Digital Skills

The Digital Skills programme aims to ensure that staff in all sectors to have the necessary capabilities and confidence to use and exploit digital for themselves and the people whom they support. 

Having the confidence to make the most of digital tools and services requires staff in all sectors to have the necessary capabilities to use and exploit digital for themselves and the people whom they support.

What you need to know and apply will depend on the requirements of your role and your appetite to get involved. However, it is clear that whether you are working in health, housing, social care or independent care settings, whether your role is a service manager, front line staff, education provider or student, understanding and using digital solutions is crucial.

By TEC Team, Mon, 05/11/2018

The Technology Enabled Care Programme commissioned Young Scot to bring young people from across Scotland together to look at how digital technology could improve young people’s health and wellbeing.

In December 2016, Young Scot’s Healthier Scotland Youth Investigation Team delivered their report on “Creating a Healthier Scotland” to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport.