My Support, My Choice report now available

Date: 9th December 2020
Category: Disabled children, Mental health, Health and health services, Social security

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The report includes evidence, analysis and recommendations to improve social care in Scotland following COVID-19.

The report follows a direct consultation that took place between November 2018 and February 2020. It involved over 600 people, who had received Self-directed Support (SDS) or had been assessed in the previous 12 months.

The findings show that SDS is important to achieve a higher quality of life and independent living but that some key improvements are needed. The topics included in the report are:

• Information about SDS;
• Informed choice and control;
• Communication and relationship with social work;
• Impact of SDS on family and relationships;
• SDS and mental health;
• Care staff recruitment, training and quality;
• Independent advocacy and support.

Other thematic reports will follow.

• Read SDS Scotland’s blog and report here.