Sector responds to proposals for National Care Service
CELCIS has raised concerns over the inclusion of children’s social work and children’s services in a National Care Service.
As we reported last month, the Scottish government is proposing a National Care Service incorporating children and adult social work to “to consistently deliver high quality services to every single person who needs them, across [...]
Interview with Pauline Jordan
Independent Social Worker Pauline Jordan is the latest recruit to WillisPalmer’s quality assurance team.
WillisPalmer invests heavily in quality assurance to enable us to uphold the high standards we provide and, as a result, our quality assurance team has grown as we have recruited more multi-disciplinary professionals to ensure that each and every report [...]
Blame culture results in risk aversion in social work
A blame culture in social work impacts on risk aversion in the social work profession, some respondents to The Case for Change have warned.
Publishing the Case for Change in June, chair of the independent review of children’s social care Josh MacAlister said: “This Case for Change sets out the urgent need for a new approach [...]
Schools dealing with social work issues during COVID pandemic
Schools were forced to step in to support vulnerable families during the COVID-19 pandemic for many issues that were previously dealt with by social workers, research has found.
Schools found themselves helping vulnerable families with problems such as mental health problems, domestic abuse and poverty during the pandemic as more families were turning to schools [...]
‘Parents with learning disabilities can be disadvantaged when being assessed due to strict timescales’
ISW Pamela Smith talks about her experience of undertaking the ParentAssess training for parenting assessments of parents with learning disabilities
Social workers carrying out specialist parenting assessment of parents with learning disabilities need to be assertive to challenge deadlines where it is in the parents’ best interests, an Independent Social Worker with more than 25 years’ [...]
New interview model for vulnerable child victims and witnesses
Social work staff and police officers will work together in a ground-breaking new approach to interviews for vulnerable child victims and witnesses.
The new Scottish Child Interview Model, developed by local authorities and Police Scotland in a series of pilot projects, aims to protect children and reduce stress when recounting their experiences.
The Scottish Government is [...]
