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Guidance Package

 

INDEX B - DETAILED INDEX OF GUIDANCE CIRCULARS

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F. COMMUNITY CARE
For further information regarding any of the following community care circulars, please contact Richard Park on 0131 244 3523 (e-mail chris.bathgate@scotland.gsi.gov.uk)
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F.1 Care Management

SWSG11/91Community Care in Scotland : Assessment and Care Management
SWSG102/94Continuing Care of the Frail Elderly
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(see also COMMUNITY CARE - Older People : Section F.15 and COMMUNITY CARE -Registration/Inspection : Section F.18)
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SWSG/1/96Ordinary Residence
SWSG/10/96Respite Care
SWSG/11/96Carers (Recognition & Services) Act 1995 : Policy and Practice Guidance
SWSG10/98Community Care Needs of Frail Older People : Integrating Professional Assessments and Care Arrangements
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F.2 Charges
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SWSG13/92Community Care : National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1992 - Regulations and Guidance
SWSG6/83Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjuducations Act 1983
SWSG14/83Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983: Charges for Local Authority Services in Scotland, Contributions in respect of Children in Care and Consequential Repeals of Existing Enactments
SWSG13/92Community Care: National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1992: Regulations and Guidance
SWSG8/93Community Care : Liaison between Benefits Agency and Social Work Departments
SWSG13/93Community Care : National Assistance (Assessment of Resources)(Amendment) Regulations 1993 - Guidance on Charging - Amendment No 1 (GUIDANCE SUPERSEDED BY SWSG8/96)
SWSG15/93Community Care : Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983: Sections 21&24 - Orders and Guidance(GUIDANCE on Section 21 to 24 of HASSASSA Act 1983 amended by SWSG/97)
SWSG4/94Community Care : National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 - Regulations and Guidance (GUIDANCE SUPERSEDED BY SWSG8/96)
SWSG5/94Community Care in Scotland : National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) (Amendment No 2) Regulations 1993 - Regulations and Guidance (GUIDANCE SUPERSEDED BY SWSG8/96)
SWSG15/94Community Care : National Assistance (Assessment of Resources)(Amendment No 2) Regulations 1994 - Regulations and Guidance (GUIDANCE SUPERSEDED BY SWSG8/96)
SWSG4/95National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) Regulations 1995
SWSG13/95Community Care : National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Amendment Regulations 1995 - Regulations and Guidance (GUIDANCE SUPERSEDED BY SWSG8/96 ) (Page 3 of circular amended by SWSG7/97)
SWSG8/96National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Amendment Regulations. National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) Regulations 1996
SWSG1/97Charging for Adult Non-Residential Sector Care
SWSG3/97Community Care (Direct Payments) Act 1996
SWSG7/97Charging for Residential Sector Accommodation : I. National Assistance (Assessment of Resources)(Amendment) Regulations 1997, II. National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) Regulations 1997, III. New Therapeutic Earnings Limit
SWSG6/98Charging for Residential Sector Accommodation : Guidance Amendment No.8 ; National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) and (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1998; New Therapeutic Earnings Limit; The Sefton Judgement. (Guidance issued with SWSG7/97 replaced with the annex to SWSG6/98)
SWSG2/99
Community Care (Residential Accommodation) Act1998
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F.3 Choice of Accommodation
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SWSG1/92Community Care: Guidance on Care Programmes for People with a Mental Illness Including Dementia
SWSG5/93Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (Choice of Accommodation) Directions 1993
SWSG6/94Choice of Accommodation : Cross Border Placements
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F.4 Commissioning and Purchasing
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SWSG19/91Community Care : Commissioning and Purchasing
SWSG13/94Community Care Plans : Directions on Purchasing
SWSG18/96Community Care Plans : Directions on Purchasing
SWSG/2/97Community Care Plans : Directions on Information
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F.5 Complaints

SWSG5/96Local Authority Complaints Procedures
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F.6 Dementia

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F.7 Disabled People
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SWSG12/72Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons (Scotland) Act 1972
SWSG106/78Community Dental Services : Treatment of Disabled Adults
SWSG9/79Environmental Control Equipment for Severely Handicapped People
SWSG111/86Community Service : Invalidity Benefit
SWSG5/87Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986
SWSG2/88Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986: Commencement of Section 13
SWSG7/93Independent Living Arrangements from April 1993: Replacement of the Independent Living Fund
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F.7.1 Learning

F.7.2 Physical

F.7.3 Sensory

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SWSG7/74Profoundly Deaf People Attending Medical Exams for the Purposes of the Disabled Persons Acts 1944 and 1958: Assistance of Social Workers to Act as Interpreters
SWSG2/82Care of the Eyesight and Hearing of Elderly Disabled People
SWSG8/86Registration of Blind and Partially Sighted People
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F.8 Day Services
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F.9 Domiciliary Care
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SWSG7/71Home Help Service
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F.10 Health

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SWSG7/91The Social Work (Provision of Social Work Services in the Scottish Health Service)(Scotland) Regulations 1991
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F.11 Homelessness
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SWSG6/96Working with Young Homeless People : Guidance on Good Practice and Effective Action
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F.12 Housing
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SWSG7/94Community Care: The Housing Dimension
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(see also COMMUNITY CARE - Planning: Section F.16
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F.13 Mental Health

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SWSG5/88Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984.   Mental Health Officers - Directors by the Secretary of State
SWSG1/90Code of Practice: Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984
SWSG10/90National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990: Specific Grant for Revenue Expenditure on New Community Projects in the Mental Illness Field
SWSG19/95National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 : Mental Illness Specific Revenue Grant (MISG)
SWSG16/96Community Care : Care Programme Approach for People with Severe and Enduring Mental Illness including Dementia
SWSG19/96Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984 : Mental Health Officers - New Directions by the Secretary of State
SWSG30/97Framework for Mental Health Services in Scotland (Jointly issued circular : NHS MEL (1997)62, SODD Circular 30/97)
SWSG8/98Interviewing People Who Are Mentally Disordered "Appropriate Adult" Schemes. (Jointly issued circular : Police Circular No 7/1998, MEL No 43/1998)
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F.14 Minority Ethnic People

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SWSG2/98Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children and Children of Asylum Seekers : Special Grant (UASC/COASG)
SWSG3/98Asylum Seekers’ Assistance : Special Grant (ASAG)
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F.15 Older People
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SWSG102/94Continuing Care of the Frail Elderly
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(see also COMMUNITY CARE - Care Management : SECTION F.1 and COMMUNITY CARE Registration/Inspection : Section F.18)
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F.16 Planning

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SWSG5/85Community Care : Joint Planning and Support Finance
SWSG1/91Community Care in Scotland: Community Care Planning
SWSG4/93Community Care Plans: Directions on Consultation
SWSG7/94Community Care : The Housing Dimension
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(see also COMMUNITY CARE - Housing : SECTION F.12)
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SWSG8/94Community Care Accommodation: Public Awareness and Local Discussion (see also COMMUNITY CARE - Residential Care : Section F.19)
SWSG14/94Community Care Planning
SWSG21/95Community Care Planning : Joint Planning Structures
SWSG35/97Community Care Planning Timetables
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F.17 Policy/Legislation
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SWSG16/93Monitoring/Evaluation of Community Care Policy
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F.18 Registration/Inspection
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SWSG17/69Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968: Registration of Establishments (Scotland) Order 1969
SWSG1/83Registration of Social Work Establishments: Appeals Tribunal Rules
SWSG16/88The Registered Establishments (Scotland) Act 1987 and Associated Subordinate Legislation
SWSG9/90Community Care : Inspection of Establishments - Organisation and Role of Inspection Units
SWSG2/92Community Care: Secure Accommodation - Inspection - Responsibilities of Local Authorities
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(see also CHILDREN AND FAMILIES : Second Volume - Circulars)
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SWSG102/94Continuing Care of the Frail Elderly
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(see also COMMUNITY CARE - Care Management : SECTION F.1 and COMMUNITY CARE - Older People : Section : F.15)
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SWSG7/95The Registered Establishments (Fees) (Scotland) Order 1995
SWSG7/96Local Inspection of Residential and Day Care Services
SWSG11/98Community Care : Registration of Residential and Other Establishments for Adults and Children
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F.19 Residential Care

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(see also GENERAL - Health and Safety: Section A.3)
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SWSG3/90Disclosure of Criminal Convictions : Proprietors and Persons Employed in the Management of Establishments Registrable under Part IV of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968
SWSG7/90Disclosure of Criminal Convictions : Staff Employed in the Operation and Management of Local Authority Residential Establishments
SWSG14/91Community Care in Scotland : Review of Local Authority Residential Establishments
SWSG11/93Community Care : National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 - Local Authorities' Powers to make Arrangements for People in Independent Sector Residential Care and Nursing Homes on 31 March 1993
SWSG8/94Community Care Accommodation : Public Awareness and Local Discussion
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(see also Community Care : - Planning: SECTION F.16)
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F.20 Substance Abuse

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SWSG7/83Treatment and Rehabilitation of Drug Misusers : Report of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs - Grants to Assist Local Initiatives
SWSG14/93The Needs of People with Alcohol and Drugs Problems within Community Care
SWSG32/97Planning and Provision of Drug Misuse Services

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