Social Work Inspection Agency

It was established as an inspectorate in April 2005 by the Scottish Government to scrutinise all aspects of social services provided by Scottish local authorities.{{cite book|url=http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/299693/0093435.pdf|title=PracticeGuide On the record – getting it right: Effective management of social work recording|publisher=Social Work Inspection Agency|date=January 2010|isbn=978-0-9563265-4-6|page=5|accessdate=2014-08-30}} The SWIA was chaired by Professor Alexis Jay.{{cite news |url=http://www.holyrood.com/2009/10/caring-profession/ |title=Interview: Alexis Jay |work=Holyrood magazine |last=Mackintosh |first=Katie |date=26 October 2009 |accessdate=30 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903065811/http://www.holyrood.com/2009/10/caring-profession/ |archivedate=3 September 2014 }}

It was created to deliver a more systematic approach to the inspection of social work services. Reports were produced following each inspection, with the intention of making them public.{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/the-job-for-the-agency-is-now-to-do-exactly-what-it-says-on-the-tin-1-714778 |title=The job for the agency is now to 'do exactly what it says on the tin' |work=The Scotsman |last=Jay |first=Alexis |date=3 July 2005 |accessdate=3 September 2014}}

On 1 April 2011, under the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010, its responsibilities were taken over by Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland,{{cite web|url=http://www.cne-siar.gov.uk/socialwork/scswis.asp|title=A new regulator for Scotland: Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland|accessdate=2014-08-30|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903102600/http://www.cne-siar.gov.uk/socialwork/scswis.asp|archivedate=2014-09-03}}{{cite web |url=http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health/Support-Social-Care/Regulate |title=Regulating Care |publisher=Scottish Government |date=5 December 2013 |accessdate=5 July 2014}} which from 15 September 2011, adopted the simpler working name of the Care Inspectorate.{{cite web |url=http://www.scswis.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7563&Itemid=363 |title=About Us |publisher=Care Inspectorate |accessdate=5 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714122826/http://www.scswis.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7563&Itemid=363 |archivedate=14 July 2014 }}

• Commission for Social Care Inspection, the equivalent organisation in England at one time

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Category:Social care in Scotland

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Category:Social work organizations

Category:Government of Scotland

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