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Chief Inspector letters
Letters to April 2004, from the Chief Inspector of the Social Services Inspectorate, primarily to directors of social services. Use the publications and letters library to find Chief Inspector letters from 1995. Social care inspection is now the responsibility of the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI).
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2004
Chief Inspector letters issued in 2004
- CI (2004)4: Treated as People - An overview of mental health services from a social care perspective 2002 - 2004
- CI (2004)3: Placement of children in unregistered provision
- CI (2004)2: Building a better future for children: key messages from inspection and performance assessment: 2004
- CI (2004)1: The PSS Performance Assessment and Improvement Process
2003
Chief Inspector letters issued in 2003
- CI (2003)15: Independence matters: an overview of the performance of social care services for physically and sensory disabled people
- CI (2003)14: Improving older people's services - an overview of performance
- CI (2003)13: Social services star ratings and performance indicators for 2002/3
- CI (2003)12: National standards for the provision of social care services in the high security hospitals
- CI (2003)11: Audit of Victoria Climbie Inquiry recommendations
- CI (2003)10: Modern social services: a commitment to reform: the 12th annual report of the Chief Inspector Social Services Inspectorate 2002-2003
- CI (2003)9: Chief Inspector SSI : changes
- CI (2003)8: Social services performance ratings in 2003
- CI (2003)7: Consultation on the implementation of the remaining national standards for the provision of social care services in the high security hospitals
- CI (2003)6: The Social Services Inspectorate: who we are and what we do: 2003 edition
- CI (2003)5: Better informed? - inspection of management and use of information
- CI (2003)4: Fulfilling lives: inspection of social care services for people with learning disabilities
- CI (2003)3: The PSS performance assessment & improvement process: 2003-04
- CI (2003)2: Audit of services to children in need in response to the practice recommendations of the Victoria Climbie Inquiry report
- CI (2003)1: Arrangements for checking social services compliance with the practice recommendations of the Victoria Climbie inquiry report
2002
Chief Inspector letters issued in 2002
- CI (2002)19: Delivering quality children's services: inspection of children's services
- CI (2002)18: Social services star ratings and performance indicators
- CI (2002)17: SSI involvement in improvement planning following corporate & comprehensive performance assessment
- CI (2002)16: Second annual report of the Adoption & Permanence Taskforce
- CI (2002)15: Safeguarding children: a Joint Chief Inspectors report on arrangements to safeguard children
- CI (2002)14: Improving older people's services: policy into practice: inspection of social care services for older people
- CI (2002)13: Performance ratings for social services in England 2001-2002: Autumn 2002: refreshing of the "star" ratings
- CI (2002)12: Charges for residential accommodation deferred payments scheme
- CI (2002)11: Modern social services: a commitment to reform: the 11th Annual Report of the Chief Inspector Social Services Inspectorate 2001-2002 - CI (2002)11
- CI (2002)10: Children Act Report 2001
- CI (2002)9: The roles and responsibilities of Directors Social Services
- CI (2002)8: Modernising services to transform care: inspection of how councils are managing the modernisation agenda in social care
- CI (2002)7: Modernising mental health services: inspection of mental health services
- CI (2002)6: Restructuring of the Social Services Inspectorate
- CI (2002)5: By private arrangement: SSI report of the inspection of the arrangements for supervising children in private foster care
- CI (2002)4: Social services performance 'star' ratings
- CI(2002)3: Developing services for minority ethnic older people - the audit tool
- CI (2002)2: Getting the best from best value: sharing the experience of applying best value in social care
- CI (2002)1: Fostering for the future SSI report of the inspection of foster care services
2001
Chief Inspector letters issued in 2001
- CI (2001)22: First annual report of the adoption and permanence taskforce
- CI (2001)21: Working together: connexions and social services
- CI (2001)20: Withdrawn
- CI (2001)19: Making it work: inspection of welfare to work for disabled people
- CI (2001)18: Improving older people's services: inspection of social care services for older people
- CI (2001)17: The Children Act now: messages from research
- CI (2001)16: National standards for the provision of social care services in the high security hospitals
- CI (2001)15: Private fostering awareness campaign
- CI (2001)14: Children Act Report 2000
- CI (2001)13: The Social Services Inspectorate : who we are and what we do : 2001 edition
- CI (2001)12: Modern social services a commitment to deliver: the 10th annual report of the Chief Inspector Social Services Inspectorate
- CI (2001)11: Safe enough? - a report of an inspection of health authority registration and inspection units
- CI (2001)10: From lip service to real service: responding to diversity
- CI (2001)9: No secrets guidance on developing multi-agency policies and procedures to protect vulnerable adults from abuse
- CI (2001)8: Quality on the way - a report of an inspection of service quality improvements in social care
- CI (2001)7: Inspection of best value reviews in social services
- CI (2001)6: Developing quality to protect children - report of the inspection of local council children's services
- CI (2001)5: Health and social care planning 2001/2002
- CI (2001)4: Care Standards Act 2000: National Minimum Standards - care homes for older people
- CI (2001)3: Developments in the work of the Social Services Inspectorate
- CI (2001)2: Race Relations (Amendment) Act: Implementation and consultation plans
- CI (2001)1: Detained: inspection of compulsory mental health admissions
2000
Chief Inspector letters issued in 2000
- CI (2000)23: Towards a common cause: "A compact for care": inspection of local authority social services and voluntary sector working relationships
- CI (2000)22: Adopting changes: survey and inspection of local councils' adoption services
- CI (2000)21: Information for social care
- CI (2000)20: Promoting quality and improving performance: SSI Social Care regions approach to performance assessment - 2000-01 - annual review meetings
- CI (2000)19: New directions for independent living: inspection of independent living arrangements for younger disabled people
- CI (2000)18: Who's looking after the children? - Report of the Inspection of registration and inspection arrangements for under eights day care services
- CI (2000)17: Social care news
- CI (2000)16: Intermediary services for birth relatives
- CI (2000)15: Quality Protects Children's Participation: "Total Respect": a training pack for Front-line staff working with children and young people
- CI (2000)14: Modern social services: a commitment to people: the 9th annual report of the Chief Inspector of the Social Services Inspectorate 1999/2000
- CI (2000)13: Getting it right: good practice in leaving care, resource pack
- CI (2000)12: Excellence not excuses
- CI (2000)11: Social care publications list: Summer 2000
- CI (2000)10: Getting the right break: inspection of short-term breaks for people with physical disabilities and older people
- CI (2000)9: Privately arranged fostering placements: your council's responsibilities
- CI (2000)8: Casework information needs in the criminal justice system
- CI (2000)7: LAC (98)20: 'Adoption - achieving the right balance': response to issues arising from SSI survey of local authority social service departments' implementation of the circular
- CI (2000)6: A jigsaw of services: inspection of services to support disabled adults in their parenting role
- CI (2000)5: Social Services Inspectorate: who we are and what we do
- CI (2000)4: SSI Social care regions: autumn assessment
- CI (2000)3: Review of social work in the high security hospitals (Ashworth, Broadmoor, Rampton)
- CI (2000)2: The Children Act report 1995-1999
- CI (2000)1: Winter and the millennium holiday
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