document library

Here you will find documents to download about Self-directed Support

Document downloads

Support Choices information leaflets and booklets

• About Us

• Community Brokerage

• Self Direct Support Booklet

• Accessing Social Care and Support

• Support Choices - What We Do (Presentation)

• Support Choices Community Brokerage Project - April 2022 (presentation)

PERTH & KINROSS COUNCIL RESOURCES

• Perth & Kinross Council- Your life, your choice leaflet

• Perth & Kinross Council - Personalisation and Self-directed Support booklet

• Perth & Kinross Council - A Guide to Eligibility and Assessment

• Perth & Kinross - HSPC Infographics slides
  

How self-directed support can work for you (national leaflets)

• Scottish Government- Easy read guide to Self-directed Support legislation

• Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance - How can an Advocate help me with Self-directed Support?

• Minority ethnic carers of People Project (MECOPP) - A guide to Self-directed Support for people with dementia

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• Self-Directed Support Scotland - Being a PA Employer factsheet

• Scottish Government - Personal Assistants Employers Handbook

How self-directed support is being implemented

• Self Directed Support - Improvement Plan, 2023 – 2027

• Scottish Government - Self-directed Support Implementation Plan 2019-2020

• Care Inspectorate - Thematic review of Self-directed Support in Scotland: Transforming lives

About the legislation

• Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013

• Statutory Guidance to accompany the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013

  
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• NHS Education Scotland - Key Self-directed Support resources

Further reading

A good place to look if you would like to read further documents about Self-directed Support is the Care Inspectorate Hub website. The Hub provides access to a range of resources aimed at supporting improvement in the social care and social work sectors through the use and knowledge of research skills and evidence-led practice. This includes a selection of resources that explain what SDS is, people’s stories, assessment and support planning tools as well as resources to influence commissioning and procurement practice across Scotland.