Human Rights
Scotland’s approach to social care is built upon human rights, and good practice is always rights-based. But the systems and processes that have been created can lead to disabled people and practitioners alike feeling stuck, and people’s rights become at risk. In Control Scotland is a proud member of two projects that look to ‘unstick’ people:
New Routes Home
New Routes Home: a collaboration of people who are committed to ending the institutionalisation of autistic people. New Routes Home offers two types of support: it provides individual case work to people who are directly affected by institutionalisation, and it creates a platform for practice sharing and peer support through 6-weekly meetings.
To find out more about New Routes Home visit: https://newrouteshome.wixsite.com/scotland
Advocacy Plus
Advocacy Plus: a partnership with Civil Rights First and Radical Visions. Advocacy Plus supports people who have become ‘stuck’ in tricky situations, through providing advocacy, information and advice, creative service design, and support planning. To find out more about Advocacy Plus visit: https://radicalvisions.co.uk/work
Check out some interesting 'human rights' related documents below:
Self-Directed Support gives individuals who are eligible for social care choice and control over the delivery of their care. It places the human rights of the individual at its heart and in doing so reflects the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006. This project by research students from Strathclyde University aimed to support efforts by In Control Scotland to monitor the implementation of self-directed support. The research was motivated by an apparent lack of legal challenges relating to self-directed support since the introduction of the Social Care (Self-Directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013
Equalities and Human Rights Commision Scotland
This research presents evidence about different experiences of Self-directed Support. It draws together lessons learned about how these experiences interact with people’s protected characteristics. The findings increase our understanding and awareness of how the current system helps or prevents people from achieving their personal outcomes, and the impact this has on equality.
Watch a short video here
This is a short video of the research report which was undertook by Strathclyde University Students
This research explored complaints processes relating to self-directed support in Scotland. The aim of the research was to help understand complaints processes within local authorities, routes to potential legal challenge, and barriers to complaints.
New Routes Home Consutlation Response to the New Mental Health & Wellbeing Strategy
We spoke to members of the New Routes Home partnership to find out what their thoughts were on the new Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy. We spoke to parents of autistic children detained in psychiatric hospital; parents of autistic children living in the community; support providers; advocates; and other people working in the field of inclusion. This is our response to the consultation.
Click on the images to read our response to the New Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy consultation
