Consultation response: Social Security Disability Assistance
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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 …
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 …
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, …
Prevention or Crisis Response?
The Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 provided a framework for the newly formed social work profession to use cash assistance …
What is youth justice?
This paper draws upon archival records, literature, data, media reports and testimony from policymakers and practitioners in order to chart …
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 …
