The Care Inspectorate is an agency based in Dundee, Scotland. Its primary focus is inspecting around 14,000 registered care services in Scotland by visiting and talking to staff, managers and people using the service. This means the Care Inspectorate looks at the quality of care in Scotland to ensure it meets high standards. Its 600 staff members work across Scotland, specialising in health and social care, early learning and childcare, social work, children’s services, and community justice.

Main Areas of Work

• Children and young people
• Children at risk of social exclusion
• Elderly
• People with addiction
• People with physical disabilities
• People with mental disabilities
• Mental health
• Social justice
• People who are socially vulnerable
• People in situations of difficulty or precarity
• Victims of domestic abuse
• Gender equality
• Counteracting and supporting victims of gender-based violence
• Migrants
• Social Integration
• Recipients of care
• Foster care

Responsibilities/ Services

• Transformation of care models
• Promotion of systemic change
• Role of the social worker
• Integration of technological tools
• Issuing of guidelines and policies for the district’s councils
• Capacity building and training
• Professional training
• Training of social welfare workforce
• Conducting inspections
• Consulting services and specialised studies for local governments regarding elderly facilities
• Child protection
• Telecare
• Fostering cooperation with non-governmental organisations and the promotion of social volunteering