Summary
Documentation
Associated Media:
Description:
The Source Social Care (SourceSC) dataset provides an extract of data on social care clients and the services they receive. Information is held on every client/service user regardless of their age (please note that some exclusions apply, see exclusions section below) who has had an assessment or review of their needs and who as a result of this assessment received/used the following support or services which have been active at any time during the collection period:
1) social worker/support worker services (community care, mental health, substance misuse, children with disabilities) (provided or funded by your local authority)
2) community alarm
3) other telecare service
4) reablement
5) home care (personal and non-personal care)
6) housing support
7) care home
8) self-directed support
9) carer
10) learning disability services: if a person with a learning disability and/or autism spectrum diagnosis is known to the local authority they should be included within this return regardless of the services they receive (if any).
Exclusions:
The SourceSC does not hold records for client/service users who:
1) have been assessed but do not require a care plan or social care service
2) child protection social work
3) looked after children social work
4) adoption and fostering social work
5) residential child care social work
6) criminal justice social work
In Pipeline:
Available
Coverage
Spatial:
- United Kingdom
- Scotland
Typical Age Range Min:
0
Typical Age Range Max:
150
Material Type:
None/not available
Follow Up:
Other
Provenance
Origin
Purpose:
Administrative
Dataset Type:
- Health and disease
- Treatments/Interventions
Dataset Sub-Type:
Not applicable
Source:
Other
Collection Source:
- Local authority
- Social care - Health care at home
Image Contrast:
Not stated
Temporal
Publishing Frequency:
Quarterly
Distribution Release Date:
01 April 2017
Start Date:
01 April 2017
Time Lag:
2-6 months
Accessibility
Access
Access Service Category:
TRE/SDE
Access Service:
Scottish National Safe Haven / Trusted Research Environment:
https://publichealthscotland.scot/services/data-research-and-innovation-services/electronic-data-research-and-innovation-service-edris/national-safe-haven-nsh/
Access Request Cost:
Delivery Lead Time:
Variable
Data Controller:
Public Health Scotland
Data Processor:
Public Health Scotland
Jurisdiction:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Usage
Data Use Limitation:
- General research use
- Not for profit use
- Research-specific restrictions
Data Use Requirements:
- Disclosure control
- Ethics approval required
- Not for profit use
- Project-specific restrictions
- Publication required
- Time limit on use
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Scheme:
OTHER
Conforms To:
OTHER
Language:
English
Format:
- text
- csv
Observations
Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Findings
0
Count
01 February 2026