CCPS Statement on the publication of the National Care Services (Scotland) Bill

CCPS is committed to the transformation of social care and now that
the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill is published we look forward to
discussing the detail with the Scottish Government and other partners
over the coming months. We support the decision of the Scottish
Government to consult further on the inclusion of children’s services and
justice services – our members will be active contributors to that debate.
There is much to admire about the aspirations set out in the bill, which
include a commitment to human rights, to fair work, early intervention
and coproduction. The realisation of these will require substantial
financial investment and cultural change alongside legislative change.

The legislation in itself will not transform social care. That is down to the
people who work in the sector, the people who commission and fund
services, and the people supported by social care. This is a sector
founded on human relationships and unless we see fundamental cultural
change in the quality of those relationships, we fear this wider
endeavour will fail. To that end, we are calling on the Scottish
Government and other partners to work together constructively to bring
into being a system and structure for social care and support based on
respect, partnership and collaboration. That work needs to commence
straight away.

NOTES:
CCPS is the Coalition of Care and Support Providers in Scotland.
Our mission is to identify, represent, promote and safeguard the interests of third
sector and not-for-profit social care and support providers in Scotland, so that they
can maximise the impact they have on meeting social need.
CCPS membership comprises over 90 of the most substantial care and support
providers in Scotland’s third sector, providing high quality support in the areas of
community care for adults with disabilities and for older people, youth and criminal
justice, addictions, homelessness, and children’s services and family support.

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