November 2026
Social Work Scotland ran a workshop for members of the Substance Use subgroup to discuss substance use social work and public service reform, and the complexity of the social work role in this area.
This short report summarises the key themes.
Now that the revised finance settlement has been approved by the Scottish Parliament, we updated…
Ahead of the Scottish election in May, ‘Scotland in your hands’ sets out the key…
This paper summarises the few identifiable increases for social work and social care services in…
In October 2025, after reports of reductions to Self-directed Support (SDS) personal budgets (options 1…
Welcome to a short(ish) overview of Social Work Scotland’s output and work during 2025. If…
Working with OpenAI: A Guide for Social Workers May 2025 This guide introduces the responsible…
Self-directed Support (SDS) Learning and Improvement Framework 2024 Published 30 October 2024 This pack provides…
We’ve put together a summary of the reports from our Standing Committees, subgroups and projects…
The CSWO annual survey report 2023-24 findings fall at a critical time for the social…
The context within which professional social work is being practised in 2024 is perhaps the…
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