Happy Childminding Week! 🥳 Childminders play a vital role in children’s learning and development, across all ages and stages – whilst providing a flexible high-quality childcare solution for parents. We support Scotland’s childminders! #CheerforChildminding

The Anne’s Law Project team are running a webinar on supporting meaningful connection in care homes for adults and older people through positive peer relationships. Wednesday 31 May 14:00-15:00 For more information and to register visit #TheHub hub.careinspectorate.com/events/support…

Delegates at the #homecare23 conference are now hearing from Kevin Mitchell Care Inspectorate on the future of homecare regulation. He notes that relationships is the key approach to the Scrunity and Assurance Strategy. #keepingcareathome.

We are developing a new shared inspection framework with Education Scotland for ELC services and we’d like to hear your views. Let us know what is most important to you when considering a shared inspection framework: 🔗ow.ly/rn1f50O8LaK. Closes on Friday 26 May.

I have to say it provides a fascinating insight into the impact of isolation and importance of connection with loved ones . A valuable resource for professionals. A very powerful read.

The Anne's Law project team has published a literature review. It provides an in-depth narrative on the effects of social isolation and the importance of connection for people living in care homes and discusses the key themes emerging. Read more here ow.ly/nxkp50Owv3N

📣WATCH📣 This #VolunteersWeek Our Chair Wendy Sinclair and Head of UK NPM Sam H. Gluckstein are thanking all our volunteer members who are part of the fight against torture & ill-treatment in places of detention. ICVACEO Independent Monitoring Boards HMIPS Scottish Police Authority NI Policing Board

📣 WE’RE HIRING 📣 Come and join the UK National Preventive Mechanism, based in Scotland working closely with the Scottish Sub Group and impacting human rights in detention HMIPS Mental Welfare Scot HMICS Scottish Police Authority Scottish Human Rights Commission Care Inspectorate core-scottishgovernment.icims.com/jobs/6099/nati…

Simoa the elephant always remembers to be alert and keep children safe. It’s important that ELC staff are vigilant and aware of how and why children could leave a setting without staff or a parent/carer. bit.ly/ELCSIMOA #ELC #Safety #LookThinkAct

We have developed a practice note to support ELC staff to keep children safe on trips and outings while ensuring they still have opportunities to be curious and develop their learning. Download here hub.careinspectorate.com/media/4858/elc…. #ELC #Safety #LookThinkAct

Simoa the elephant always remembers to be alert and keep children safe. It’s important that ELC staff are vigilant and aware of how and why children could leave a setting without staff or a parent/carer. Find out more at bit.ly/ELCSIMOA. #ELC #Safety #LookThinkAct

We're updating our resource Space to Grow: Design guidance for early learning and childcare and out of school care settings. As part of this review, we are keen to hear views from across the ELC sector. Please share your views by taking part in our survey ow.ly/4Sfm50Q5UI7

Our Anne's Law team has published a poster for care services to display. It explains that people living in adult and older people’s care homes have the right to visitors and to go out if they wish. you can download the poster here ow.ly/2q7m50Q8Nk6

In collaboration with Education Scotland, we’re gathering views on our draft version of the shared inspection framework for ELC and school-aged children. Have your say before 22 December here careinspectorate.com/index.php/news…

Caring for Our Outdoor Spaces, developed to complement the original Out to Play guidance, aims to support early learning and childcare practitioners to provide great outdoor play experiences for our children. Download the guidance here gov.scot/publications/o…

Today we publish our inspection report on HMP YOI Polmont. Our overriding impression was of a caring, compassionate, dynamic management team and staff group, and a prison that was moving energetically forward prisonsinspectoratescotland.gov.uk/publications/h…

Deadline extended – you now have until Friday 19 January 2024 to share your views on the draft shared inspection framework for ELC, school-aged childcare and childminding that we developed with Education Scotland. Complete the short survey here: ow.ly/mAve50QiLPE

Craig Naylor Craig Naylor addressed UK NPM today in an expert panel on culture in detention In detention, working culture is a leading factor in treatment of individuals; we also ask ourselves how the culture of the NPM affects scrutiny #UKNPM15