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—

  (a)

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

  (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.