care Support Workers (HCSWs) working across health and social care in Scotland. Effective supervision can contribute to the continued development of healthy organisational cultures, ensure sustainable AHP practice, the embedding of emerging AHP roles and support staff engagement and morale. Ultimately this has a positive impact on the people who use services, including adults at risk of harm.

This briefing considers supervision in social work and social care. The key functions of supervision are outlined, before exploring supervision in two specific contexts: integrated settings and child protection. Although Adult Support and Protection is not explicitly covered, the messages are transferable. One model in particular - the 4 x 4 x 4 model - emphasises reflection and how supervision is located within an organisational context.