Social Work Scotland Annual Conference Report 2015
Whose Right is it anyway? Annual Conference and Exhibition 2015 | 17th & 18th June 2015 Key conference themes The …
Resilience resources for social work and social care workers
Social Work Scotland, Iriss and the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) have worked in partnership to draw together helpful resources …
Older, wiser and getting ready for the future
Jane Devine on the future of the social work profession. Read the article here.
Adult Support and Protection Conference: Good Practice and Future Challenges
To mark 10 years since the enactment of the Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007, Social Work Scotland held …
Social Work Summit – Equipping the Workforce: “Being Lighthouses”
The context that social work and social care currently operates in is challenging: austerity; public sector reform; higher demand for …
Social Work Scotland Annual Conference Report 2017
” I just want to take a moment to applaud you, social workers, guardians of the vulnerable, the people who …
What is adult social care?
This event tackled some of the fundamental questions around adult social care, and looked at how truly personalised support and …
Social Work Scotland Annual Conference Report 2016
Together We Make the Difference. #SWS16
Self – directed support: self-evaluation tool
Self-evaluation and the outcomes on which it is based should be forward looking. It’s about change and improvement, whether gradual, …
Self-directed support: training guides
Social Work Scotland in consultation with councils, supported people, carers and other partners have developed a series of training modules …