Care and Repair: Standards and Guidance

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STANDARDS AND GUIDANCE

Section Seven: Further Information & Key Contacts

Complementary Guidance

The production of these standards and accompanying guidance is intended to complement, rather than replace, the range of guidance and best practice information already in existence.

Care and Repair: A Good Practice Guide, Communities Scotland, 2002

www.communitiesscotland.gov.uk/web/FILES/C&RGoodPracticeGuide.pdf

Working Together on Care and Repair: A Strategic View, Scottish Executive, 2001 www.scotland.gov.uk/library3/social/wtcr.pdf

Policy Information

The following documents provide more detail on the context in which Care and Repair services are currently operating.

Report of the Joint Future Group, Scottish Executive, 2000

www.scotland.gov.uk/library3/social/rjfg-00.asp

Housing (Scotland) Act 2001

www.scotland-legislation.hmso.gov.uk/legislation/scotland

Issues in Improving the Quality of Private Houses: The first report of the Housing Improvement Task Force, 2002 and

Stewardship and Responsibility: A Policy Framework for Private Housing in Scotland, 2003

Both HITF reports can be found online at www.scotland.gov.uk/hitf

Monitoring Information

An annual report is produced by Communities Scotland which provides information on performance against the 13 national indicators for the Care and Repair service in Scotland. The most up-to-date version is currently the 2002/03 indicators, with figures for 2003/04 due out in September 2004.

Care and Repair in Scotland, National Indicators, 2002-2003, Communities Scotland www.communitiesscotland.gov.uk/upload/C&RReport.pdf

Guidance on Repair and Improvement Grants

A number of documents have been produced which provide detailed information on improvement and repair grants.

Guidance for Local Authorities on Improvement and Repairs Grants, Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 www.scotland.gov.uk/irg
Housing Grants: An Applicants Guide to Improvement and Repair Grants for Private Housing www.scotland.gov.uk/irg

Sources of Support

Throughout the standards and guidance a number of sources of support have been identified. A summary of these sources is included below:

Disclosure Checks

Disclosure Scotland (Disclosure Checks for staff) www.disclosuresotland.co.uk

CRBS (Disclosure Checks for volunteers) - www.crbs.org.uk

Employee Safety

The Suzy Lamplugh Trust - www.suzylamplugh.org

Equality

Race Relations (Amendment Act) 2000

Disability Discrimination Act 1995

Sex Discrimination Act 1975

Commission for Racial Equality Scotland - www.cre.gov.uk/scotland

Disability Rights Commission Scotland - www.drc-gb.org/scotland

Age Concern Scotland - www.ageconcernscotland.org.uk

General Assistance

The Care and Repair Forum is able to offer advice and support to all member services on all aspects of the standards and guidance. www.careandrepairforum.com
(Full contact details are listed under the Key Contacts section).

Housing Information and Advice

Home Point, Communities Scotland - www.homepoint.communitiesscotland.gov.uk

Management and Employment

Employers in Voluntary Housing - www.evh.org.uk

Disclosure Scotland - www.disclosurescotland.co.uk