Who we are
The Care Inspectorate regulates and inspects all registered social care services in Scotland. From childminders and early learning and childcare, to care homes for adults and older people, it’s our job to make sure that people experience high-quality care.
We register, inspect and grade individual social care services, and deal with complaints about social care services.
We also carry out joint inspections across adult, children’s and justice services with other regulators. Our focus is on how well social care and social work services care for everyone.
We support services to improve so that everyone can get good quality care that meets their needs. When we see that care is not good enough, we can take action to address this.
The services we regulate
We inspect a variety of care services that provide care, support, play and learning to people throughout their lives.
support services (including care at home)
care homes
school care accommodation
nurse agencies
childcare agencies
secure accommodation
fostering services
adult placement services
childminders
daycare of children
housing support services
childcare agencies
justice accommodation
adoption services
child contact centres