{"id":2973,"date":"2024-03-22T13:33:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T13:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handbook.scot\/sds-handbook\/?post_type=article&p=2973"},"modified":"2024-08-22T13:07:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T13:07:15","slug":"what-the-words-mean","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/handbook.scot\/sds-handbook\/article\/what-the-words-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"What the words mean"},"content":{"rendered":"

Advocacy\/ Advocate <\/strong><\/p>\n

Advocacy is support to help you be understood and have your voice heard.<\/p>\n

An advocate can speak for you if you cannot speak for yourself.<\/p>\n

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Adult Carer Support Plan (ACSP)<\/strong><\/p>\n

A plan for an adult who looks after a friend or family member.<\/p>\n

The plan says what impact being a carer has on the person\u2019s life and what support they need to have a life outside their caring role.<\/p>\n

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Assessment (of need)<\/strong><\/p>\n

A conversation to find out what you need support with.<\/p>\n

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Community Brokerage\/ Brokerage<\/strong><\/p>\n

Community Brokerage is a way of helping people take control of their own support.<\/p>\n

It helps people make decisions about what help they need and how they want to be supported.<\/p>\n

Community Brokers work in a range of organisations across Scotland.<\/p>\n

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Capacity<\/strong><\/p>\n

The ability to make and understand decisions.<\/p>\n

If someone lacks Capacity it means they are unable to fully make or understand decisions.<\/p>\n

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Care or support agency<\/strong><\/p>\n

An organisation that provides workers to support people with their everyday life.<\/p>\n

Agency workers change often.<\/p>\n

If you get support from an agency, you are likely to be supported by different people each time.<\/p>\n

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Care or support provider<\/strong><\/p>\n

An organisation that provides workers to support people with their everyday life.<\/p>\n

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Carer<\/strong><\/p>\n

A carer or unpaid carer is someone who looks after a family member or friend who would not manage without their support.<\/p>\n

Carers can be parents, partners, siblings, grandparents, other family members, friends or neighbours.<\/p>\n

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Centre for Inclusive Living (CIL)<\/strong><\/p>\n

An organisation run by disabled people for disabled people.<\/p>\n

They help disabled people have more choice and control over their lives.<\/p>\n

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Child’s Plan<\/strong><\/p>\n

A plan that says what a child needs to be able to have a good life.<\/p>\n

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Clawback<\/strong><\/p>\n

If someone is not able to spend all their support budget, their council may take some of it back.<\/p>\n

This is sometimes known as clawback.<\/p>\n

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Contingency budget<\/strong><\/p>\n

Spare money in a budget to cover emergencies or unexpected things.<\/p>\n

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Direct Payment<\/strong><\/p>\n

Money given directly to a person for them to pay for support.<\/p>\n

A Direct Payment may go into a bank account or be put on a pre-payment card.<\/p>\n

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Eligibility criteria<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rules that your local council uses to help them decide who can get social care support through them.<\/p>\n

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Financial assessment<\/strong><\/p>\n

A test to find out how much money someone has.<\/p>\n

This is used to decide if they should pay any of their own money towards their support, and if so, how much.<\/p>\n

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Framework<\/strong><\/p>\n

A list put together by a local council of organisations which provide care and support.<\/p>\n

Organisations on the Framework are ones that the council has decided are suitable for people to choose from.<\/p>\n

If there is an organisation you want support from that is not on the Framework, you should not be prevented from choosing them.<\/p>\n

Find out more here: Option 2<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Getting It Right For Every Child (GIRFEC)<\/strong><\/p>\n

A way of working in Scotland to make sure all children and young people are able to reach their full potential.<\/p>\n

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Good conversation<\/strong><\/p>\n

A good conversation is what conversations about social care support are meant to look like.<\/p>\n

It means social work professionals listening to you, being respectful, building trust with you and being honest.<\/p>\n

It means taking time to find out about you and your life.<\/p>\n

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Guardianship order<\/strong><\/p>\n

A way for someone to get the legal power to make decisions for someone who is unable to make decisions.<\/p>\n

Find out more here: Helping someone make decisions about social care support<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP)<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Health and Social Care Partnership is where the NHS, local council and other organisations working together in an area.<\/p>\n

They manage the money that pays for health and social care for adults in that area.<\/p>\n

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Hospital discharge<\/strong><\/p>\n

When someone is leaving hospital it is often known as hospital discharge.<\/p>\n

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Independent Living<\/strong><\/p>\n

Independent Living means people of all ages having freedom, choice, dignity, and control.<\/p>\n

It means fulfilling your rights to be part of society and live a full life.<\/p>\n

It does not mean living by yourself or fending for yourself.<\/p>\n

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Independent Living Fund (ILF)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Money to help disabled people pay for the support they need in Scotland and Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n

Find out more: Independent Living Fund<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Independent Support<\/strong><\/p>\n

Help you can get from an organisation that is separate from the council.<\/p>\n

Independent support can help you understand, set up and manage the support you need.<\/p>\n

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Indicative budget<\/strong><\/p>\n

The rough amount of money you will have to pay for your support.<\/p>\n

You should find this out once you have had an assessment.<\/p>\n

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Individual Service Fund<\/strong><\/p>\n

Money set aside to pay for your support.<\/p>\n

The money is managed by your local council or another organisation.<\/p>\n

They manage the money but you make the decisions about your support.<\/p>\n

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Integration Joint Board (IJB)<\/strong><\/p>\n

A group of people set up by the NHS and local council who help plan health and social care services in a particular area.<\/p>\n

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Lead Professional<\/strong><\/p>\n

The main professional working with you and your child, if your child needs support.<\/p>\n

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Local Authority<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another name for your local council.<\/p>\n

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Outcomes or Personal Outcomes <\/strong><\/p>\n

The things that are important to you in life.<\/p>\n

For example, staying healthy, staying safe, maintaining good relationships.<\/p>\n

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Peer Support<\/strong><\/p>\n

People using their own experiences to help each other.<\/p>\n

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Personal Assistant<\/strong><\/p>\n

A person you employ directly to support you.<\/p>\n

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Personal care <\/strong><\/p>\n

Anything you need help with that is of a personal nature.<\/p>\n

Examples are help to get washed, change clothes, go to the toilet.<\/p>\n

Personal care also includes other things.<\/p>\n

Find out more: Free personal and nursing care<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Personalisation<\/strong><\/p>\n

A word used to describe the way that support should be built around a person and what is important to them.<\/p>\n

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Personal Outcome Plan<\/strong><\/p>\n

A plan that says what support someone needs to meet their Personal Outcomes.<\/p>\n

These are the things that are important to the person in their life.<\/p>\n

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Power of Attorney<\/strong><\/p>\n

If someone has Power of Attorney it means they have the legal power to make some decisions for another person.<\/p>\n

Find out more: Helping someone make decisions about social care support<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Re-ablement or Re-ablement care<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you are leaving hospital and need help for a short time afterwards, this is sometimes called re-ablement care.<\/p>\n

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Resource Allocation System <\/strong><\/p>\n

A system that is used by local councils to decide how much money each person in the area should get, to pay for their support.<\/p>\n

It is meant to help councils treat people fairly and make sure there is enough money to go around.<\/p>\n

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Review <\/strong><\/p>\n

The process of looking at the support you have and discussing whether it is working for you or needs to change.<\/p>\n

Find out more: Reviewing your support<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Section 23 Assessment <\/strong><\/p>\n

A discussion to find out what a child needs support with.<\/p>\n

It is sometimes called a Section 23 Assessment as this is the name that is used in the law about support for children in Scotland.<\/p>\n

Find out more: Assessment of your child’s needs<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Self-directed Support\/ SDS <\/strong><\/p>\n

The name used to describe how social care support should be delivered in Scotland.<\/p>\n

Self-directed Support is about giving people as much choice, control and responsibility as they want to have when it comes to their support.<\/p>\n

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SHANARRI <\/strong><\/p>\n

Seven areas that are looked at to find out what a child needs to live a good life.
\nThe letters stand for Safe, Healthy, Active, Nurtured, Achieving, Respected, Responsible and Included.<\/p>\n

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Social care support <\/strong><\/p>\n

Care or support to help you live your life.<\/p>\n

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Social work practitioner or professional <\/strong><\/p>\n

Local council social work teams are made up of people who have different job titles.<\/p>\n

Social work practitioner or professional is the phrase used to mean any of these people.<\/p>\n

It may include social workers, assessors, family support workers, care managers, social work assistants or others.<\/p>\n

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Support plan <\/strong><\/p>\n

A plan that says what support an adult needs and how the support will be delivered.<\/p>\n

Find out more: Your Support Plan<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Transition <\/strong><\/p>\n

Transition is most often used to talk about when a young person\u2019s support moves from Children\u2019s to Adult\u2019s services.<\/p>\n

Transition can also mean other times when someone moves from one type of care and support to another.<\/p>\n

For example, moving from being treated in hospital to getting support at home, moving into a care home, or moving to another part of the country.<\/p>\n

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Underspend<\/strong><\/p>\n

When you are not able to spend all of your support budget.<\/p>\n

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Unpaid carer <\/strong><\/p>\n

A carer or unpaid carer is someone who looks after a family member or friend who would not manage without their support.<\/p>\n

Carers can be parents, partners, siblings, grandparents, other family members, friends or neighbours.<\/p>\n

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Young carer<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Young Carer is someone under the age of 18 (or 18 years old and still at school) who looks after a family member or friend who would not manage without their support.<\/p>\n

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Young Carer Statement <\/strong><\/p>\n

A plan for a child or young person who looks after a friend or family member.<\/p>\n

The plan says what impact being a Young Carer has on their life and what support they need to have a life outside their caring role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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