6 December 2022AdultsChief Social Work OfficersChildren and FamiliesJusticeWorkforce and Resources
Reports
Setting the Bar 2: ‘Taking the wheel’
The impact of ‘Setting the Bar’ In June 2022, we published ‘Setting the Bar’, a research report which sought to …
20 October 2022Justice
Reports
Pre-Budget Scrutiny Report 2023-2024
Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2023-2024: In response to Criminal Justice Committee call for views 20 October 2022 Introduction Social Work Scotland is …
1 June 2022Workforce and Resources
Reports
Setting the Bar: towards an indicative maximum caseload for Scotland’s public sector social workers
Social Work Scotland Briefing: 1 June 2022 Workforce and workforce planning Over the last few years, Social Work Scotland’s members …
31 May 2022Chief Social Work Officers
Reports
Chief Social Work Officer Survey: 2021
The findings from this year’s Chief Social Work Office survey fall at an interesting time in the broader landscape; as …
15 February 2022AdultsJustice
Reports
Integrated health and social care in prisons: Tests of change: workstream findings and recommendations
This report results from more than 2 years of intensive exploration of the rationale for and the challenges of delivering …
4 March 2021AdultsChildren and Families
Reports
Social Work leadership during COVID-19: March – November 2020
Introduction to the reports The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed health and social care to the forefront of our collective awareness …
29 June 2020Justice
Reports
Justice Social Work Routemap
The Scottish Government released the COVID-19 Routemap at the end of May 2020. The Routemap sets out four phases between lockdown and the resumption of life …
30 September 2019
Reports
Safe and Together Scoping Report
The Scottish Parliament passed ground-breaking legislation in April 2019, recognising coercive control as a domestic abuse offence. At the same time …
19 June 2019Events
Reports
Social Work Scotland Annual Conference Report 2019
Delegate survey Thank you for coming to our annual conference! Your views matter to us, so please take a minute …
27 March 2019Justice
Reports
A New Vision for Social Care in Prisons
A New Vision of Social Care in Prisons by S Levy, F Kumari Campbell, L Kelly and F Fernandes (University …
4 December 2018AdultsChildren and Families
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Community: A radical current?
The idea of universal, community-based service was key to the vision of social work that informed the 1968 Social Work …
4 December 2018Children and Families
Reports
Exploring the changing nature of adoption work
This paper charts changes in the social work role in adoption in Scotland since 1968. Although the Actwas not intended …
4 December 2018Justice
Reports
Criminal Justice Social Work: Exploring Gender Issues
This study explores gender in criminal justice social work (CJSW) in Scotland, historically and in the present day. It is …
4 December 2018AdultsChildren and Families
Reports
Personalisation: Back to the future?
Personalisation is now established in policy circles as a key element in the future of social work practice. By implication, …
4 December 2018AdultsChildren and Families
Reports
Prevention or Crisis Response?
The Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 provided a framework for the newly formed social work profession to use cash assistance …
4 December 2018Children and FamiliesJustice
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What is youth justice?
This paper draws upon archival records, literature, data, media reports and testimony from policymakers and practitioners in order to chart …
4 December 2018AdultsChildren and FamiliesJustice
Reports
Reflections on the 1968 Act: Editorial
As the professional leadership body for social work, Social Work Scotland wanted to use the opportunity of the 50th anniversary …
12 September 2018AdultsChildren and Families
Reports
Self-directed Support and Procurement Best Practice: Key points and myth-busting
10 September 2018AdultsChildren and Families
Reports
50th Anniversary: Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968
22 June 2018Children and Families
Reports
Integrating Health and Social Care in Scotland: the Impact on Children’s Services (Literature Review)
22 June 2018Children and Families
Reports
Integrated Children’s Services in Scotland: Practice and Leadership
1 November 2017Adults
