Part 5Social care and social work: scrutiny and improvement

Chapter 1Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland

Key definitions

48Social work services

In this Part—

  • “social work services” means—

    1. a

      services which are provided by a local authority in the exercise of any of its social work services functions, or

    2. b

      services which are provided by another person pursuant to arrangements made by a local authority in the exercise of its social work services functions;

  • “social work services functions” means functions under the enactments specified in schedule 13.