Secretary
The person in a club or committee who keeps records, writes letters and arrange events.

Sector
An area

Self-Advocacy
People with learning disabilities speaking for themselves and fighting for their own rights.

Self Advocates
People with learning disabilities who speak for themselves and make their own decisions.

Service User - person who uses a service. This service could be any service provided by social service, the NHS or any other agency. If you receive a service, or pay for a service, you are a service user. Families or carers who use a respite care, or short term break service are users of that service. It is not only the person who goes on the break that is the service user, families and carers are service users also.

Social Services Inspectorate (SSI)
Each local authority has a duty to establish an inspection unit to inspect
Residential accommodation provided by the local authority
Other residential accommodation in its area which has to be registered under Part 1 of the Registered Homes Act 1984
Community homes and registered children's homes
See Local Authority Social Services Act 1970.
Contact your local authority and ask for to speak to an inspector in the Inspection Unit.

Staff Resources
Due to a lack of staff, investigations may take longer than expected.

Shout Loudest
Procedures may only be accessed by these in the know, and those who are in greatest need may not benefit from such procedure due to lack of publicity or transparency.

Status Quo
Keeping things as they are.

Stigmatised
Labelled, being seen as belonging to a group rather than as an individual.

Supplement
Something extra.

Sub-committee
A committee made up of people from a larger committee. They look at a subject in detail and report what they find to the larger committee.