Social workers and care workers

At Care Support Scotland, our mission is to help vulnerable people to enjoy life as independently as possible. We do this through referrals – most of which come from social work and local authorities. We also accept people with a self directed support budget.

Wondering whether Care Support Scotland can help the people in your care? Here’s a little more about what we do.

We provide expert care across three core areas. Each of these is staffed with experienced and caring people who go above and beyond.

Learning disabilities & neurodiversity

We help people with learning disabilities and neurodiversity to live as independently as possible. We offer outreach within the local community, helping with day-to-day tasks. We also offer round-the-clock care at our core and cluster housing services. Here, our service users can live on their own with the knowledge that our staff are just a few doors down.

Find out more about our learning disability and neurodiversity services. 

Homelessness prevention & housing support

We help people to move through, and on from, their experience of homelessness at our seven emergency accommodation hostels in Midlothian. We also provide support to people who have moved into permanent homes, helping them to maintain their tenancies.  Our Horizons service provides Housing Support to young people (16-25) and our ‘Housing First’ initiative provides flexible, intensive help to those who have struggled to maintain their own tenancy previously, or who would have previously not been viewed as ‘tenancy ready’.

Our housing support services work with people experiencing a range of support needs, including complex mental health issues and additions & recovery.

Find out more about our homelessness prevention and housing support services.

Older age care

Older people deserve to be treated with dignity, no matter what their background is. Our older age care services include housing, outreach and a day centre for socialising and activities. We work with a diverse range of older people, including those with learning disabilities, physical disabilities and issues such as alcohol dependency and substance misuse.

Learn more about how we support older people.

Our services are managed by our brilliant managers. Get in touch with them to find out more about referring the people you care for. All of our staff are registered with the Scottish Social Services Council and are members of Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) schemes.