Policy Updates
Scotland - Human Resources - Domiciliary Care
Notice Periods Policy and Procedure
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Reference: SPC10This policy has been updated to enable customisation of notice periods so that they reflect the Organisation’s employment contract information. The Employee Termination Administration Record has also been updated to include reference to Disclosure Scotland notification in cases where a member of staff is dismissed for adult support and protection reasons.
Disclosure Scotland Code of Practice Policy and Procedure
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Reference: SPM14This document has been reviewed and the Procedure section updated to be more user friendly.
Staff Handbook
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Reference: SPC08New policy describing the Staff Handbook and the need to customise the template. Revised Staff Handbook template to dovetail with current policies in the QCS Management System and the QCS App. This policy was previously called ‘Employee Handbook’.
SSSC Code of Practice for Workers and Employers Policy and Procedure
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Reference: SPR03Policy updated and converted to the new QCS format. Policy name also changed from Code of Conduct for Social Care Workers to SSSC Code of Practice for Workers and Employers.
Gender Pay Reporting Policy and Procedure
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Reference: SPE08Employers who have 250 or more staff by 5th April each year must report their gender pay gap or they will be in breach of the Regulations.
Duty of Candour Policy and Procedure
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Reference: SAR38New policy to comply with Duty of Candour regulations commencing 01/04/2018.
Staff Retention Policy and Procedure
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Reference: SQP04Policy converted to the new QCS format. This policy has been updated to reflect best practice recommendations from SCIE (2017) and there is additional information within the procedures section. The overarching theme of this policy is to promote health and wellbeing as well as continuing to support staff to feel involved, valued and developed to their full potential.
Staff Retention Policy and Procedure
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Reference: SQP04Policy converted to the new QCS format. This policy has been updated to reflect best practice recommendations from SCIE (2017) and there is additional information within the procedures section. The overarching theme of this policy is to promote health and wellbeing as well as continuing to support staff to feel involved, valued and developed to their full potential.
Consent Authorisation Policy and Procedure
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Reference: SGDPR10This policy includes two template forms to be used to obtain consent from a data subject, where consent is required under GDPR. There are two forms, one for service users with capacity and one for service users who lack capacity.
Capability Policy and Procedure
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Reference: SPP07This policy has been reviewed and updated. There is more emphasis on best practice and the Sickness Absence Policy will now set out the process for dealing with health capability issues.
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