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Social Care (Source)

Summary

Abstract

The dataset provides an extract on social care clients and the services they receive. The collection of social care data commenced in 2014.At that time, it was known as the Health and Social Care Data Integration and Intelligence (HSCDIIP) dataset, this was later renamed to Source. The Source dataset was reviewed in 2018 and aligned with the Scottish Government Social Care Survey into one single dataset to meet multiple information needs.

Keywords

Social Care HDRUK

Publisher

  • Identifier
    7
  • Name
    Public Health Scotland
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  • Description
    Public Health Scotland is an NHS Board. We are uniquely sponsored by the Scottish Government and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) on behalf of local government.
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Documentation

Description

The Source Social Care (SourceSC) dataset provides an extract of data on social care clients and the services they receive. Information is held on every client/service user regardless of their age (please note that some exclusions apply, see exclusions section below) who has had an assessment or review of their needs and who as a result of this assessment received/used the following support or services which have been active at any time during the collection period: 1) social worker/support worker services (community care, mental health, substance misuse, children with disabilities) (provided or funded by your local authority) 2) community alarm 3) other telecare service 4) reablement 5) home care (personal and non-personal care) 6) housing support 7) care home 8) self-directed support 9) carer 10) learning disability services: if a person with a learning disability and/or autism spectrum diagnosis is known to the local authority they should be included within this return regardless of the services they receive (if any). Exclusions: The SourceSC does not hold records for client/service users who: 1) have been assessed but do not require a care plan or social care service 2) child protection social work 3) looked after children social work 4) adoption and fostering social work 5) residential child care social work 6) criminal justice social work
  • Associated media

    • Available resource files can be downloaded below.

      File name

      2024 11 12 Social Care Dataset Definitions And Recording Guidance V1 7

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      .PDF

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Coverage

Spatial

  • Spatial coverage

    United Kingdom, Scotland

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Temporal

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  • Distribution release date
    04/01/2017

Provenance

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Access and governance

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Usage

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Access

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Format and standards

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Enrichment and linkage

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Synthetic data

Synthetic data is not yet available for this dataset. 

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