Children’s Handbook Scotland

Date: 9th November 2026
Category: General measures of implementation
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The Children’s Handbook Scotland provides a complete guide to benefits where children are living away from their parents, including children in kinship or foster care, children looked after by the local authority, and children at residential school, in residential care or in hospital.

Fully referenced to legislation and caselaw, and with easy-to-use check lists and examples, a helpful guide for anyone working with families and children in Scotland.

The Handbook is currently an online only publication but is available to use for free, requiring only creation of an online account to be accessed.

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