Part 5

Social care and social work: scrutiny and improvement
Chapter 2

Social services: inspections

Inspections

Inspections
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1
SCSWIS may inspect—
a
any social service,
b
the organisation or co-ordination of any social services.
2
The purposes of an inspection under this section may include—
a
reviewing and evaluating the effectiveness of the provision of the services which are the subject of the inspection,
b
encouraging improvement in the provision of those services,
c
enabling consideration as to the need for any recommendations to be prepared as to any such improvement to be included in the report prepared under section 57,
d
investigating any incident, event or cause for concern,
e
in the case of care services, enabling consideration as to the need for—
i
an improvement notice under section 62,
ii
a condition notice under section 66 or a local authority condition notice under section 85.
3
An inspection under this section may be in relation to—
a
any social service or combination of social services,
b
such of the services concerned provided to a particular child or other person or particular children or other persons,
c
the whole or any part of Scotland.
4
An inspection under this section must be conducted in accordance with a plan—
a
prepared in accordance with section 54, and
b
approved by the Scottish Ministers.
5
An inspection under this section may, subject to any regulations made under section 58, take such form as SCSWIS considers appropriate.
6
SCSWIS may at any time require a person providing any social service to supply it with any information relating to the service which it considers necessary or expedient to have for the purposes of its functions under this Part.