Part 5Social care and social work: scrutiny and improvement

Chapter 1Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland

Key definitions

47Care services

(1)

In this Part, a “care service” is any of the following—

(a)

a support service,

(b)

a care home service,

(c)

a school care accommodation service,

(d)

a nurse agency,

(e)

a child care agency,

(f)

a secure accommodation service,

(g)

an offender accommodation service,

(h)

an adoption service,

(i)

a fostering service,

(j)

an adult placement service,

(k)

child minding,

(l)

day care of children,

(m)

a housing support service.

(2)

Schedule 12 (which provides definitions for the purposes of subsection (1)) has effect.