Learning takes many forms. As well as courses and workshops, there are a wide range of resources available to support your learning, development and everyday practice.

Whether you are looking for guidance, practical tools, videos, publications or useful external websites, this section brings together resources that can support you throughout your learning journey.

Learning Resources

A range of learning resources are available to support professional development across health, social care and community services.

These resources can help build knowledge, develop skills and support good practice in a variety of settings.

You may find the HSCP Social Work and Social Care Toolkit (password required), Health and Wellbeing Resources, Reading and Watching, and Partner Resources particularly useful when exploring a topic in more detail.

Our learning themes within Practice and Professional Development, Health and Social Care, Leadership and Management, Digital Skills, Wellbeing and Personal Development, and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion also contain additional resources relevant to specific areas of practice.

Toolkits, Guidance and Good Practice

Toolkits, guidance documents and examples of good practice can provide valuable support for learning and development.

These resources can help strengthen professional practice, support reflective learning and provide practical information that can be applied in everyday work.

You may find resources such as the HSCP Social Work and Social Care Toolkit, Health and Social Care Standards, Tools for Improvement, Learning Styles, and Difficult Discussions Matter useful.

Reading and Watching

Learning doesn't always happen in a classroom.

Reading articles, watching videos, listening to webinars and exploring case studies can all provide valuable opportunities for learning and reflection.

Our Reading and Watching resources bring together a variety of materials that can support personal and professional development across a range of topics.

Whether you're looking for inspiration, practical advice or a different perspective, these resources can help support ongoing learning.

Forms and Supporting Documents

A number of forms and supporting documents are available to help you access learning and development opportunities.

These may include application forms, learning requests, qualification documentation and other materials that support workforce development activities.

If you are unable to find a particular document, please contact the Learning and Development Team for assistance.

What Matters to You?

The "What Matters to You?" approach focuses on having meaningful conversations about what matters most to people.

By listening, understanding and working together, we can help ensure that support and services are centred around individual needs, goals and outcomes.

Explore our What Matters to You? resources, stories and learning materials to find out more about this important approach and how it can support person-centred practice.

Useful External Resources

There are many excellent national organisations that provide free learning resources, guidance and development opportunities.

You may find the following organisations useful:

• NHS Education for Scotland (NES)
• Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC)
• Care Inspectorate
• Healthcare Improvement Scotland
• Social Work Scotland
• The Open University OpenLearn
• Digital Health and Care Scotland
• Scottish Government

These organisations provide learning materials, frameworks, best practice guidance, research, professional development opportunities and sector updates covering a wide range of topics.

Continuing Your Learning

If you're looking for resources relating to a specific topic, you may also wish to explore our learning themes:

• Practice and Professional Development
• Leadership and Management
• Health and Social Care
• Digital Skills
• Wellbeing and Personal Development
• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Each area contains subject-specific resources, learning opportunities and guidance to support ongoing development.