As part of Scotland’s national strategy for improving the implementation of Self-directed Support, a National Brokerage Framework has been developed with a wide range of stakeholders including brokerage organisations, Independent Support Organisations, Disabled People’s Organisations and others.
Published in March 2024, A Brokerage Framework for Scotland sets out the values and principles that underpin a shared national approach to Community Brokerage services in Scotland.
The aim of the Framework is:
- to define the model of community brokerage which is already recognised to be working well and delivering good outcomes for supported people
- to promote and encourage the further development of this model in Scotland
- to help supported people, local authorities, and organisations which help people to access social care support, to better understand the practice of community brokerage and the work of community brokers
- to provide tools to support brokerage organisations (and other organisations providing brokerage-type services) to deliver high quality support.
This page will be updated with further information about the implementation of the national Community Brokerage Framework as it progresses.