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How we work with other organisations

Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales

How we work with other organisations

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We have agreed a number of protocols, concordats and memoranda that set out how we work with stakeholders, other regulators and inspectorates.




We have good relationships with all of our stakeholders, working closely together to deliver quality social care services in Wales.

We want to make sure that service users are at the heart of all that we do. Our engagement strategy sets out how we will encourage and promote user engagement to drive up quality, listening and responding to what you tell us. We want participation to become embedded in our work in how, to be part of the way in which we communicate, involve and consider the perspective of users and carers in all that we do.

We share best practice and ideas and have a number of protocols, concordats and memoranda in place which outlines our joint approach. These are listed below.

References to Care Standards Inspectorate for Wales (CSIW) in the documents on this page should be read as CSSIW.

Protocol for working together: CSSIW and The Care Council

11/04/12
Protocol for the exchange of information between The Care Council for Wales and Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales
 

Working Collaboratively to Support Improvement

25/03/11
This report describes how we are working collectively with Estyn, Wales Audit Office and Healthcare Inspectorate Wales to respond to the public policy agenda agenda in Wales and the current climate of change.
 

Protocol with Children's Commissioning Support Resource

11/06/10
This protocol is between the service regulation and inspection arm of CSSIW and CCSR.
 

Protocol between Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales and the fire and rescue authorities in Wales

01/08/09
The purpose of this protocol is to clarify the working relationships between CSSIW and the three Fire and Rescue Services in Wales.
 

Protocol with the Family Information service in Wales

08/05/07
This protocol sets out the working arrangements between Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales and Family Information Services.
 

Protocol for the sharing of information with Local Authorities

08/05/07
The purpose of this protocol is to clarify the relationship between CSSIW and the local authorities in Wales in respect of their social services functions.
 

Related Links

This page provides links to other organisations across Wales and the rest of the UK.