Delivery of devolved Social Security benefits: Stakeholder ...

3 This stakeholder toolkit is designed for all public, third sector and charitable organisations who are involved in the delivery of, or providing

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE (SCOTLAND) ACT 2014

approaches. The impact of this is highlighted through the reducing numbers of children and young people referred.’8 5 CELCIS (2014) Overseen but often overlooked: children and young people looked after at home in Scotland: Report 1 - a review of the literature, Glasgow: CELCIS.

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Health and Social Care Standards

1.34 If I need help with eating and drinking, this is carried out in a dignified way and my personal preferences are respected. 1.35 I can enjoy unhurried snack and meal times in as relaxed an atmosphere as possible. 1.36 If I wish, I can share snacks and meals alongside other people using and working in the service if appropriate.

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Part 6.C U-values of ground floors and basements

U-values of ground floors and basements 6.C.0 Introduction For new buildings a ground floor should not have a U-value exceeding 0.25 W/m2K, This may only be achieved without the need for insulation if the perimeter to area ratio is less than 0.12 m/m2 for solid ground floors or m/m2 for suspended floors. However, some ground floor

  Basement

Effective Social Work with Older People - gov.scot

23 Effective social work with older people draws on distinctive aspects of the social work role – sensitive communication, moving at the individual’s pace, starting where the client is, supporting the person through crisis, challenging poor practice, engaging with the individual’s biography and promoting strengths and resilience.

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Mental Health Effects of the COVID ... - Scottish Government

Dr John Mitchell, Principal Medical Officer, Mental Health Directorate, Scottish Government – July 2020 Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, it reports key messages about the known and predicted effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on …

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Mental Health Strategy: 2017-2027 - gov.scot

and treatment of perinatal mental health problems. 5 | P a g e. 17. Fund improved provision of services to treat child and adolescent mental health problems. 18. Commission an audit of CAMHS rejected referrals, and act upon its findings. 19.

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Enhancing Learning and Teaching Through the Use of Digital ...

It is only by working together that we can realise the potential of digital technology for all of our children and young people. John Swinney Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills September 2016 1 Safe, Secure & Prosperous: a Cyber Resilience Strategy for Scotland (November 2015)

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National Risk Framework to Support the Assessment of ...

balancing strengths/resilience’s against the identified vulnerabilities/need for protection; and transparently via open exploration of family circumstances. Evidence Based Practice (EBP) All practice interventions with children/young people and their families should operate to evidence based principles. This refers to the process by which

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Rights, Respect and Recovery - Scottish Government

across alcohol and drug issues - taking a human rights-based, public health approach to ensure we are delivering the best possible care, treatment and responses for individuals and communities. There is a growing awareness that those experiencing problematic alcohol and drug use are often carrying other burdens such

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Introduction The Attainment Gap

pupils and in closing the overall attainment gap. The attainment gap: its impact on children and young people • The attainment gap is largest for children and young people eligible for free school meals (the best available proxy measure of economic disadvantage) and those assessed with special educational needs.

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Closing The Attainment Gap What Can Schools Do

This briefing focuses on what schools can do to close the attainment gap. It highlights six key areas/interventions, gathered from evidence-based educational research both nationally and internationally, that have collectively proved effective in closing the attainment gap, but this is …

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A Framework to support the Self-evaluation

attainment as well as social and emotional competences. Nurture Groups are described as having a positive impact on closing the attainment gap in ‘Closing the Attainment Gap in Scottish Education’ 1 At the heart of Nurture is a focus on wellbeing and relationships and a drive to support the growth and

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Closing the attainment gap in Scottish education

Closing the attainment gap in Scottish education 06 Local authorities should: • ensure that improving the educational outcomes for pupils from economically disadvantaged homes is a priority in the local authority and

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Slavery, racial inequality, and education

of low educational attainment and inferior educational quality, the racial gap was still very wide. Subsequently, however, as successive generations of black children received more and better schooling, the racial gap narrowed, with an eventual impact on earnings equalization. Persistence of racial education inequality

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Mind the Gap: Understanding the Indigenous education gap ...

educational and employment opportunities of these young learners, condemning many to prolonged economic and social disadvantage. Truly ‘closing this gap’ is a moral, educational, and economic imperative. Dispiritingly poor education outcomes persist despite the best of intentions, considerable investment of resources, and countless

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Economic Growth in Developing Countries: The Role of …

attainment. The magnitude of change needed makes clear that closing the economic gap with developed countries will require major structural changes in schooling institutions. The Measurement of Human Capital in Economic Growth In the late 1980s and early 1990s, empirical macroeconomists turned to attempts to

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Closing the gap with the new primary national curriculum ...

of value to other schools, and ensure that they continue to close the attainment gap as they undergo the challenges of implementing and embedding the new national curriculum. It contains a number of themes which emerged from the projects and is intended to be a central piece of advice containing good practice for schools to use. The

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Ethnicity, deprivation and educational achievement at age ...

Caribbean students have closed the gap with White British students, from 18 percentage points in 2003 to just 2 percentage points (80.4% vs. 82.7%) in 2013, although a small gap remains (OR= 0.86 for both minority groups). • A very large improvement for …

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