Amendment of the Regulation of Care (Social Service Workers) (Scotland) Order 20052.

(1)

The Regulation of Care (Social Service Workers) (Scotland) Order 20053 is amended as follows.

(2)

In article 1(2) (citation, commencement and interpretation)—

(a)

after the definition of “manager of an adult day care service” insert—
““manager of a care at home service” means a person who is employed and responsible for the overall professional management of the direct provision, supervision and quality assurance of a support service4 which provides care and support in a person’s home;”; and

(b)

after the definition of “manager of a day care of children service” insert—
““manager of a housing support service” means a person who is employed and responsible for the overall professional management of the direct provision, supervision and quality assurance of a housing support service5;”.

(3)

In article 2 (description of social service worker)—

(a)

for paragraph (a), substitute—

“(a)

an employee of Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland6 who is an authorised person within the meaning of section 56 (inspections: authorised persons) of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 20107.”;

(b)

at the end of paragraph (n) omit “or”; and

(c)

after paragraph (o) insert—

“(p)

a manager of a care at home service; or

(q)

a manager of a housing support service.”.