Case reviews and audits in Scotland

Expert support on conducting significant case reviews, learning reviews and audits to improve child and adult protection practice.

SCIE helps organisations who make up the multi-agency child and/or adult protection worlds to review and learn from incidents in a way that supports deep-rooted learning and improvement.

We provide support with significant case reviews and more routine audits and learning reviews across children’s and adults’ services.

SCIE’s reviewing experts:

broker access to accredited lead reviewers in Scotland and the rest of the UK
develop local capacity to review child/adult protection cases and practice through training and mentoring
train leaders and managers on using a systems approach for effective learning and improvement.
Advise commissioners when scoping a review as to what kind of process would be most proportionate to their needs.

The (Learning Together) model is very inclusive and collaborative with people at all levels having opportunities all the way through to critically reflect on systems and how these could be better/different through a learning process.
Child protection committee chair

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Organisations that SCIE supports

We work with organisations in the UK and overseas that have a legal responsibility to protect and safeguard children and adults at risk of abuse or neglect including:

safeguarding boards for adults and children
Scottish child and adult protection committees
local authority commissioners
health commissioners, including clinical commissioning groups
the police, youth justice and other criminal justice agencies
care and support providers, including statutory, voluntary and private sector organisations
health providers, including NHS Trusts and GP services
housing providers, including housing associations
schools.

SCIE can help your organisation and partners to learn together and improve safeguarding practice.

SCIE’s Learning Together model

SCIE’s Learning Together model is one of the most developed and tested systems-approach models available. This collaborative methodology aims to gain a deeper understanding of current local practice and cultivate an open, learning culture. Each review is bespoke, designed to fit your needs, the case(s) and circumstances.
Our in-house experts and associates conduct audits and case reviews on a consultancy basis, supported by methodological supervision from SCIE.

Become an accredited reviewer

SCIE runs a support programme for lead reviewers accredited in the Learning Together systems model. We welcome both salaried professionals as well as independent consultants.

There are two routes to accreditation:

An individual mentoring scheme – The favoured option for developing local capacity. An accredited Learning Together mentor is matched with a trainees to support them complete their first Learning Together case review to ensure they are using the systems approach to best effect. This follows participation in a Learning Together foundation course and is a requirement for application to the accreditation process
A cohort scheme – The favoured option for independent consultants. Trainees are supported to complete their first Learning Together case review through group supervision sessions. This scheme begins with a bespoke Foundation Course for group members.

Accredited lead reviewers who work within local agencies benefit from:

ongoing supervision of all Learning Together reviews
a ‘community of practice’ for accredited Learning Together reviewers: Learning Together Scotland is a network comprising accredited reviewers, would-be reviewers and commissioners

Find out more about our training and reviews and/or about Learning Together Scotland